Tokyo: They say it's just dating, but they're serious about it.

The next day, Kanzaki Yumi just lay on the bed all day, grinning foolishly.

From that moment on, Ms. Oriko never dared to look directly at Katsuhiko Takenaka again, because images of Yumi Kanzaki's silly grin and her wailing voice would involuntarily pop into her mind...

"Tomorrow?" Kanzaki Yumi's eyes widened in confusion. "Shouldn't it be the day after tomorrow?"

"It's tomorrow, just as you promised, and President Tanaka agreed..."

It was a variety show produced by Fuji Television in Tokyo, Japan, called "Minami and Kouchi Do Whatever They Want." It was permanently shut down after Wong Ka Kui's stage fall death on June 24, 1993.

"It conflicts with my schedule, I'm not going." Kanzaki Yumi said, turning her face away, then hugged Katsuhiko's head and shook it. "Anyway, I don't care about that little bit of exposure. The songs my husband has given me could last a lifetime. Husband, give me a kiss~"

“It’s already agreed that if I don’t go, there will be a penalty for breach of contract,” Zhizi said anxiously, her smooth forehead covered in a fine layer of sweat. “I heard that the Beyond band is also participating. Don’t you have several Chinese songs? You probably don’t know how to sing them. You can ask them for help with the Chinese pronunciation.”

"My husband speaks Chinese, so I'm going to practice Chinese pronunciation with him tonight..."

"Byond band?" Katsuhiko's ears twitched as if by reflex. He tilted his head to look at Oriko and asked, "Is it Wong Ka Kui?"

Oriko seemed startled by Katsuhiko's sudden turn of his head. She turned her head in a panic and stammered, "Yes, yes... President Takenaka... I, I checked... The lead singer is called Wong Ka Kui... He's a very inspiring original musician! His songs give people strength."

"I'll go participate. I'll also go check out the TV station."

As Katsuhiko spoke, he patted Kanzaki Yumi's round bottom, startling Oriko.

Katsuhiko had gone there once before with Mikoto, when they were copying a videotape of a "parent-child activity". At that time, two girl group members fell off the stage, which was nearly three meters high.

Upon hearing the name Wong Ka Kui, Sheng Yan immediately recalled his story. A legendary figure, whose story continues even after many years since his death—Wong Ka Kui is one such example.

Kanzaki Yumi was dragged away by Oriko; they needed to prepare for tomorrow's variety show.

Katsuhiko returned to the president's office.

Yingdai had finished her work and was sitting in the boss's chair behind the large desk facing the door, her long legs crossed on the desk, leaning back in the chair and drinking tea.

She wore a pair of black high heels with red soles and pointed toes, and black wide-leg pants. Since she was wearing long pants, she didn't need to wear stockings, so she wasn't wearing any stockings. Her left foot, which was draped over her right foot, was slowly swaying with only the toe of her high heel hooked around it.

After Katsuhiko came in, Eiyo tilted her head, swayed her high heels at him, and said, "Come here and give me a foot massage."

Sheng Yan had only taken two steps closer when he paused, turned back to the door, and locked it from the inside.

Yingdai stopped swaying on her toes, her eyes widened, and she said, "You're not going to do something bad, are you?"

"You definitely can't just massage your feet."

"This is the office."

"The door is locked."

I spent the whole morning in the office without being disturbed.

The company has a dedicated cafeteria that provides free meals for employees, including lunch.

Kotoha, Katsuhiko's father, and Mr. Kudo, all dressed in formal attire, are having lunch with a group of government officials from Ota Ward, right in front of the cameras of major authoritative news media.

The portly officials seemed to have small appetites, only eating a few bites in front of the cameras. However, they appeared to have a strong preference for Blue Bull energy drinks; as they were being seen off, Mr. Kudo instructed several employees to deliberately place several cases in the trunks of their cars, even under the camera's lens—a subtle form of advertising. The officials were happy to cooperate, given the sluggish economy… After all the media cameras had dispersed, Kotoha left, and then Mr. Kudo and Katsuhiko's father guided the officials to their official cars, heading to the nearest luxury hotel…

Katsuhiko didn't participate in that part. He took Eiyo to the kitchen and got two small bento boxes, then returned to the president's office.

A short while later, Qinye pushed open the door, looking exhausted, and slumped onto the sofa.

“A big entrepreneur has arrived,” Yingdai pushed a plate of cold sea cucumber salad over. “Hurry up and eat some sea cucumber to replenish your strength. You can’t fall ill, otherwise the reputation of ‘The Resurrected Goddess’ will be ruined.”

In this lost decade, amidst a societal yearning for recovery, the revival of this near-bankrupt food processing plant is nothing short of a miracle. The Daejeon Ward government is paying special attention, aiming to transform Kotoha into an "inspiring" brand.

As for the Xia Ying Society that it backs up, it's too shameful to make pornographic films... and Tanaka Yutaka's past yakuza background is practically going against the government... Kotoha's identity is not only innocent, but she is also a woman, a miracle among miracles.

"Don't make fun of me," Qin Ye said, ignoring the plate of sea cucumbers. Instead, she picked up her water glass, took a sip, and continued, "Luckily, Xiao Baihe's father and father-in-law helped me, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to handle it."

"Shouldn't you be most grateful to our husbands?" Eiya poked Katsuhiko, who was devouring sea cucumber, and said with a wicked grin, "You beast, hurry up and make the 'resurrected goddess' cry for help!"

"Stop fooling around, eat first, you'll have energy after you eat," Katsuhiko patted his leg seriously. "Kotoha-chan, come on, sit on your husband's lap, I'll feed you sea cucumber. Eiyo-chan, go lock the door..."

“Pervert…” Yingdai cursed, her face flushed as she walked out of the office.

Katsuhiko successfully redeemed volumes 11 and 12 of the One-Punch Man manga. At the end of the artwork, he saw the words "Season 1 Ended," and there's also a second season...

The reason for locking down Qinye's time is probably because she repeatedly made her generate gold coins, which caused the time to be consumed very quickly, leaving only five hours. Based on this pattern, the second season can only be exchanged for a maximum of five or six episodes, making it an absolute cancellation.

Although Katsuhiko really wanted to redeem the artwork for episodes five and six of the second season, it was almost time for him to go to work, so he didn't continue.

Of course, being in the same room at close range will consume time, which will then earn you ordinary coins to exchange for [potions]. Katsuhiko wanted to save time to exchange for gold coins, so he gave Kotoha a whole bottle of mineral water containing a [recovery potion], tidied her clothes, and opened the door to the president's office.

There were three people standing at the door: Eiyo, who stood motionless like a model student; Kanzaki Yumi, who was giving a sly smile; and Oriko-sensei, who was looking down and blushing.

As soon as Sheng Yan stepped out of the office, Ying Daifei kicked him in the butt, then jumped back into the office with a grin, slamming the door shut behind him.

The incident happened rather suddenly. Katsuhiko staggered a couple of steps and caught himself in Oriko's arms.

Oriko's mouth suddenly opened wide, her head tilted back, her eyes wide open, her face flushed, staring blankly at Katsuhiko.

"Sorry, I couldn't stop in time." As Sheng Yan said this, he noticed her hair was a little messy, so he casually tucked a strand of hair that was covering her eyes behind her ear. "Are you alright?"

Oriko stiffened again, only opening her mouth to inhale, without making a sound.

"Wow~ You're so good at flirting," Kanzaki Yumi said with a smile as she leaned closer. "Could this be something you and Eiyo planned?"

Zhizi suddenly jolted, lowered her head, and hurriedly ran to the restroom, stammering, "I'm so sorry, I'm sorry, I need to go to the restroom..."

Katsuhiko ignored Kanzaki Yumi's gossip, slapped her round bottom, and asked, "Don't you have anything better to do?"

Kanzaki Yumi retaliated by slapping Katsuhiko's butt and saying, "Fuck you."

She had already worked overtime to prepare for the days ahead that belonged to her. As for the preparations for participating in the program recording at Fuji Television in Tokyo, she had finished them early while Katsuhiko and Kotoha were busy, and she was just waiting to report for duty tomorrow morning.

It's only 2 PM now, and it seems like there's really nothing to do next.

"Then let's go shopping and do some market research."

Sheng Yan thought about how he had been living a secluded life for the past few weeks, going back and forth between three points, without personally checking the market feedback, such as Kanzaki Yumi's records, Xia Ying She's pornographic films, the bento boxes from the food processing plant, and Blue Bull energy drinks.

You can check these out...

Katsuhiko once again drove Mikoto's silver-gray Mazda, along with Kanzaki Yumi, who was bundled up tightly, and Oriko, who kept her head down, straight to Kabukicho in Shinjuku.

Along the way, I also saw a dynamic advertisement on a building: Kanzaki Yumi wearing headphones, holding a Blue Bull energy drink, and smiling.

Katsuhiko gestured to the billboard and said, "Why do I get the feeling you're smirking?"

It wasn't exactly a sly smile, but more like a wicked grin.

"Hehe," Yumi chuckled, revealing a set of white teeth, and said, "Didn't you notice where the billboard is facing?"

"Where?"

"It's facing the girls' dormitory at Waseda University! Yuma Kanzaki can see it just by looking up, hahaha..."

No wonder Yuma Kanzaki stopped going to school and keeps urging for a manga to be published under her own name...

A few minutes later, Katsuhiko parked the car in a parking space, and the three of them walked on the streets of Kabukicho.

More than half of the record and audio stores have pictures of Yumi Kanzaki on their shelves, because Yumi Kanzaki has never shot any photo books, and her pictures are all on record covers.

Some stores selling adult videotapes also have pictures of Yumi Kanzaki posted outside, and music videos of Yumi Kanzaki are playing inside.

“I regret it now,” Kanzaki Yumi glanced at the adult video store, then punched Teruhiko in the back. “They had to use my music video as the ending theme for those pornographic videos. People who didn’t know better would think I was a porn star turning into a porn star…”

Recently, Yumi Kanzaki has also been under a lot of pressure in the music industry.

She is often mocked by competitors, who say she came from a pornographic film and that her fans are all male otaku who watch porn...

“My girlfriend’s career transition is great too,” Katsuhiko said as he walked into the adult video store, picked up an adult photo book by Asakura Mai and Yuuki Hitomi, and continued, “They’re amazing. They’ve successfully transitioned and are now the cash cow of Xia Ying She, the apple of Tanaka Yutaka’s eye.”

Recently, Mai Asakura and Hitomi Yuuki's popularity has almost reached the same level as Ai Iijima, who is at the height of her fame. They have stopped making pornographic films and instead turned to variety shows and made cameo appearances in movies and TV dramas.

Tanaka Yutaka deliberately cultivated Xia Ying She into a dream factory that "could help all girlfriends with dreams successfully transform their careers," leading many actresses to switch jobs and causing major adult video companies to increase the amount of compensation for breach of contract by more than ten times.

"I'm not like them..."

Yumi wasn't usually bothered by it, but being rebuked by Yuma Kamizaki made her uncomfortable. A thought struck her, and she whispered, "Honey, you gave Tanaka Yutaka a lot of hentai manga before, right? How about you change the creator's name to Yuma Kamizaki?"

"It would be better to give you the credit. The singer has crossed over to draw comics, and she has definitely outshone Yu Zhen."

Kanzaki Yumi's eyes lit up and she said, "That works too, it's a deal."

"No!" Oriko waved her hand and shouted, "Those comics are really perverted! You're so famous now, doing this will lower your status, and people will curse you to death..."

Chapter 127 Television Station Accident

"As long as I can keep Yuma Kanzaki under control, I don't mind doing anything, no matter how perverse it is."

Kanzaki Yumi still harbors resentment about being acknowledged as Yuma's older sister; she had a dream in which she was born earlier...

“Yumi-chan,” Oriko cried out, tears welling in her eyes, as she chased after Kanzaki Yumi, “You haven’t read the manga, you don’t know how perverted he is…”

Kanzaki Yumi turned around and asked, "How perverted?"

"Uh..." Oriko glanced instinctively at Katsuhiko following behind, then felt dizzy and stammered, "It's just... that, I, I don't know..."

Kanzaki Yumi put her arm around her shoulder and said with a mischievous smile, "Teacher Oriko, recommend one to me, I'm really curious too..."

"You, you're talking nonsense! I, I didn't buy it at all..."

"Don't be shy! I know you're in a difficult situation, after all, you've been away from home for a long time and you have needs too. How about I lend you my husband, and you take half of my salary in return?"

Oriko stared in disbelief, glanced at Katsuhiko who was looking down at his nose and inwardly contemplating his thoughts, then stomped her foot, covered her ears, and ran towards the car.

"Oh, it seems that Oriko has tacitly agreed, but she doesn't agree to have her salary halved." Kanzaki Yumi chuckled, then tugged at Katsuhiko and said, "Honey, let's buy Oriko-sensei a new outfit. She's been wearing those jeans for so long, they've faded from washing."

Katsuhiko turned his head and glanced at Oriko, who was running away. She was wearing a slightly worn off-white knit top and a pair of flared jeans, which were very fitted. The hem of the knit top covered her hips, making her legs look very long.

“You’re buying it for your employee.” Sheng Yan glanced at her wallet and asked, “How much secret money have you been hiding? Hand it over so your husband can keep it for you.”

Now, apart from Sayuri and Mikoto, everyone else is secretly hiding their own money, just as they had planned. They claim it's to get rid of Sayuri's exploitation and to avoid seeing her rubbing her belly every day...

"Not many, not many at all." Kanzaki Yumi ran quickly into the women's clothing store.

She was hiding money to buy a motorcycle; she hadn't raced in ages...

Katsuhiko and Kanzaki Yumi walked along the street, stopping and starting, from one end of the street to the other.

Katsuhiko browsed through record stores, music stores, bookstores, and magazine shops. Of course, these stores only sold these kinds of things, with the occasional game cartridge...

Yumi Kanzaki has indeed gained immense popularity; her records are practically filling the shelves, and many people are still buying them.

I just ran into a boy in a school uniform who, looking rather cautious, asked the shop owner, "Do you have any rare music videos by Yumi Kanzaki? They have to be rare!"

The two eavesdroppers were quite puzzled. What kind of rare edition could there be?