Shirou's clones number 30 million

Seeing that the two had agreed, Shiro Shiro picked up his cup again and clinked it with Shiro Hasegawa's.

"You, a coffee drinker, clink glasses with someone who drinks alcohol? Do you think that's appropriate?"

"Of course it's appropriate, since I'm underage and haven't reached the age to drink alcohol yet."

"Good excuse, let's see how many more years you can use it."

Shirou Hasegawa chuckled, rubbing his sleepy eyes as he drank.

"Is it really necessary to work so hard? Haven't you slept for days?" Shirou Shiro asked with surprise.

“I haven’t slept since I took this job. At first, I was too excited to sleep because I was thinking about the design drawings. Now I’m full of anxiety and have severe insomnia. I can’t sleep even if I want to.”

"Were you always this kind of workaholic? I never knew that before."

"Eh... I've realized now that even something you really like can become boring if you keep doing it the same way."

As he spoke, Shirou Hasegawa unconsciously thought about the monster design, but as soon as the image of a monster appeared in his mind, another voice would pop up to remind him that it was an old design.

"Ugh...! My head is splitting with pain. Why did I even take this job in the first place?"

"Isn't it because you like it? You just said that." Shirou Shiro chuckled.

"Eh... even if I really like it..."

"I've already said that, there's no need to repeat it."

Shirou Hasegawa looked completely bewildered. After a long pause, he asked again:

"Is there anything else I haven't said?"

"Didn't your younger brother and sister come this time?"

"Don't you know? I haven't even told them what my job entails, how could I possibly bring them along?"

Why not tell them?

"Nonsense! What researcher would tell their family that their job involves dissecting humans?"

"Hasn't it already been successfully researched? Why are you still doing this?"

"That's just nonsense. Demi-humans are immortal and indestructible. Who would give up such useful experimental subjects? Besides, the matter of extracting demi-human bloodlines is a secret known only to me."

Seeing this, Yuri Tenshou, who was sitting next to Shirou Shirazawa, couldn't help but interject:

"Well... I know now too. And it wasn't just me, everyone present heard it."

Hasegawa Shirou paused for a moment, then burst into laughter:

"That's true, but you and I are from different worlds, so it's fine if you know, it's completely irrelevant."

"Before I left this time, I told Xiaoying and the others that I was going abroad to exchange experiences with my colleagues."

"As for the actual work, I can't possibly tell them that I'm working as a monster researcher this time, can I?"

"Otherwise, they might think I'm a member of the Evil League and want to call a Kamen Rider to beat me up."

Shirou Shiro chuckled to himself. This guy really hadn't slept for a long time; he was now talking incoherently.

"You look really tired. Why don't you finish this drink and go back to sleep?"

"No, the monster design isn't finished yet, how can I possibly sleep?"

Shiro Hasegawa finished his drink again and went inside to ask the staff for a snack.

"Let's go, Saber!"

The Servant Artoria immediately stood up, nodded to Rin Tohsaka, and then quickly followed in the footsteps of Shirou Hasegawa.

After the two left, Rin Tohsaka immediately stood up and apologized to Shirou Shirazawa, who was standing not far away:

"I'm sorry, I didn't know you had booked this place."

"It's alright, please sit down. This place was reserved specifically for our meeting."

Shirou Shiro looked up at a shadowy figure in the sky and asked with a smile:

"Ilya and the others went to the competition, why didn't you go?"

"Well... I prefer the stands to the competition area."

In reality, her relationship with the others was too delicate, so much so that when she was preparing for the competition, Illya and Sakura had already formed a team of five.

Under these circumstances, Rin Tohsaka could only tell the public that she didn't like participating in the competition.

"I see. Then let's watch the game here. Based on my observation, this street is the best vantage point."

"No wonder all the shops on this street are packed with people." Rin Tohsaka looked around.

Tenshou Yuri suddenly laughed and poked Shirazawa Shirou twice with her finger, saying with a smile:

"Is this why you've been sitting here since you left home this morning?"

"Actually, I booked this store a week ago."

"Huh...? Isn't that such a waste of money?"

"Well... I've made a lot of money lately, so this little bit won't make a difference."

"That idea is completely wrong! No matter how much money you make, you shouldn't waste it on trivial things."

"That's what I think too, but if you've earned a thousand yuan, it shouldn't be a problem to give yourself a little convenience out of one yuan, right?"

"What kind of strange analogy is this? Did our Yorozuya make that much money? How come I didn't know?"

“You only calculated the revenue of our branch, not the money we’ve earned in this city these past few days.”

Shirou Shiro smiled and said as he thought:

"Our Yorozuya has taken on the event planning for this Star Martial Arts Festival. According to the agreement between the parties, our Yorozuya will receive two percent of all the revenue generated by the Academy City during this Star Martial Arts Festival."

"Huh...? Is this a lot or a little?"

"Not bad, you've seen Hasegawa before. He's been creating monsters day and night, with dark circles under his eyes, and he only got 0.5%."

Approximately how many people live in this city?

"Previously there were probably several million people. Now, during the Star Martial Festival, there are space gates everywhere. In addition to those, people from the Kingdom of Britain, people from outside the city, and people from other worlds are also coming in. There are at least ten million people."

"How is income calculated?"

"It is taxed as a commercial tax, and the rates vary from industry to industry. A rough estimate is a minimum average of three percent."

"Three percent..."

Tianxiang Youli silently calculated in her mind that the Star Martial Festival would last for half a month, or 15 days.

On average, each person spends about 10,000 yuan per day, right? Then multiply that by the number of people and the number of days...

"No, I can't do it without paper, pen, or a calculator."

Shirou Shirazawa laughed unconsciously, and when he came to his senses, he found Rin Tohsaka looking at him with an extremely intense gaze.

"What's wrong, Tohsaka?"

"What did you do to get two percent of the tax revenue?"

"We created the race schedule, the portals along the roadside, and the terrain on the field. We were also responsible for the physical condition of the competitors... To be honest, even two percent is a bit unfair to our hard work."

However, since the people being discussed were other Shirou, it was really difficult to bargain or haggle over every little thing.

At this moment, Yuri Tensho suddenly straightened up, revealing a look of annoyance.

"What's wrong, Yuri?" Shirou Shirazawa asked in surprise.

"Shirou, why didn't you tell me this sooner? If I had known earlier, I would have put in more effort during my speech this morning, and I wouldn't have been so distracted."

"You did very well this morning!"

"No, absolutely not. It wouldn't be worth the money I'd be getting."

As agreed beforehand, this trip to help out at the Academy City branch was a major mission, and Shirou Hashiba gave her a 20% reward.

However, she was unwilling and declined repeatedly. In the end, the share she could accept was 10%.

But now, she suddenly realizes that 10% is still too much.

"How about this time I don't take a cut, just give me a fixed salary?"

“Just give me a few hundred thousand or so, it will be fine. I don’t feel at ease taking that much. I always have a guilty feeling.”

There are even people who complain that the salary is too high.

Shiro looked at her helplessly and sighed:

"Don't worry about it. This is a pre-determined profit-sharing ratio. To be honest, even though Hashiba is the store manager, he can only get 40%. Isn't he losing out?"

"Huh...? What about the remaining fifty percent?"

"Forty percent will be mine, and ten percent will be used as start-up capital for opening branch stores."

“I still feel uneasy, and there’s always a sense of guilt about getting something for nothing.”

"Normally, people would just feel happy to get something for nothing, right? They wouldn't feel so guilty. In that case, you can help out more when we open the branch stores later."

"When will you open a branch? Where will it be located?"

“Every world has them, but the two of us are mainly responsible for opening shops in the world we live in. After the Yorozuya are all over our world, we will go to other worlds to help Hashiba.”

Are there that many worlds?

"Of course. Don't be fooled by the fact that only a dozen or so worlds are participating in this Star Martial Festival. There are many other unfamiliar worlds that we have never been to before."

Chapter 654 Losing the Person But Not the Battle

Chapter 655, Section 654: Losing the battle but not the war.

What kind of shop do you run? Are you hiring?

Rin Tohsaka looked expectant, her eyes filled with the color of money and jewels.

Shirou Shiro looked at her with surprise, then smiled and said:

"Well... this time is just an exception. Normally, the profit would never be this much. Normally, a month's profit would be at most four or five hundred thousand."