95 95. It's Time To Go Back To Liyue Harbor

[The hidden achievement has been achieved. The host officially publishes 10 different manga. The host is rewarded with a high spec computer set.]

When Ryūhei heard something in his head, he lit his eyes before they dimmed right away.

It was a good reward, actually. But, that was no use for now. In the end, Ryūhei decided to ignore it.

Still, if he could get an achievement by publishing different manga, then how about novels? But, remembering the cost, Ryūhei could only sigh in frustration.

'Well, it's better to do it leisurely. After all, I just started 2 months ago.' Ryūhei said inwardly.

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Kuki Shinobu wondered how Ryūhei stocked his products so fast when she clearly knew that Inazuma had been locked down. He said that he had his own way, but considering the situation in Inazuma, it was most likely by illegal means. And sooner or later the Shogun's army would notice it.

Yet, she kept quiet about it.

Although she disliked it as she studied law, she couldn't refute his agreement since every single soldier prevented any trespassers from coming to Inazuma.

Moreover, with her condition by working with him, she could still help the Arataki Gang's operations. She had no qualms about the Arataki Gang making a fuss in Inazuma City as she could intervene in time.

The most puzzling was, the fact that the famous Yae Miko helped him to give this building to Ryūhei was too weird after knowing Ryūhei's business. But after knowing manga and knowing how a novel could be adapted to a manga, Shinobu understood why Yae Miko gave him his building. And his talent in drawing was top-notch.

She knew Arataki Itto was a little bit angry after some people from his gang began to work here. But when Itto found out that this Shueisha shop was selling some games he had never seen before, his childish behavior kicked in, at which point he happily bought new games to play along with the rest of the gang.

Shinobu was glad Itto hadn't caused too much trouble for Ryūhei after she learned that he could use Adeptus Arts which nobody in Inazuma could do. In addition, she felt chill when she saw a little girl called Jiu next to him. Shinobu didn't know why her instinct kicked in like that. Most likely, the little girl was a kind of dangerous Adeptus from Liyue in her human form. But, to be able to restrict Jiu like that, Shinobu couldn't help but have a deep admiration for Ryūhei.

Meanwhile, as a manager of the Shueisha store, Shinobu could read manga and novels as she pleased. At first, she read the Journey to The West novel to kill her boredom. But the more she read, the more fascinated she would be. Not just that novel, even the rest also had great stories.

And today, Ryūhei seemed to have brought a lot of manga out of nowhere, probably from Liyue by a certain means.

Ryūhei told her to put the Nozoki Ana manga on the upper shelf and put it on a rated-18 label.

"Danna, is this really an adult manga?" Shinobu couldn't help but ask.

(AN: In this case, Danna is a word used to address the master of the store in Japan.)

"Yeah. It's inappropriate for kids to read this. So this label is a must." Ryūhei replied.

That was their conversation when she saw that manga. Meanwhile, she could see from the corner of her eye that the other employees' expressions were filled with excitement hearing what Ryūhei said. Well, it was natural. They're men after all.

Naturally, Shinobu also noticed a manga with an intriguing title. The World God Only Knows. She asked herself if that manga was a story of a god. But Ryūhei said otherwise.

It was a story of a boy who conquered dating games, but was forced to date a lot of girls in real life because he accidentally made a contract with a devil. Shinobu and the others had no idea what the dating game was. But after Ryūhei explained to them, those men exclaimed simultaneously.

"There is a game like that?"

"That's right. But in the future." Ryūhei confirmed.

Shinobu could only shake her head after seeing those hopeless men.

After a week of work with him, the thing she couldn't get was how Ryūhei or perhaps his people in Liyue could have too much imagination to draw all of the manga after she heard his explanation regarding the manga.

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"Aaahhhh!! Why did I lose again?"

Outside Inazuma City, a slightly burly man who had a pair of horns on his head screamed in anguish.

This person was Arataki Itto who played Yu★Gi★Oh against some kids brought by Yoimiya not long ago. And now, he was together with his underlings after losing 20 times in a row.

"Boss, your playing is too reckless. You kept waiting for a certain monster to fuse even though you could win before those kids counterattacked. Why did you do that?"

"What do you mean? It's not satisfying if I can't take out my prideful monster to win a game, you know that! Humph, if I had cards to counter the Pot of Greed or the Swords of Revealing Light that kid used, I could have won easily." Itto snorted to reply to his underling.

Itto learned this game after visiting the new store where Shinobu works. He was irritated at the beginning as he marched to the store with his underlings. But after learning some interesting games, he forgot that Ryūhei stole the precious "brains" of the Arataki Gang and bought those games from the store.

What he liked the most was Yu★Gi★Oh since he was fascinated by the monsters in the cards.

At first, he didn't understand how to play, but after he ran to Shinobu, she taught him how to play. His underlings who understood how to play also helped him to set his deck. Unfortunately, he could win a duel when his underlings helped him from behind. Otherwise, he would lose badly.

However, he didn't believe that he would lose easily when he was not relying on others, and he convinced himself that his opponents were a little bit smarter or luckier than him.

Well, that's how his story goes.

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Ryūhei walked out of his store. By looking around, he could see the atmosphere was less gloomy compared to a week ago. He would often spot most people playing the games from his store from kids to oldies. Even the soldiers at the entrance to Inazuma City also played Uno in turns.

'Is this my role to change Inazuma as a whole?'

Although Ryūhei had that thought, Ryūhei still needed to make the Raiden Shogun come to her senses, knowing her story from Yae Miko. After all, even if he could change the people, if he couldn't change the Raiden Shogun, everything would be a worthless endeavor.

Ryūhei walked with Jiu while hiding Rimuru and Pikachu, intending to visit Ayaka and Ayato before leaving Inazuma once again.

The situation in Inazuma wasn't that bad for now. But, he wasn't sure if this somewhat-peaceful day would last.

Not long ago, he had heard from his clone that a resistance force had formed on Watatsumi island, filled with people whose freedom or their Visions had been seized by the Shogun's army.

And Ryūhei could predict that they would start their rebellion after getting more people.

For the time being, he left his clone to investigate everything that happened in Inazuma. If things get worse, that means it's time for him to act.

On the other hand, after Ryūhei arrived at Ayato's room in the main house, he told Ayato to take advantage of the situation by getting support from all ordinary people in Inazuma since they were pressured by noble clans of the Tenryou Commission and Kanjou Commission because of inflation although some little clans from both commissions helped them in secret. Well, Inazuma was locked down because of the decree, so the prices of daily necessities also soared.

The help was naturally daily necessities for them with normal prices or a little bit lower as Ryūhei also volunteered to help him buy commodities from Liyue as long as Ayato gave him some money.

Regarding Ryūhei's way of shipping commodities, Ryūhei told Ayato that he could come and go from this nation without anyone noticing. It was rather vague, but Ryūhei wouldn't explain it to him unless Ayato could beat him. With that, Ayato agreed with his suggestion.

And more importantly…

"Please take care of me, Ryūhei." Ayaka said while bowing.

Just as Ryūhei was about to set off, Ayaka appeared while bringing her backpack.

Ryūhei telling Ayato something the first day he arrived at Inazuma seems to have succeeded in making Ayaka decide to follow him. At that time, Ryūhei told Ayato that Ayaka still maintained their engagement, but Ryūhei stated that he wouldn't be long in Inazuma.

He might have given Ayaka a chance because Ayaka wanted it to be maintained and he didn't have any feelings for Ayaka. But, if Ayaka didn't follow him back to Liyue, it would be better if the marriage agreement ceased to exist, knowing that a long-distance relationship ended in failure most of the time based on his previous life knowledge.

Yet, to think that Ayaka was ready since he told Ayato that he would go back to Liyue a few days back after Shinobu worked in his store.

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AN: Sorry, this might be a boring chapter XD