I became the emperor in the comic book series.

But can we really stay that calm?

Mai Sakurajima flipped through the thick script in her hands, her gaze sweeping over the words. She maintained a calm demeanor, pretending to be a mature professional, but in reality, her ears were burning, and the soreness and bloating in her lower abdomen kept reminding her of what had just happened, filling her with shyness and making her emotions surge uncontrollably.

Especially those shameful things this bastard did.

Who is this old and still acts like a little baby?

The girl's chest felt slightly hot, and her heart was pounding wildly.

The lingering aftertaste of being sucked by the grinding teeth still lingered in my mind.

Bad guy!

Silently scolding him in her heart, Mai Sakurajima refocused her attention on the script, trying her best not to recall those embarrassing experiences, otherwise she felt like he was corrupting her.

.........

As for Akira Higashino, he was reflecting on his actions.

As more and more girls have been around him, he has less and less time to spend with Kawasaki Saki. At first, he would ask her out at least twice a week, but now it's only once a week. If he has to leave Tokyo and it's inconvenient for him to go, he might not see her for a month.

Little Saki was, after all, his first time, leaving a deep and unforgettable impression; his sensory experience was different from that of other women.

I feel a little guilty for neglecting her like this.

Thinking it over, Higashino Akira opened a social media app, found Kawasaki Saki's account, and sent her a message.

"Kawasaki, I love you."

Since it was still early, and modern city dwellers rarely fall asleep at this time, the other side quickly sent a reply.

"You've found a new girlfriend?"

Akira Higashino paused for a moment, then asked, "?"

Isn't that right?

On the other end of the network, Kawasaki Saki looked puzzled, wondering what kind of serious illness this guy was having so late at night. After thinking for a while, she couldn't think of any other possibilities, so based on past experience, she simply sent a message to ask.

"See you tomorrow? What time should we meet?"

Akira Higashino: "???"

Oh no, look what she's done to it!

Another message came from the other end: "Disappeared?"

Akira Higashino's expression turned serious. "See you!"

Now that things have come to this, if I don't agree, wouldn't I appear inferior, cowardly before the battle even begins, and lacking in romantic understanding?

That's it!

Kawasaki Saki relaxed. This was the Higashino she knew. He had suddenly started talking about love and such, which startled her.

Nerves!

The girl smiled at the message, put her phone screen-off in the corner of her desk, her pretty face slightly flushed, closed her eyes, stretched, let out a long breath, then opened her eyes again and buried herself in her studies.

My recent tutoring classes have been very effective, and my grades have improved significantly, so I can't let my guard down.

After all, tutoring a course is quite expensive!

However, we've worked so hard for so long, let's relax a little tomorrow. It's not good to be constantly tense, so it's okay to take a break once in a while.

Kawasaki Saki began to think. She was going out tomorrow and didn't know when she would be back. She wondered how to arrange the housework and how to make sure her younger sister and her silly younger brother didn't run off.

In other words, Kawasaki Saki can't read minds. Otherwise, if she knew that Higashino Akira felt guilty because he had lowered his frequency of hitting her, she would definitely explode on the spot.

They were already outmatched, and then that guy somehow became incredibly strong, like an animal, making it even harder to win. If they continued to play like that in the past, it would be asking for trouble.

She's not a pervert or a masochist who enjoys the feeling of being repeatedly defeated and beaten in front of others.

.........

The following morning.

After bidding farewell to Mai Sakurajima, Akira Higashino arrived at the headquarters of the Yunmeng Group, which is currently temporarily relocated to Chiba, to arrange the launch and promotion of the game "Okumizome Story".

Mai Sakurajima ultimately couldn't resist the temptation of a high-quality and challenging female lead script and officially agreed.

In fact, Akira Higashino never considered the possibility of the game failing, since with the system's reward system as a safety net, the game was unlikely to fail from the start.

That's a force akin to the Golden Rule. If there's a channel system, it can directly utilize existing channels. If there's no channel, various plausible coincidences will also deliver money into his hands.

If he doesn't actively use technology development, land acquisition, new business establishment, employee recruitment and training, and currently prioritize providing high salaries and benefits to all employees to consume most of his financial rewards, then the daily amount, which is about to reach four billion yen, would be enough to make anyone realize that something is wrong.

And it's so reasonable it seems abnormal.

However, so many employees in the company were unaware of this, so they attached great importance to this transformative project that could be considered a lifeline, which inevitably led to restlessness among the staff.

As the leader, it would be inappropriate for him not to appear in public to reassure the people or express his concern.

We can't let people think that Higashino is frivolous and unfit to rule the world, can we?

A good image helps to better integrate the vast number of grassroots employees of Yunmeng Group.

Chapter 123 It's true, I promise!

"The game has been successfully launched!"

"The promotional song and video will be released simultaneously!"

"Business promotion and cooperation with major platforms launched!"

"The registration rate of Yunmeng Group's headquarters employees, their families, and key partners has reached 70%..."

[Series of Missions: Conquest]

[Task One: The High Ground of Faith. If you don't occupy it, someone else will. The more the enemy tries to stop you, the more it proves you're doing the right thing. As the emperor with divine authority, please spread faith as quickly as possible, establish a sufficient number of branch shrines, construct a protective barrier, and block the invasion of evil!]

[(74523/1000) Mission Completed]

[Mission Reward: By adding incense and prayers through shrine worship, the power of faith is gathered in the realm of the gods and integrated into a purification mechanism. The purified power of faith can be used to nurture and resurrect subordinate deities.]

As reports piled up, Akira Higashino, who had been stuck on the system conquest task for some time due to obstacles in the actual construction of the shrine branch, suddenly exceeded his quota.

Furthermore, the number of shrine branch offices continues to increase.

Although there are no extra rewards for exceeding the target, for his situation, each additional electronic data shrine successfully built and each additional active account represents one more daily faith collection point.

In reality, a shrine project that is protected by a branch office in a small area cannot be promoted. In online games, each shrine is only responsible for the player's own shrine, so isn't it difficult to promote it?

For the sake of this incense and faith, Akira Higashino even made a special approval to reduce the working hours of Yunmeng Group employees by half an hour without changing their salaries, specifically to give his subordinates time to play games. He did not require them to be too engrossed in the games; they only needed to log in every day to check in with "Okumizome Story" and control their game characters to visit the Yunmeng Shrine in the game.

For regular players, the game guides each new player to visit a shrine within the first ten minutes of the game. Afterwards, numerous daily quests related to the shrine are released, and players are required to perform certain tasks in the game that day after visiting the shrine to pray for blessings.

In fact, to promote its popularity, "Okumizome Story" is free to play, but it does include some paid personalized content. It's up to you to pay. As long as the story and character designs are well done, who says farming games can't have gacha mechanics?

The effect is remarkable. Few people would be unhappy about having to work less. In order to increase the drop rate, players in other games have countless useless and purely psychological comfort beliefs and self-created evil rituals. So how could they refuse a mechanism that can truly increase the drop rate in this game?

A massive amount of incense and faith power converged through network terminals across the country. In the spiritual realm of faith perceived by Higashino Akira, which was originally an empty environment with only a few stars in the sky and scattered broken land, a thin layer of pale golden mist suddenly appeared in the high sky. Every moment, the mist was concentrated and purified into droplets, gradually gathering around the star representing the true spirit of the Cloud Dream God, like a flowing river of silver.

Higashino Akira raised his hand and summoned the spirit of the gentle older sister graduate he had dug up from the late-night snack shop. He extracted a drop of pure faith power flowing with a faint golden light from the divine realm, held it on his fingertip with his spiritual power, and handed it to her.

Seeing this, the other blinked, gave him a charming and slightly resentful look, and finally couldn't resist the instinctive desire of the spirit for that power. It leaned forward, opened its mouth slightly, and sucked it into its mouth. Then it closed its eyes, its cheeks slightly red, and let out a soft moan of pleasure.

"Um…"

The power quickly permeated her entire body, enhancing her strength. Although the effect of a single drop was minimal, the accompanying effect of clearing her mind was particularly surprising.

After a while, she opened her eyes again and looked at her main god. The faint blush on her face gradually faded, and there was still a hint of dazedness in her eyes.

It's a bit intoxicating; it would be even better if you drank it with alcohol or used it to make wine.

Thinking this to herself, the older sister gracefully and softly said, "Thank you..."

Higashino Akira nodded, roughly understanding the value of these purified incense and faith practices. "No need to thank me, you deserve it."

She hadn't left yet; she just stood there quietly watching him.

Seeing this, Higashino Akira shrugged. "That's all. Collecting and purifying faith takes time. That was just an extra tasting experience. Salaries will be paid out at the end of the month."

As soon as she finished speaking, the older sister glanced at him with disappointment, her spirit silently fading away and leaving the scene.

Akira Higashino picked up his phone and called Mitsuha Miyamizu to his office.

"Why is the registration rate only 70%?"

"Pass down the notice, issue an ultimatum. The benefits are already so good, anyone who still doesn't cooperate must be a spy. Investigate if necessary, fire if necessary. Department heads should follow up promptly."

It has only benefits for regular employees and no drawbacks. Not only can they work half an hour less, but after downloading "Okumizome Story" to their mobile phones and visiting Unmu Shrine every day, they can also receive the protection of the shrine's barrier and not be corroded or harmed by evil forces such as evil spirits.

In such situations, anyone who dares not to cooperate or is difficult to cooperate with definitely has a problem.

Everyone else is drinking coconut juice, if you're not, you must be a spy!

Zhong Zhan Huan^Hey, how dare you call yourself a member of the "Jiaoji" (a derogatory term for a close associate of the Communists)?

"Mr. Higashino, currently, apart from our own people downloading and registering, the promotion effect on others isn't ideal. Could it be...?"

"Don't rush, let the bullets fly for a while."

Higashino Akira told his anxious secretary to step down and just do her job well, without worrying about such trivial matters.

As long as Yunmeng Group's own employees receive the protection of the shrine and gain faith after completing their mission, a win-win situation has already been achieved.

The number of casual players is simply a matter of whether they can win again.

What's more, after working overtime for a month to make the game and then launch it, I didn't even have time to promote the game in advance to build word of mouth, public awareness and curiosity.

All we can say is that they've done everything they could; the rest is up to fate...

Give the system some time to start up.

In the afternoon, Mitsuha Miyamizu, looking radiant, rushed into the office.

"Lord Higashino, it's exploded! It's exploded!"

Higashino Akira was earning money by running a knife business with his junior classmate, who was hospitalized with multiple fractures and was bored. He was eating leftovers and picking up a backpack full of small blue and purple twigs and four or five unwanted twigs. He was pulling the limit gate to evacuate when he encountered a dog blocking the bridge. He was about to successfully fight back when she yelled at him, and his hand trembled. He ended up eating a black egg and evacuating.

"Senior, did something happen to you?"

A concerned voice came through the game microphone.

Akira Higashino silently took off his headphones; he was a little red-faced.

"I'm fine, we'll fight another day. I'll find a reliable underling to help you get what you deserve."

When you're out in the game, you have to be loyal. You can't dislike your junior just because she got injured and her gaming skills dropped. You ate her food before, so you have to pay her back.

Exiting the game, Higashino Akira quietly looked at his secretary.

"Mitsuba, you'd better say something that will make me happy, or I might really spank you."

"Really, I promise."

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P.S.: This is the second update today. Don't wait for the rest. I don't know why, but I'm especially sleepy today. I was drowsy for the past few hours, but now I'm more alert. However, I've finally managed to get back to a normal sleep schedule, so I can't stay up all night writing again. Sorry, I'll update more tomorrow.

Chapter 124 Then You Can Hit Me

"Lord Higashino, the publicity campaign was a huge success!"

Miyamizu Mitsuha was overjoyed. As a little secretary, she had no idea that her god had a power similar to the Golden Law, a system of divine power that guaranteed a good harvest regardless of drought or flood.

All she knew was that the group's original business consisted mostly of labor-intensive and scattered small and medium-sized livelihood industries. Once the business was hit hard and production stopped, the employees who had officially signed employment contracts with Yunmeng would still have to pay their wages and social security contributions, regardless of whether the business was operating or not. They would all be in debt.

However, all of Yunmeng's employees are full-time employees, with no labor dispatch involved.

She knew that her deity was a god, but in Japan, apart from a few big names, most gods didn't have much prestige. Famous gods like the God of Wealth and the God of Fortune were well-known.

If someone like Higashino, who is a reincarnation of a human and has no fame or apparent powerful authority, encounters this situation, he will most likely go bankrupt if he doesn't handle it properly.

At a time when various industries are suffering setbacks and becoming sluggish, they finally came up with a new path. The entire group is working together as one, hoping to make a name for themselves with "The Story of Okumizome" and break the predicament of Yunmeng in various fields, revitalize the industry, and bring everyone back to life.

"Starting from noon, the number of clicks and views has been steadily increasing. The conversion rate of the first batch of promotions reached over 30%, and the number of fans of Mai Sakurajima, a subsidiary of Yunmeng Entertainment, has increased by more than 200,000!"

Behind outrageous data often lies even more outrageous external support, which doesn't surprise Akira Higashino.

It's not surprising that Mai Sakurajima's fan base is growing. After all, she was once a national teenage star with an absurdly high level of fame. In addition, after fading out of the entertainment industry for several years, her first comeback coincided with a great opportunity like Yunmeng's, which provided a huge boost by spending a lot of money on promotion. Isn't it normal for her fan base to grow?

Moreover, "This small increase in followers is only a fraction of her total number of followers, so why are you making such a fuss?"

Akira Higashino remained calm, looking intently at his secretary. "Any other good news?"