88 88. Achievements

The way Yae Miko talked to Ryūhei made Shinobu and Itto dumbfounded. However, Ryūhei just replied.

"I didn't say I'd go back to deliver my manga immediately! And how is the building I ask you?"

"Don't change the subject!"

"I'm the one who has the manga here. And I don't have my shop yet. Give me a building to open my branch first, then I can sell officially. You know, the manga I gave you last time is considered a gift. And you asked me to give you the next volume just like that? How dare you!" :(

"You damnable scoundrel, don't make me look like a villain! Fine, 2 days… 2 days later I'll give it to you after finishing the procedure."

Yet, since Miko said that she was interested in the next volume, she still asked him again after promising to give him a building. However, Ryūhei ignored Miko's status by reaching out his hand, asking for some money if Miko wanted to read another manga.

After some bickering, Miko proposed to work with Ryūhei where she asked Ryūhei to adapt popular novels from the Yae Publishing House. Of course, Ryūhei rejected it immediately.

"Why? Wouldn't it benefit you if you adapted all the popular novels from the Yae Publishing House?"

Honestly, Yae Miko could have adapted those novels by herself. However, the quality of manga would be much lower than Ryūhei's manga. Usually, the copies of novels would be done without color. But the copies of manga from Ryūhei are different. All pages are printed in full color. It marked a significant difference in her company's technology and Ryūhei's. She didn't know where he could find such a technology. When she asked him, he just replied, "go find by yourself", which irritated her. Moreover, Ryūhei didn't intend to sell his printing technology to others.

And since Miko proposed that, Ryūhei replied, "Yup. However, I can only adapt 1 novel at most since I have a lot of projects. Or…"

Ryūhei took out a tablet from his backpack.

"This is called a drawing pad. This is the thing that I use for drawing manga. Let me show you for a bit." Although what Ryūhei showed was a tablet, he just lied to her that it was just a drawing pad instead of a tablet. Previously, Ryūhei bought 5 drawing pads from the system market when there was a sale. He bought 5 and got 1 for free. In addition to the 1 he got from the day when the system activated, he had 7 already.

Without waiting for her question, Ryūhei started to draw swiftly.

What he drew was, well… It was Yae Miko in front of him which made her speechless. Not just her, there were Shinobu and Itto in it. And naturally, the drawing was in full color.

Yae Miko was not just astounded by the drawing pad, but Ryūhei's skill in drawing as well. No wonder the drawing in the manga was so neat.

Shinobu didn't know what to say about the drawing. She couldn't comprehend how Ryūhei could draw so swiftly when she thought his drawing was too rushed. Not just that, it was her first time to see such a device.

Meanwhile, Itto laughed out loud since he didn't know the value of the tablet.

"Hahahaha. My bro, you have good eyes, can even draw the dashing and charismatic Arataki Itto. How about you join the Arataki gang?"

"I have to refuse!" Ryūhei replied immediately.

"How did you get this?" Miko asked.

"That's a trade secret." Ryūhei said "Wait until I manage to get more, then you can buy this from me."

"This scoundrel…" Miko could only grit her teeth.

However, when Miko thought about it, 'This drawing pad alone isn't enough. So, the key must be from the printer.'

"How about the printer?" Miko asked.

"When it comes to printers, forget it! It's exclusive to my company only at the moment."

"Tsk." Miko already expected this. Even if Miko tried to replicate her business by finding people to draw manga adapted from novels, the quality would fall far short of Ryūhei's. And that would be very costly for Miko.

After some consideration, Miko asked.

"If I buy these things, how long do I need to wait? And do you plan to sell this as well?"

Ryūhei pondered for a moment. The cost he needed to buy a drawing pad was 10,000 points. He got points based on how people reacted, basically their emotions, to his mangas or novels per volume and for each game he released in his companies. He could easily get 10,000 points in a few days.

Eventually, Ryūhei replied that he needed about a month and a half. And of course, the stock would be limited as well. With his confirmation, Miko proposed something.

Later on, after Miko said goodbye, Ryūhei's gaze turned to Shinobu.

"So, how is it? Do you want to work in my company? It's your choice, but I'll give you a position as a manager if you are willing to work at my new company in Inazuma City. You'll also deal with exclusive legal rights, which is your speciality since you studied as a lawyer."

Shinobu couldn't help but be surprised by his offer.

"You didn't need to interview me? Don't you want to interview the members of the Arataki Gang who want to work at your company?"

"Although what I said may be biased, the fact that you received a high evaluation from Yanfei makes me not doubt your talent."

"I need to think about it." Shinobu decided to hold his offer. Shinobu already turned down a lot of offers previously. Yet, this time she couldn't decide because the offer matched her study. Besides that, he also offered members of the Arataki Gang to work in his company as well.

At that moment, Itto decided to open his mouth.

"My bro, even though I like how you offered us jobs, I declined on their behalf. They're happy with the Arataki Gang—"

"Shut up!" Shinobu interjected with a yell. Then turned to Ryūhei "I want to ask them first whether they want to work for you or not."

"I see." Then, Ryūhei stood up. "In that case, forget about my offer. Let's go, Jiu!"

Ryūhei walked out with Jiu. However, he suddenly stopped before turning his head to Itto and Shinobu.

"I don't know the people of your gang. But, I know a little bit about the Arataki Gang. In case one or more of your members joined your gang out of desperation because they couldn't find a job while you're oblivious to their situation, then your earlier decision would make you an unqualified leader. Well, just saying. Forget about my statement if you understood all of your members." After that, Ryūhei waved while walking out with Jiu.

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Two days later, October 3rd.

Inazuma City.

Ryūhei was in the front of a certain building in the bustling commercial street. The building is located near the staircase that connects the bustling commercial street with the outer area of Inazuma City, adjacent to the Shimura restaurant, and opposite the Tsukumono groceries.

Apart from Ryūhei, there was also Jiu and Miko.

"You need to sign here, and this building will be yours." Miko said to Ryūhei. She handed a kind of certificate of the building and a form to legalize the building to Ryūhei. And Miko asked him to sign the form.

The moment he finished his sign, he heard a notification in his head. Supposedly, the notifications he got from people's reactions were silenced because of the many incoming notifications. But this time the notification was different which made him freeze for a brief moment.

[The hidden achievement has been achieved. The host got 2 buildings for free. Because the host managed to get a building to open a branch in another nation, the host is rewarded with 5 drawing pads and an all-in-one printer.]

[The hidden achievement has been achieved. The host started to open a branch in another nation. The bigger the host's business, the more people who have bad intentions towards the host. There are a lot of powerful beings in Teyvat. In order to protect the host's business, the host needs more strength and power to do so. The host is rewarded with a Random Power Box.]

Ryūhei didn't expect this at all. He didn't think that just opening a branch would get him 2 rewards.

Moments later.

Ryūhei went inside while creating a clone he ordered to clean up the new building. Even Jiu was also cleaning up.

It might seem that Ryūhei was lazy, but he didn't really care about that. What he cared the most was the second achievement reward he got earlier.

"Random Power Box. From the list here, everything looks good. Spiritual Force Manipulation, Ki Manipulation, Anti-Element, Longinus. Duh, these are top notch powers. Thankfully, it's not like a gacha where it rewards me with a random power from ★1-★5, with 0,05% rate to get a ★5."

Although Ryūhei wasn't a gamer in his past life, he still played some sport games in the past with a gacha system after the dev sponsored his channel. The pain of gacha was killing him, causing him to quit after a month or so. And most people would understand the pain of gacha as well.

Without thinking much, Ryūhei decided to open it straight away.

At that moment, something had seeped into his spirit without him knowing.

[The host obtained—