Tokyo Wingman King

F-san, you've watched so many animations recently, don't you know that the sculpture behind you is very unlucky?

Asana complained inwardly.

The gaze between the two people across the crowd was enhanced by their distinct hair colors.

The flow of people, like the Yellow River bursting its banks, has solidified Ikebukuro's status as the second busiest city in the world, after Shinjuku.

Busei and Asama were walking towards each other, and people who passed by them couldn't help but look back.

A black hip skirt, a V-neck floral shirt, and a thin short suit, a standard professional dress outfit, is worn by Busei with her tall figure, giving her the feel of an intellectual female anchor.

If you hold a cup of black coffee and put on a cool expression of "I'm busy", you can perfectly blend into the inhumane "professional victory group" in Tokyo.

"Why are you dressed like a company animal? You weren't so serious in meetings before, were you?"

"Isn't it inappropriate for a major shareholder to call a supplier a corporate slave? Robert, when you want to criticize others, you should know that not everyone has the advantages you have. Dressing like me is a sign of respect for both parties~!"

People from the Fuzugawa family are also going to attend the meeting, so are they dressed like this?

"Yes, yes, Fitzgerald F. Sang."

The meeting place was changed to the east exit of Ikebukuro, which has Seibu Department Store and Sunshine 60-Tong, because Fuzugawa wanted to equip her tablet with an expansion dock and a laser pointer.

The two chose a 3C digital store among the many shopping malls at the east exit of Ikebukuro and bought these accessories.

Asama and Fuzugawa discovered that the main products of this store were mobile phone cases. Most of the customers who entered the store went straight to the side where the entire wall was covered with mobile phone cases.

Mobile phone cases are extremely expensive in 3C stores like this one in Japan, generally priced between 3000 and 6000 yen. There are also many mobile phone cases that cost over ten thousand yen, such as the artistic co-branded mobile phone cases by [casetify studio] next door, which have an average price of 1 yen. Other mobile phone case shops even use the skins of second-hand LV bags to make overhauled mobile phone cases, and sell them for over 5 yen.

Probably because of the Chineseization of Ikebukuro, this 3C store also sells Chinese mobile phone cases below 3000 yen, such as slippers mobile phone cases, mobile phone cases with makeup mirrors, game peripheral mobile phone cases, etc.

Fuzugawa suddenly grabbed Asama's arm and said with a smile,
"Robert, shall we give each other phone cases?"

"why?"

"You have the money to buy Mai a 20-plus-yuan phone, but you can't buy me a small phone case?"

Hearing this, Asana felt his scalp itchy under the hat. He should have washed his hair before going out.

"Is sending each other phone cases some new type of punishment game? Let me be clear, I will never accept that."

Asama refers to a phone case with a Crayon Shin-chan elephant showing. The key point is that the elephant can rotate and its trunk can be extended to serve as a phone holder.

"This is the punishment for being late. Please choose the literature series. We will send each other a message. Don't choose something too expensive!"

Under the envious gaze, Asana was caught by Busei and taken to the literature phone case area.

I could hear discussions like [Damn heresy], [Are they filming a TV show?], [Where did the idols come from? Why are the quality of male idols getting worse and worse?], [Fuck! It's RISE! Isn't the guy with white hair her younger brother?], [Brother shit! They are from the same aristocratic school, and the guy with white hair is a super rich second generation], [Why would a rich second generation come to a store like this?]

As long as they don't cause trouble, Asana can easily filter out this level of discussion.

"Wow~ Robert, does this feel like a bookstore?~"

Looking at the categories such as American literature, Japanese literature, and Russian literature that look like bookstore columns, Asana thought of a joke about the characteristics of literature.

[English Literature: I Die with Honor;

French Literature: I Die for Romance;

American Literature: I Died for Liberty;

Latin American Literature: I Died for Liberation;

Russian Literature: I will die;

Japanese Literature: I Want to Die;

Chinese Literature: Why die? Just live on.

Online literature: Laughing to death.]
It’s full of stereotypes, but reading Japanese literature does make me want to die.

Busai gave Asama an elbow and showed the blue and white flip phone case in his hand to Asama.

"What does this mean? [What is Xie Jian Pu]? A book about ancient swords?"

"A ward off evil spirits, a fictional book that can increase embroidery speed."

"Oh."

"What about this [Nine Yin Manual]?"

“A fictional book that can be read either forward or backward.”

"So fun~ Robert knows everything~"

Asana held back and said, "I don't know everything. I only know what I happen to know."

Busei shuffled his feet and took off a phone case from the second row below the Japanese literature section.

"Here, I've already chosen one for you. You want the iPhone 15, right? The one with two cameras?"

“Apple 13.”

"Eh?"

"What's so strange?"

"Huh~ It's Robert-kun after all~ Have you made your choice?"

"Which one did you choose?"

The mobile phone cases on the hooks of the wall shelves are classified according to the models. Asama didn't see clearly which famous quote of the Japanese literary giant Busaiku used.

"You choose first and I'll tell you~"

Asama found a sentence by Gibran in the Asian countries classification: "We have gone so far that we have forgotten why we set out."

India's Rabindranath Tagore, Lebanon's Gibran, Turkey's Orhan Pamuk, and British African writer Gulner were all placed in [Asian countries]. Asama roughly understood the literary level of this 3C store clerk.

"Isn't this sentence too sentimental?"

"Can you show me yours now?"

Busei handed over the phone case shyly.

Asama calmed down and looked at the regular script on the black phone case - [A coward is afraid of even the arrival of happiness. ]

"."

This is a famous line from Dazai Osamu's "No Longer Human". It really makes people want to die.

So why are you so shy, Busui?
Asana selected four more phone cases and prepared to give them to Futami and the others.

Fuzugawa whispered in Asama's ear, mockingly,
"Robert is now like a rich man from the Middle East who has to buy gifts for all his wives fairly!"

"I'm not a rich man, and you're not my wife. Stop joking, my friend."

"Hehe, double negation is affirmation~~~"

Busei hugged Asama's arm, showing their affection, which made the bachelors who were shopping nearby angry but dared not say anything.

When it came to paying the bill, Asama did not rush to pay, but just paid for the five phone cases he bought.

1 yen, I have to say, it’s really expensive.

Is the quality of Japanese glue higher?
In order to let Fuzugawa stay true to his original intention, Asama took off the slightly yellowed transparent phone case and put on the Dazai Osamu phone case that Fuzugawa bought for him.

Fuzugawa also put on the Gibran that Asama bought.

"Let's take a photo with the phone case~~~"

Busuigawa took Asana's arm very naturally.

“Who should we ask to help us take the photo?”

Asama looked at Fuzugawa preparing to grab someone randomly and said speechlessly,
"Can't you take pictures on your tablet?"

"Ah~ Yes~~~ Robert doesn't want strangers to add me as a friend, right~"

"You can even make it more exaggerated."

Asama set a selfie countdown and took a picture of the two of them holding up their phone cases to each other's faces.

Fuzukawa tickled Asama and took a few more photos before leaving the store satisfied.

After being soaked in the air conditioning in the 3C store, when she walked outdoors, Busei's suit was no longer wearable. She handed her shoulder bag and suit to Asana, and her whole body seemed to be filled with helium, and she strode forward lightly.

"Isn't that the wrong direction? Aren't we going to the Chinese Ramen restaurant?"

"Hey~ There are Chinese restaurants in Sunshine City~ How about visiting the observation deck of Sunshine City 60?"

Asama knew where Fuzugawa was talking about. The 60th floor of Sunshine City is one of the landmark tourist spots in the northwest of Tokyo, Japan, and is very suitable for watching the sunset over Tokyo.

"Not interested in."

"You're lying~ Didn't Robert go to Shibuya Sky with Xiaoyue? You can't be partial to friends~" He didn't know if it was an illusion, but Asama felt that Busei's cheeks were a little puffy. This was the first time he saw Busei like this.

This round of coquettish offensive was undoubtedly more powerful than the sun in Tokyo in midsummer, and Asana was already starting to feel a migraine.

".I'm already partial to you enough."

"Really~~~?"

The girl's surprise didn't seem fake.

"So from now on I will listen to you and treat everyone equally. Also, let's go directly to Kita-Ikebukuro. I told you to eat authentic Chinese food."

".Stupid R-kun!"

"Can I treat you to a meal?"

"prprprprpr!"

Busei frowned and stuck out his tongue at him, then obediently turned around and walked north.

Passing by some iconic Ikebukuro owl sculptures, a large number of Japanese language school or postgraduate entrance exam advertisements for Chinese students, and a hot pot restaurant sign sandwiched between entertainment shops, the two walked through Ikebukuro Station underground and entered a narrow tunnel called [WE ROAD] by the people of Ikebukuro.

The tunnel is about 2 meters high, with the track of Ikebukuro Station at the top, which makes it look depressing. But the colorful watercolor walls match the colorful hair of Fuzugawa very well. Fuzugawa pulled Asama to take some photos of her suitable for social media.

"It seems that Robert-kun can trick many girls into going to various places with his photography skills."

"Okay, I'll make you uglier next time."

"You can't do that~"

It was only 500 meters away from the Lanzhou Ramen restaurant, but they walked closely together for nearly 20 minutes amid the crowded situation.

Most of the people sitting in the store in groups of three or four were workers who had to work overtime on weekends. When they saw the strange combination of the [Victory Group] beautiful girl Fuzukawa and the white-haired boy enter the store, they couldn't help but stop slurping their noodles.

"Boss, two servings of beef noodles with meat."

Asama ordered two servings of Lanzhou beef noodles with meat in Chinese, and Fushigawa repeated it in his broken Chinese with a smile.

After looking at the menu and asking for Busokawa's opinion, Asana ordered a plate of shredded spicy chicken, a beef patty, and two skewers of lamb.

Busei took the Chinese menu curiously and asked Asana to translate one by one.

After introducing the importance of "one clear (soup), two white (radish), three red (spicy pepper), four green (scallion and coriander), five yellow (noodles)" to Fuzugawa, Fuzugawa asked directly,
"There are so many things to pay attention to when eating a bowl of noodles. Is there a ramen master in China?"

"That's not there."

After a while, the Lanzhou beef noodles served in a large bowl were served.

The one ordered by Asama is the chive leaf noodles, and the one ordered by Fushigawa is the widest belt noodles.

In short, people who order this kind of noodles are very unfriendly to the chef, because it is much more difficult to control the strength than pulling thin noodles.

Asana took a sip of the soup first and nodded. The chili oil and beef soup were above average.

Busei followed Asama's example and added some vinegar, then drank the soup with a spoon.

"It's delicious! The Chinese chef boy is not lying. The clearer the soup, the tastier it tastes."

"Well, it doesn't taste like concentrated soup powder. Either the technology has been upgraded, or it's made from real ingredients."

Asama is not so opposed to technology. He accepts white-feathered chickens that are ready for slaughter in 42 days, hybrid rice that produces 1000 kilograms per mu, and some food additives as long as they are safe. Even Lao Qin's Chinese restaurant has a bunch of incomprehensible seasonings similar to meat tenderizer.

Just like when Fuzukawa took him to eat Jiro ramen before, this time he demonstrated how to eat Lanzhou beef noodles.

He asked the waitress for two small bowls, handed one to Fuzukawa, and then Asana picked the noodles into the bowl, added chili oil, and ate them dry.

Asama's way of eating two kinds of food on one noodle made the ramen chef frown.

Busei followed suit and ate with great relish.

"I didn't expect that this pepper looked very spicy, but it tasted mostly fragrant when I ate it."

"Well, the characteristic of the chili peppers in northwest China is their fragrance."

The way Busikawa eats looks so delicious that even the customers who have finished their noodles order more food. I don’t know if it’s because they are hungry or if they just want to take a few more glances at [the beauties in the winning group].

Fuzugawa and Asama split a beef patty in half, ate a skewer of lamb together, and finished off the Northwestern-style hand-shredded spicy chicken. Even though her appetite far exceeded that of her peers, she still felt quite full.

The girl rolled her eyes and put the few slices of beef that were left in her bowl into Asama's bowl.

"I can't finish it~Come on, I'll leave it to you~Robert-kun."

"."

"Don't waste it~"

Seeing Busei's triumphant look on his face, Asana finished all the meat in the bowl as if nothing had happened, which made Busei blush instead.

After eating beef noodles, Asama and Fushigawa looked at the online reputation rankings of various cuisines and decided on their next destination - Hanyang Tower, to taste Premier Zhou's favorite chicken soup with lion's head.

Of course, next time if nothing unexpected happens, the entire love consultation department will be mobilized together.

Walking back to Ikebukuro Station, Fusikawa pointed to the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Theater in front, which is known as the "Japanese Broadway", where there are often performances by symphony orchestras or musicals.

It is said that the ticket prices for the academy orchestra's performances are as low as 1000 yen, making it a much more affordable art venue than New York's Broadway.

The landmark fountain and sculpture in front of the theater that appeared in animations such as "Durarara!!" have disappeared.

"If you have time to come to Ikebukuro again, let's go on a date at the Art Theater~"

Busuigawa grabbed Asama's arm and said.

Asana struggled a bit to break free, but if she didn't struggle anymore, she might get used to it.

"Could you please stop touching me when you talk, F-san?"

"I haven't moved my feet. In the second half of the year, here, on this open-air plaza stage, there will be a performance by the Death Samurai band sponsored by Daigo Shoya Ikebukuro store. I hope you will come and cheer for me~"

Looking at Busei who was smiling brightly, Asama nodded.

"Well, I've seen the performance plan you guys have in cooperation with the bookstore. Let's hurry up and get there early to prepare."

Asama checked the route and found that it would take 15 minutes to get to Shibuya by taking the Fukutoshin Line, and 10 minutes to walk to Daigo Shoya.

There are only 40 minutes left until the meeting.

Busei put his hands behind his back, slowed down his pace, and looked at Asana's back.

So, watch my performances more often, and it would be best if you could fall in love with me just as I fall in love with you.

The long meeting is over.

The Fuzugawa family and the Konoe family officially signed a strategic cooperation agreement on [Reikawa Hotel-Daigo Shoya], and Fuzugawa was elected as the chief official representative by the Fuzugawa family.

But the establishment of a joint venture between the two parties was delayed.

The two sides spent too much time introducing each other's business sectors, which were well known to each other, and avoided talking about future development directions and other areas where cooperation could be implemented. Obviously, this is a new test for both Fushigawa Risa and Konoe Chiyo.

How to use the only cards in their hands to achieve a domino effect and promote comprehensive cooperation between the two industries is a new topic reserved for them by the family heads.

The Konoe family and the Fushigawa family also got to see the man behind their young lady as they wished - Asama Shizumizu.

The representatives of the Konoe family were quite curious about whether Asama Shizumizu was the fiancé arranged by the head of the family for Konoe Chiyo, or whether Asama Shizumizu himself was the head of the family's illegitimate son.

After all, it was rumored that both branches were severely punished for offending Asama, and the two branch family heads had not attended the meeting for a long time. The rising star of the Konoe family, Konoe Isamu, was also exiled to Kansai for training because he was outdone by Asama.

The feelings of the Busui River family are more complicated.

It is absurd that the two problematic figures who have had a negative impact on the integration of the Busei and Konoe families have become the bond between the two families.

This white-haired young man, who was praised by the five heads of the family, Konoe, Fujiwara, Ichijo, Nijo, and Takashi, helped the runaway Fuzugawa Risei enter the power center of the Fuzugawa family in just one month. This outsider who changed their power structure in a blink of an eye made them fear the wolf coming.

They also didn't know which side Asama Shizumizu, whose name tag only stated his identity as [Shareholder of Daigo Shoya] but was actually the top young man of the Five Regents, was more inclined to.

Asama did not enter the venue with Fuzugawa, nor did he chat with the two families who approached him before the meeting. He kept a cold face throughout and listened to the entire meeting.

Fuzugawa's proposal went smoothly and he secured a marketing budget of 10 billion yen. The Death Samurai band's year-end concert also received sponsorship from Konoe's real estate group.

Everything is going smoothly as planned.

He rejected Chiyoko Konoe's invitation and said goodbye to Busei on the subway.

Asama returned to his apartment in Shiba Park early and enjoyed his study time without being disturbed.

At 11:55, Asana went to bed smoothly.

Suddenly my head shook.

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