I Am an Emperor in a World of Mixed Anime

Higashino: "Not pitiful at all."

Haruno: "Hehe..."

……

The next morning, Higashino Akira got up very early, broke free from Hiratsuka Shizuka's embrace, and went alone to Shimokitazawa to invest 1,000 units of Qi into Yukino Yukinoshita and Shoko Toyokawa to maintain their daytime activities as humans.

Then we arrived at the group's headquarters building.

As soon as I got out of the car and opened the door, a cacophony of noise filled the air. I saw a large, diverse crowd gathered in front of the main entrance below the headquarters building. There were people marching, people leading the charge, and some journalists and freelance media figures like internet celebrities.

Upon seeing Akira Higashino, the group swarmed over like zombies.

Upon seeing this, several Imperial Guards responsible for close protection quickly stepped forward to block the crowd from getting close, giving Higashino Akira space to leave at his leisure.

As for Higashino Akira, he coldly swept his gaze over the group of people. Most of them had a negative favorability rating of around -10. Only a few people were extremely malicious, with their favorability rating after the negative affinity was quantified to around -70 or -80. This was a level of malice that would only occur if someone had the intention to kill the other person.

Apart from one or two who were journalists, the others were the ones who were most likely to actively stir up trouble among the protesters.

Upon seeing them, Akira Higashino's gaze lingered for a couple of seconds, trying to memorize their appearance.

Use a few more aura-gazing techniques to memorize their real names.

The masterminds still revealed a flaw. Although they somehow blocked his ability to form bonds, preventing him from tracing the bond's connection to their true location, they still managed to find him.

However, as the other party repeatedly made moves and sent out their subordinates to cause trouble, it was not difficult for him to lock onto these people as long as they appeared in front of Higashino Akira using his various abilities.

Once inside the building, we will not accept any malicious interviews.

Higashino Akira had someone pull up the surveillance footage from the entrance and pointed out the few people who had just been identified as having problems to the Imperial Guards beside him.

"Keep an eye on them, try not to alert them, and see who these people will contact later."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

The Imperial Guard attendant accepted the order and took his leave.

Kongming, who had been waiting silently for a while, stepped forward at the opportune moment and said, "My lord, there's another situation."

“This morning, we received a call from the landlord of this building. He was willing to pay a large penalty for breach of contract and forced us to move out of the building within three days. More importantly, when we contacted other office buildings that were currently renting out, the landlords initially communicated well, but after hearing that it was Yunmeng Group, they all chose to refuse.”

"Someone must have put pressure on them to prevent anyone from renting office space to us."

“This was my mistake. Liang had only considered that buying an entire office building would be too expensive and not very cost-effective. Although we have a lot of working capital, it would still take a long time to save up enough to buy a building in Tokyo. Using this capital to buy other land would obviously create more value. I didn’t expect to encounter this situation later.”

Higashino Akira shook his head at Kongming, telling him not to worry about it.

"Don't worry, this only means that the other side has run out of tricks. The more they try, the more flaws they reveal. We don't need to play this kind of low-level business war with them. We just need to wait for the Embroidered Uniform Guard to find out who is behind us and then send them away in one fell swoop."

"How's the development of that game I arranged yesterday going?"

"Reporting to my lord, the development team has been divided into groups and is currently refining the script according to your requirements. We expect to complete all preparations within three days and officially begin production. We will write the game prototype within half a month and launch the public beta operation within a month at most."

Making games is much simpler than making artificial intelligence, and there are quite a few computer experts to recruit. Add to that the unique charm of genius high school students from Japanese anime, and by drawing on the excellent experience of other farming and management games from abroad, it's impossible for the progress not to be fast.

"Kongming, you continue to follow up on these matters, and make sure nothing serious goes wrong."

As the two were chatting, there was a knock on the office door.

"Please come in."

"Yay... It's me, Higashino! It's been a few days, have you missed me, Higashino-kun?"

Kongming glanced at the newcomer, bowed slightly to Dongye Ming, said goodbye, and left.

With no outsiders present, Yukino Shino became more relaxed and lightly walked to Higashino Akira's side, put her arms around his neck, and sat down in his lap.

"Let's get down to business first."

Higashino Akira watched as Yukinoshita Haruno entered the office with some kind of document. It was broad daylight, and she was carrying something like this. It couldn't possibly be that she had come here specifically to reenact a scene with him in the office, or to have him sign his name on a marriage application.

"Honestly, can't Higashino-kun care a little more about Yukino? I care about you so much, and as soon as I heard someone was preventing the Yukino family from renting their office building to the Yunmeng Group and suspected something was wrong, I immediately brought reinforcements to help you. I'm so sad..."

"What kind of support?"

"Ta-da! This is an incredibly low-price lease agreement for the Yukinoshita family's office building in Chiba!"

Yukino handed the documents and contracts she had brought with her to Akira Higashino, and then, without disturbing him as he looked at the documents, she got up and came up behind him to gently massage his shoulders.

After carefully reviewing all the documents and contract contents, Akira Higashino could say that the terms were indeed very favorable, but perhaps a little too favorable.

On the contrary, it makes people feel uneasy.

"And what's the price?"

"As for the price, can my boyfriend treat Yukino and Yukino even better in the future?"

“Then I’ll take it seriously.” Higashino Akira looked at her calmly.

"Well... it's not entirely without support. If Higashino-kun can provide some support in terms of votes in Chiba, then perhaps Yukino's parents will be happy and won't blame her for taking it upon herself to find the same boyfriend as Yukino."

Seeing this, Yukino Yukinoshita stopped joking. After all, she had come with a mission. If she had gone to such great lengths just to act cute with him, she might not be punished by her mother when she got back, but her father would most likely think that she was siding with outsiders before she was even married, and he would stare at her with resentful eyes for a long time.

As for ballots, if that's the only requirement, then there's no problem.

After all, the Yukinoshita family had been quite generous and friendly to him, both economically and politically.

Akira Higashino was also happy to support his own people to rise to power.

In fact, the Yukino family already had a deep presence in Chiba. Even without him, they could have been elected again. On the contrary, after their semi-marriage, they might have faced political suppression. If he didn't lend a hand, Haruno's father might have lost the election.

"How about it, is it okay? Please, please..."

This woman is so good at being coquettish.

Although it might not be the real thing, Higashino Akira didn't care. He nodded and said, "Deal."

Chapter 89 Such a cheesy couple!

However, if the headquarters of Yunmeng Group were also moved to Chiba, wouldn't that bring it even closer to Yukinoshita's family home?

It's possible that this woman is genuinely planning to launch an attack and win the position of queen.

Akira Higashino glanced sideways at Yukinoshita Haruno, who was leaning against him with her cheek pressed against his side and grinning.

Then, she suddenly leaned in and gave me a quick kiss on the cheek.

"Great!"

Higashino Akira tore off a tissue and wiped the lipstick stain off his face. His slightly disgusted expression made Yukino Yukinoshita's eyes widen in disbelief as she stared at this unromantic guy.

Who did he think he was wearing his lipstick for?!

Xiao Yang is going to get angry!

Yukino sat directly into this person's lap, cradling his head against it, their lips meeting in a tender embrace.

Not satisfied with what was done, she kissed him on the face several more times.

When they finally parted ways, she glared at him with a sullen expression.

Akira Higashino: "..."

Ugh... this is so annoying.

They smeared my face with saliva first thing in the morning.

The two locked eyes. Yukinoshita Haruno stood firm, while Higashino Akira remained calm and even smiled at her.

'I'll deal with your sister when I get home tonight.'

Physically disciplining this woman in the office setting is indeed inappropriate, and besides, it might not even be effective.

So, it seems I'll have to really take control of your weakness, Haruno.

After wiping her face again, Yukino Yukinoshita didn't throw a tantrum this time. After all, one little temper tantrum is enough; too many would really hurt her image.

She sat obediently and helped the man process various official documents.

Since making that decision, knowing that Yukino is not good at competing, for the sake of the future, as the older sister, she must take the initiative and become someone he cannot do without, whether in love or in her career.

However, in that case, she would basically have no way to inherit the Yukinoshita family in the future. Fortunately, this guy's future is brighter. Once Yukinoshita inherits the family business, she can honestly lead the Yukinoshita family to follow behind the Yunmeng Group. As long as the Yunmeng Group doesn't collapse, the Yukinoshita family will only become more and more prosperous.

As for whether Yunmeng Group will collapse, Yukino Yukinoshita had not considered this possibility at all, because there was no need to.

She had previously reviewed the group's various internal financial reports. Even though things seemed turbulent from the outside, Yunmeng's revenue remained remarkably stable, with virtually no decline.

That's very strange.

But this is a good thing.

Yukino Yukinoshita, who was raised from childhood to be the family heir, is indeed very capable. With her as an assistant, Higashino Akira can save a lot of energy. As for those insignificant data and information that are on the surface, it doesn't really matter whether others see them or not.

Outside the door, Kongming, who originally had something to report and planned to discuss with his lord, waited for a long time but the woman did not come out. After a long silence, he sighed and finally turned and left alone.

What a cheesy couple!

In the afternoon, Yukinoshita Haruno left.

After explaining the relocation of Kongming's office headquarters to Chiba, Higashino Akira asked him to keep an eye on the progress before leaving the company.

Get in the car and head to the zoo where the girl was turned into a cat.

Beside him sat another little fox he had dug up from the mountain god, which hadn't yet been officially conferred a title. He had originally planned to accumulate enough subjects before bestowing a title upon her, but after learning from Yang Nai that there really was a wild god in this zoo, he decided to save the bestowal opportunity he had accumulated for that guy and sent this little fox out to search for the so-called god's whereabouts.

These little foxes under the mountain god are quite efficient and intelligent, but they are really bad at fighting, with average stats and mediocre mechanics.

A wild deity would definitely have a higher priority than them.

The number of times a divine decree is conferred should be focused on more valuable objectives.

Although the Yunmeng Group developed rapidly and more and more people were successfully naturalized, the opportunities for imperial conferment had already overflowed and were more than enough to cover the other little fox. However, since the task had already been given, Dongye Ming was somewhat reluctant to directly confer a reward before she completed the task, otherwise it would seem that his official position was somewhat worthless.

"Welcome to Hino Zoo."

After getting off the bus, led by the little fox, we headed straight for the deer enclosure. There, Akira saw a girl with long antlers lying on a low hill, waving at him with a wise expression.

Wasn't it said to be a deer?

Higashino Akira glanced at her, then looked down at the little fox beside him. "Her?"

Upon hearing this, the little fox nodded vigorously.

Turning back, the girl had already reached the metal fence and pulled out a stack of deer crackers.

"Want to try feeding the deer? It only costs 300 yen!"

Akira Higashino glanced at his wallet, paused for a moment, and realized he had no change.