I became the emperor in the comic book series.

Yang Nai: "What an excellent speech! Congratulations, Shizuka!"

Yang Nai: "Clapping! Clapping! Clapping!"

Hiratsuka Shizuka: "Hmph..."

Haruno: "Oh right, you're all lying together, so it can't be that you're already..."

Hiratsuka Shizuka: "After all, we're all adults, so it's not a big deal that something like that would happen."

Haruno: "Waaah... Shizuka has finally grown up!"

Hiratsuka Shizuka: "Hey, don't talk to me like you're my mom."

Hiratsuka Shizuka: "If we have a chance to go out together, I'll bring Higashino, and you can bring your boyfriend too."

Yang Nai: "Okay, okay."

Yangno: "Looking forward to jpg"

Akira Higashino looked down at Shizuka Hiratsuka's phone and naturally recognized who the profile picture represented.

Because I knew that, I then looked at the chat content between the two of them.

What does it mean?

Poor Hiratsuka Shizuka was manipulated at will by the evil Haruno.

This woman's cunning level is a bit too high, and her tastes are rather peculiar.

As he was thinking this, a message from Yono popped up on Higashino Akira's phone.

Haruno: "Selfie with black stockings and beautiful legs (jpg)"

Haruno: "So, boyfriend, shall we go on a date with cute Haruno?"

Higashino: "Go ahead and bully her, but be careful she doesn't beat you up when she finds out the truth."

Haruno: "Waaah... My boyfriend will definitely protect poor Haruno, right?"

Dongye: "It's not pitiful."

Yang Nai: "Hey..."

……

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

Then I arrived at the group's headquarters.

As soon as I got off 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 moving to rhythm, and some journalists and freelance media figures like internet celebrities.

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

Seeing this, the guards responsible for close protection quickly stepped forward to block the crowd and prevent them from getting close, giving Higashino Akira space to leave at his leisure.

As for Akira Higashino, he coldly swept his gaze over the group. Most people's favorability towards him was currently around -10, with only a few people harboring extremely serious malice. Their favorability rating after being converted into a negative number reached around -70 or -80, which was almost the level of malice one would have if they were determined to kill the other person.

Apart from one or two who were reporters, the others were among the most active members of the protesters who liked to lead the way.

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

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

The masterminds behind the scenes still revealed their weaknesses. Although they somehow blocked his ability to form bonds, preventing him from tracing their location through the bond lines, he still managed to find them.

However, as the other party repeatedly intervened, sending their subordinates to cause trouble, it was not difficult for him to identify these people in front of Higashino Akira using his various abilities.

Once inside the building, no malicious interviews will be accepted.

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

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

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

The attendant accepted the order and took his leave.

Kongming, who had been waiting quietly for a while, stepped forward at the right moment and said, "My lord, there is another situation."

“This morning, we received a call from the landlord of this building. He was willing to pay a large amount of penalty for breach of contract, but he insisted that we move out of the building within three days. More importantly, when we contacted other office buildings that were currently renting out, they were all able to communicate well at first, but when they heard 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. Previously, Liang only considered that the cost of buying an entire office building was too high and the cost-effectiveness was not very high. Although we have a lot of working capital, it would still take a long time to save up enough to afford a building in Tokyo. Using this capital to buy other land could 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 just means they've run out of tricks. The more they try, the more weaknesses they reveal. We don't need to play this low-level back-and-forth business war with them. We just need to wait for Luanlu to find out who's behind this and then send them on their way."

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

"Reporting to the lord, the development team is now in place and ready to go. They are refining and polishing the script according to the lord's 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 in a month at most."

Making games is much simpler than making artificial intelligence, and there are quite a few people skilled in computers to recruit. With the added bonus of a genius high school student from the world of anime, and by drawing on the excellent experience of other farming and development 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 on his own initiative.

With no outsiders present, Yukino Shino became more relaxed and lightly walked to Higashino Akira's side, wrapped 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 this kind of thing. It couldn't possibly be that she had come here specifically to reenact a scene with him in the office, or to get him to sign his name on a marriage application.

"Honestly, can't Higashino-kun care about Haruno a little more? I care about you so much, and as soon as I heard that someone was objecting to the Yukinoshita family renting their office building to the Yunmeng Group and suspected there might be problems, I immediately brought support to help you. I'm so sad..."

"What kind of support?"

"Clang! This is an incredibly low-priced, family-friendly rental contract for the Yukinoshita family's office building property 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 behind him to gently massage his shoulders.

After carefully reviewing all the documents and contract contents, Higashino Akira 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 about the cost?"

"As for the price, can my boyfriend treat Haruno and Yukino even better from now on?"

“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 the Chiba district elections, perhaps if Haruno's parents are happy, they won't blame her for taking it upon herself to find the same boyfriend as Yukino."

Seeing this, Yukino stopped joking. After all, she had come with a mission. If she had paid such a high price just to be affectionate with him, although she wouldn't be punished by her mother when she went back, 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 voting, if that's all the needs, then there's no problem.

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

Akira Higashino is 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 won the election 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 the Yunmeng Group were also moved to Chiba, wouldn't that be even closer to Yukinoshita's home?

It's possible that this woman is genuinely planning an attack to win the Empress's position.

Higashino glanced sideways at Yukinoshita Haruno, who was leaning against him with her cheek pressed against his 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 about to get angry!

Yukino sat directly into the man's lap, cradling his head against his chest, their lips and teeth touching, sharing a tender moment.

Not satisfied with what was done, she gave him several kisses on the face.

Finally, they separated, and she stared 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. Yukino Yukino stood firm, while Higashino Akira remained calm and even smiled at her.

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

It's really inappropriate to physically discipline this woman in this office setting, and besides, it might not even be effective.

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

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

She sat obediently and began to help 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 give up, whether in love or in career.

However, in that case, she would basically be unable to inherit the Yukinoshita family in the future. Fortunately, this guy's future is even brighter. Once Yukinoshita inherits the family business, she will honestly lead the Yukinoshita family to follow behind the Yunmeng Group. As long as the Yunmeng Group does not fall, the Yukinoshita family will only become more and more prosperous.

As for whether the Yunmeng Group would 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 the outside world saw things as turbulent, 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 heir of the family, 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 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, Yang left under the snow.

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.

They got into the car and headed towards the zoo that turned the girl into a cat.

Beside him sat another little fox he had dug up from the mountain god, which hadn't yet been officially granted a title. He had originally planned to collect enough subjects before bestowing a title upon her, but after learning from Yang Nai that there really was a wild god in the zoo, he decided to leave the best opportunities for bestowing titles to that guy first, so he 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; their stats are average and their mechanisms are mediocre.

A wild deity would certainly have higher priority than them.

The number of times a decree is conferred by a deity should be closely aligned with more valuable objectives.

Although the number of naturalized subjects increased with the rapid development of the Yunmeng Group, the opportunities for imperial conferment had already overflowed and were more than enough to cover another 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 make his status seem a bit 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 supposed 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 experience feeding the fawns? It only costs 300 yen."

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