I Am an Emperor in a World of Mixed Anime

"Later, I also provided you with a lot of information on haunted houses and other paranormal locations, right?"

"Ah."

“I didn’t even ask you to deliver the new graduates that we had agreed upon beforehand, the ones that you were supposed to train and deliver to me in a timely manner.”

Higashino Akira sighed, "What did I do to make you so disrespectful to me that you went to my territory to capture evil spirits without telling me beforehand, and when you saw me afterwards, you didn't even want to address me as a god."

"I'm sorry, Mr. Higashino."

Bao Yue finally looked up, her little face dejected.

“You still don’t understand.” Higashino Akira reached out and grabbed her cheek, pinching it hard twice. “I don’t care about those evil spirits, what I care about is that you didn’t tell me about this beforehand.”

"And, you've known me for so long, yet you haven't learned any of my good points. How can you only bring one or two helpers when you're going to challenge someone to a fight?"

"What morality do we need to talk about with those evil spirits?"

"We should have brought enough henchmen and dealt with him quickly with a righteous gang fight!"

"Instead of ending up like you are now, harming yourself and others due to insufficient preparation."

I'm very disappointed in you.

Chapter 103 The Charming Halo

"It's not that serious, senior. I just have a broken bone."

As soon as the operating room door opened, Takatsuki Eiko was wheeled out when she heard her senior scolding Xiao Yexiao. She quickly and somewhat awkwardly began to explain.

"This time, it's mainly because I'm not good enough. I was careless and didn't dodge in time, which is why I got injured like this. I'll be fine after resting for a while."

Following the nurse and the hospital bed into the ward, Higashino Akira looked at the woman who, despite having three broken ribs, a left leg, and a right arm, was still being stubborn, and he was speechless.

How dare you say that?

"She's a primary school student, and you are too? How old are you? Don't you have any risk assessment or contingency plans before you do anything?"

Looking at the woman like this, he couldn't help but sigh. A once-promising bridge-blocking hero, just getting on the right track, had quietly fallen. Alas!

Originally, Takarazuki Eiko was cheerfully trying to appear calm and comforting her senior and her late-night snack, but these sudden words of scolding made her increasingly frustrated. In the end, she could only apologize obediently with a bitter face, "Gomenase..., senior."

Beside him, Little Night Snack also hugged the god's leg, pressing her soft little face against it and looking up at him.

“Gomenase…, God.”

These two sisters are like donkeys; they apologized very readily, but made no promises whatsoever about whether they would venture into high-risk, paranormal areas again.

Clearly, they are the type who readily admit their mistakes but resolutely refuse to change, and will do it again next time.

Although Akira Higashino has no intention of caring too much about other people's lives and deaths, and he doesn't care if someone really wants to do something reckless, as long as it doesn't affect him.

What's the use of just apologizing?

"I used so many resources to rescue you this time, and I even burned down a mountain to cover it up. This wasn't for nothing. You owe me another graduate. Send him over as soon as he's healed."

"How cold! The gods are so cold!" The little girl cried, truly heartbroken this time. They had finally managed to capture an evil spirit that was even more powerful than the average graduate, only to lose an extra graduate in the process. All their hard work and injuries had been for nothing.

"Cry?" Higashino Akira sneered. "Crying is also a matter of time. You have to get it once you're healed. This time, I refuse to delay."

"I won't force you to give the other graduate to anyone, but I'll take the white spirit we used tonight."

After saying that, he pulled the little boy, who looked gloomy and almost dead, off his body, straightened his pants, and turned to walk out of the ward.

"I've already paid all the medical expenses for you, so just rest and recover."

Snapped--!

The door closed.

Inside the hospital room, little Baoyue, her face filled with sorrow, murmured, "Yongzi."

"Huh?"

"Use your irresistible charm to win over the god."

"Huh!?" Tsukiyoko's eyes widened. "This kind of thing, it's no use if I try alone!!"

"Then I'll go with Yongzi!"

"That would be illegal!"

"Then break up, and bring back half of the graduates, okay?"

"What a terrible idea!"

"Yongzi..."

"Alright, alright, it's not a loss after all. We can always go catch other evil spirits in the future."

"Yoko is amazing, I'm almost falling in love with you."

"Hmm... it's alright."

.........

A week passed quickly, and Xiao Yexiao, who only had minor abrasions, was discharged from the hospital early and had even started going to school. Although she was very reluctant to part with her, she still delivered the two graduates to Dongye Ming as promised.

One was a courtesan whom Higashino Akira had met before, who tried to attack him but was instead humiliated by him.

The other one is the female evil spirit that Higashino Akira specifically wanted, which Xiaoyexiao recently acquired and named 'Thousand Souls Huayan Self-Slaying Child'.

The latter sensed his divine status and, being relatively stable in character, voluntarily accepted his decree after discussing the benefits and obligations.

As for the former, the courtesan was a rebel after all, and she didn't even have a physical body. Originally, her illusion ability was also very strong, and theoretically she could have a spring dream that left no trace. However, Higashino Akira was protected by luck, so he didn't even have the space to be in a hallucination. He didn't want to let his invincible second brother treat the air as an imaginary enemy. If hard methods didn't work, he could only resort to something harder.

Ultimately, after spending 17,000 units of luck, faced with the choice between survival and death, the courtesan, who had been beaten up, decisively chose to live with a grudge, accept the imperial decree, and then wait for the opportune moment to betray her.

Unfortunately, given the strong hierarchical relationship inherent in imperial decrees, she probably won't get that opportunity.

Both graduates have gold-level qualifications. After the conferment, Higashino Akira's daily increase in luck limit will increase by 10,000, and his free attribute value will increase by 10 points.

All of this was added to his mental attribute, which reached a new level. This trait was further enhanced in Akira Higashino, whose words and actions were already more persuasive because of his high mental attribute, and it subtly formed a kind of charismatic aura.

Even without speaking, standing in the center of a crowd will subconsciously attract attention. Unless ordinary passersby have a grudge against him, their initial goodwill towards him is at least 20 or 30 percent.

[Emperor: Akira Higashino]

[Spirit: 30]

[Constitution: 11]

[...]

Chiba, Yukinoshita Real Estate.

The new headquarters building of Yunmeng Group.

Higashino Akira sat in the R&D conference room, with a computer in front of him. The screen was displaying a farming game that he had instructed the company's employees to create.

The overall gameplay is roughly similar to Stardew Valley stitched together with Penguin Farm. Not only is the gameplay creative, but it even borrowed the name, calling it "Omu Dye Story," directly incorporating the terrain and industrial distribution of the hometown.

Anyway, these two games don't exist in this world, so there's nothing wrong with borrowing from them.

After playing for about half an hour and not finding any major bugs or problems, Akira Higashino quit the game.

He nodded, meeting the tense gazes of the group's senior executives and developers.

"The art style can be further optimized, and the text and plot don't need to be too numerous or complicated. They don't need to be too sophisticated, but at least we shouldn't include any bad elements. After that, we plan to do a closed beta test to collect player feedback, incorporate useful suggestions, and then prepare for the official launch."

As he spoke, he looked at the group of developers whose faces were practically burning with exhaustion, "Keep working hard for a while longer, don't give up before dawn. Your bonuses from the company are on their way, coffee is unlimited, and after the game is officially launched, each member of your development team will be given a three-month long vacation, with rotating shifts. You'll still receive your full salary during your vacation, and it will be doubled."

After he finished speaking, a group of developers who had been working overtime to finish the game, their faces sallow and their eyes dark with intense embarrassment, raised their hands above their heads, tears welling in their eyes, and jumped up and down, clapping enthusiastically.

Chapter 104 What a disgraceful fellow!

He gently raised his hand and pressed down, fearing that the employees, who had been working non-stop for almost two weeks, might get emotional, their heart rate and blood pressure would spike, and they would collapse on the spot.

His management philosophy is simple: as long as employees are capable, the capable should be promoted; as the boss, he should talk less and pay more, that's all.

Unlike the female employees who like to treat him as a matchmaker, most of the male employees in Yunmeng think that their boss is a real god of wealth!

Next, Dongye Ming and the group's senior management held a series of communications and arrangements regarding Yunmeng's recent matters. After the large meeting, they held smaller meetings to hear Kongming report on the fate of those unscrupulous politicians who took money but did nothing and betrayed the group after Yunmeng's public opinion retaliation. No matter how much they played the victim, whether it was suicide or an assassination attempt, they could not escape the result of being removed from office because of their own uncleanliness.

Also, those guys we had previously assigned to keep an eye on, who led reporters and protesters to the Yunmeng Group building to stir things up, seemed to have sensed something was wrong, realized the existence of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and suddenly died.

According to the report from the Embroidered Uniform Guard, the manner of the victim's death was somewhat unusual, resembling the assassins who came to kill Higashino Akira on the train he returned to Okumizome last year.

After a moment's thought, Higashino Akira assigned the newly recruited Thousand Souls Huayan Self-Slaying Child to assist the Imperial Guards in their investigation. After all, if there were any supernatural elements involved, and they encountered a slightly stronger evil spirit, a small fox might not be able to handle the situation.

"After the closed beta ends and before the official launch of 'Okumizome Story,' we need to shoot a video featuring real people in the Okumizome local environment. Kongming, you can arrange this and select some young and beautiful girls to appear in the video."

"clear."

To be honest, the game itself isn't important.

For Akira Higashino, there are many ways to make money. Although many businesses were forced to close under the pretext of protecting evidence and cooperating with the investigation, Yunmeng Group has continued to acquire a number of new small and micro-sized livelihood-related industries during this period.

What's really important is the shrine he hid in the Omuzome map within the game.

What era are we living in? Still building physical shrines? Not only is the project easily interrupted, but expansion is also slow.

It's already the 21st century; times have changed.

These days, even evil spirits know how to commit telecom fraud, villainous organizations use online posts to phish people, and some Noragami are even learning how to become online broadcasters to gain faith.

They are all so hardworking and ambitious, so what reason does Akira Higashino have to follow the rules and uphold tradition?

As we were talking, there was a knock on the door.

"Enter."

The door opened, and the person who came in was the secretary, Miyamizu Mitsuha.

"Lord Higashino, the family of an injured worker from the Chiba construction site came to the company. They said they have something important to tell you and insist on seeing you in person before they will speak."

"Who?"

"Her surname is Wugeng, and she looks like a little girl."

Higashino Akira thought for a moment and nodded. "Bring her up."

"clear."

Miyamizu Mitsuha accepted the order and left. Not long after, she returned with a petite girl with long, straight, black hair in a hermaphrodite style. The girl seemed somewhat reserved when she saw him.

She really is a little girl.

"A middle school student?" Higashino Akira asked.