Tokyo Soft Rice King.

Moreover, President Fuyumi even paid out of his own pocket to set up a professional recording studio for her, which was truly a huge investment.

Of course, it's because Aunt Akiko adopted the future that she's done this much.

"And then, how should I put it... there aren't many mother characters in general works, and they're often supporting characters with very few lines, but there's an extremely large demand for mothers in R18X H-games and late-night anime..."

"I understand."

After all, in the realm of adult content, there are quite a few works that are unconventional and defy the norm, and it could even be said that they occupy half of the market.

Kuroba Akira's light novels about younger sisters are actually touching on that theme, since even melodramatic dramas love to use this kind of plot, which shows that it's a popular subject matter.

"That was truly staggering in scale. At my busiest, I could only sleep four hours a day... Kuroba-kun, you just asked me 'what kind of voice acting is done at night,' right? Well, it's these kinds of jobs..."

Akiko Takanashi, recalling the intensity of her work at the time, also showed an expression of admiration.

"Those game developers seem to live in an alternate dimension where there is no concept of day and night. Even if I record something late at night and send it over, I can get a reply immediately. At first, I was really a little scared."

"Haha...that's how games are made..."

Otherwise, I wouldn't have died suddenly. Gamers are miserable no matter which world they're in.

"But because the feedback was so quick, I could make changes immediately if there were any problems. It was during this time that I accumulated a lot of voice acting experience for wife and mother roles..."

So that's how it is. That's when you level up your proficiency. That's incredibly efficient.

Then, once you've accumulated enough skill, it's time to make a name for yourself.

Just as Akira Kuroba had predicted, Akiko Takanashi's career entered a period of rapid growth.

"Then a few years passed like that. In the future, when she just started going to daycare, President Fuyumi found me some local dubbing work for movies, and I started to take on some serious dubbing work."

From the inside out, Akiko Takanashi, who had been silent for a long time, began to reappear in front of everyone.

"After that, she found a job narrating in period dramas. My partner was another senior voice actress, Ms. Tamami Takagi, who voiced the female protagonist Katsuo in the anime 'Miss Kaisen'."

This is definitely not a coincidence.

Judging from Saotome Fuyumi's previous arrangements for Aunt Akiko, this was clearly a scheme she had set up.

It was precisely so that Aunt Akiko could have access to Ms. Takagi that I found her some strange voice acting jobs.

“At that time, Ms. Takagi’s health was deteriorating and she was already thinking about finding a successor. Then, about three years ago, she contacted me and asked if I was interested in taking over the voice acting for Ms. Kaisen. She said that my voice was very similar to hers and was very suitable for the role. So I took on this important task.”

"And then I became completely famous."

"Yes, it was a national-level anime after all, and changing voice actors was a big deal. At that time, the media also started to report on me, this 'unknown voice actor,' and even dug up the story of how I was abandoned by the voice acting agency in the past. They said that I worked hard for seven years and was ruthlessly abandoned, and now I've come back for revenge, etc. They exaggerated it a lot..."

That's how the media is.

However, the media did not denigrate her, but instead praised her extensively, which was probably because they were paid to do so, and this was definitely the work of Saotome Fuyumi.

"In short, after the topic was hyped up, more people supported me, and since my voice is indeed very suitable, the audience eventually recognized my voice, and I became completely famous."

"Now, when it comes to the role of a married woman, including a mother with children, many voice directors immediately think of me and ask me to do the voice acting, and the pay is very generous..."

"I'm already very content to be a 'representative' in this niche field... I never imagined I could climb to this position, and even now, I sometimes wonder if I'm dreaming, haha..."

In this light, Saotome Fuyumi's line of thinking is very similar to that of Kuroba Akira.

However, as the head of a voice actor agency, Saotome Fuyumi has 'channels' and 'resources' that Kuroba Akira can't match at all.

It's an upgraded version of Akira Kuroba's ProMax.

So Akira Kuroba actually started to become interested in President Fuyumi.

He just happened to be looking for a suitable voice acting agency for Shion recently.

With a voice actor agency led by such an iron fist, isn't this the perfect place for Shion?

Now I have no choice but to help resolve the conflict between Takanashi and her mother. I can make Aunt Akiko owe me a favor, and then use that favor to ask her to help with the introduction.

"Although there was an element of luck involved, there is no doubt that today's achievements are the result of your own hard work, Aunt Qiuzi."

After confirming Akiko Takanashi's identity, Kuroba Akira asked with some doubt.

"But you're completely famous now, aren't you? Do you still need to take on voice acting work for H-games?"

Akiko Takanashi looked embarrassed and stammered.

"Well...we've been working with some game studios for many years, so it's not good to turn them all down..."

This is a lie.

In fact, Akiko Takanashi has completely 'whitewashed' her image.

To prevent people from discovering her past experience as a voice actress in the adult entertainment industry, Fuyumi Saotome initially prevented her from attending events. This was also part of her preparation for her later career transition. During this period, Akiko Takanashi never appeared in public and used a pseudonym.

So some of the terrible voice acting these days is just a personal hobby, not a job, and it hasn't been leaked to outsiders.

She would never say that, even if you beat her to death.

At first, Akiko Takanashi wanted to gain more experience in raising a son since she had only raised a daughter.

This led to an incredible maternal instinct and a complete obsession with 'humming and hawing,' much like singing and shouting in a karaoke room.

It has become a way to vent one's frustrations.

Even though Akiko Takanashi has never actually been married, she's already fantasizing about a 'hen crowing at dawn' scenario.

And the same thing happened this morning.

She sneaked into her studio while the children were asleep...

The reason is that Akiko Takanashi had some rather unsettling fantasies about Akira Kuroba.

If Kuroba-kun becomes my son-in-law...

Wouldn't that mean he's my son?

Although it's not reality, this 'setting' is enough to serve as a 'side dish' for Akiko Takanashi.

Kuroba Akira probably never dreamed that he had no intention of becoming Boss Cao...

But Mom started fantasizing about ponies.

Chapter 216 The Cunning Little Devil Who Trifles His Mother

However, Akiko Takanashi only indulged in a moment of daydreaming before immediately coming to her senses.

She remembered that when she was in the studio earlier, she heard the sound of the doorknob turning, which startled her so much that a little bit of her underwear was exposed, and now her panties were still a little wet and sticky.

Fortunately, she didn't forget to lock the door. Otherwise, if Kuroba Akira had discovered that she wasn't actually working but was secretly 'relaxing' and was using him as a casting material, Akiko Takanashi's life, which was just over thirty-eight years old, would have been over.

And then what will happen to me? Will he use this as leverage to do this or that to me? Will I become a giant milk tea maker just for little boys?

Another whim popped into her head, and Akiko Takanashi quickly shook her head, extinguishing these awful thoughts of eating before she could soil her panties again.

Because of her previous work experience, and the fact that she still maintains her virginity at this age, her libido is far greater than that of a teenage girl.

In terms of sheer thirst, she surpasses even the mature and alluring Hongxiang.

Moreover, she told Kuroba Akira everything she had kept hidden until now. This deep and intimate relationship of sharing secrets made this abnormal fake mother begin to have the idea of ​​'keeping him at home'.

After all, Akiko Takanashi 'accidentally' revealed all the secrets to Akira Kuroba, so he had to become an 'accomplice' and keep the secret with her.

Of course, locking him up directly wouldn't work; we had to get him to stay voluntarily. So we had to adopt a conciliatory approach and use various things to win him over.

Whether for the future or for themselves, in order for the Takanashi family to continue to exist, they must find a way to make him 'a part of the Takanashi family'.

Then, after spending a long time together, if you intentionally make some explicit contact, things will naturally fall into place.

Akira Kuroba had no idea that the price he would have to pay to obtain Akiko Takanashi's secret was himself.

After he was targeted by Shion in a reverse romance, Akiko Takanashi also developed a strong interest in him.

However, what Akiko Takanashi didn't expect was that Akira Kuroba was actually a 'spy' sent by her daughter, and Mirai Takanashi overheard all of their conversations.

Moreover, Akira Kuroba did not intend to drag things out any longer; he planned to resolve the conflict between the Takanashi family mother and daughter in one fell swoop.

So he continued the previous topic and once again reopened Akiko Takanashi's 'scar'.

"So, Aunt Akiko, you're preventing her from becoming a voice actress in the future because you're afraid she'll end up on the same path as you?"

"That's right... After all, the times are completely different from when I was a child. Nowadays, voice actors don't just take on voice acting jobs. Female voice actors are starting to take the 'voice actor idolization' route. In addition to voice acting jobs, they also have to participate in various live events like idols. Therefore, the requirements for comprehensive qualities are higher. They even have to be able to dance in groups when they need to hold concerts."

Kuroba Akira nodded in agreement.

"This is indeed the major trend now."

"Yes, so I know that she actually has talent in the future. For example, she has a good sense of pitch and melody, and her rhythm control is also very good. However, this kind of 'not comprehensive talent' will gradually show its shortcomings after she becomes a professional. Then the child will encounter the same dilemma I faced back then."

In reality, Takanashi Mirai's natural talent for voice acting is even worse than her mother's; she doesn't even have a sliver of talent.

Her talent as a news anchor should make her more adept at radio program work, but if she can't even do her job as a voice actress well, how could she possibly participate in radio programs?

She'd be better suited to be a broadcaster or a voice actress than a broadcaster.

Akiko Takanashi also carefully analyzed the situation before concluding that her daughter was not suitable to be a voice actress; otherwise, she would have really wanted to work with her daughter.

"Because I have worked so hard to get to where I am today, I am very clear that if she wants to succeed in the future and surpass me, the price she will have to pay is something heavier than her body and life, which is 'life'."

"Is it necessary to risk my life...?"

Takanashi probably doesn't have this kind of awareness in the future.

After all, she herself said that she only admired voice acting because her mother was a voice actress and she watched her mother grow up. She didn't actually like voice acting very much.

"So, as her mother, I really don't want her to make hasty decisions about her life goals, nor do I want her to walk the same path I did, because she may have a harder time than me in the future, but she won't even get the little bit of luck that I once had."

Akiko Takanashi was undoubtedly lucky. Even though she had a stronger desire than anyone else, if she hadn't met the right person, namely Fuyumi Saotome, she would probably have become just another ordinary person who was overlooked.

"Although I am not the biological mother of that child, I truly treat her as my own daughter. I know that because that child does not have a father, she was bullied and discriminated against at school, which is why she hates going to school... But I still hope that she can live a 'normal life'."

After becoming a mother herself, Akiko Takanashi realized how much trouble her naive and immature self had caused her family.

Parents are driven crazy when they see their children making rash life decisions.

Moreover, even now, Akiko Takanashi's relationship with her family has not been repaired.

It wasn't because of her running away from home back then, but because her parents found out she now had a child and didn't know who her husband was, and they assumed she was probably someone's mistress, which they really couldn't accept.

Combined with the fact that she suddenly became famous, it seems like solid evidence.

Akiko Takanashi, unable to tell her parents the truth that she was still a virgin, had no choice but to accept it as such.

So, in fact, Akiko Takanashi, as a mother, hasn't reconciled with her parents yet.

Then her daughter suddenly had a conflict with her, which made her so stressed that she confided in her daughter's classmate.