Tokyo Soft Rice King.

From Kuroba Akira's expression, she could tell that this was his 'most important career' at the moment, much more important than writing light novels.

Currently, no other women have joined this endeavor, and at least the person he collaborates with is definitely not a woman.

It must be the middle-aged man who lives in Kobayashi's house; she knows he's a programmer.

That's why Anri Hitomi unusually placed her bet at this time.

She wanted to be the first woman to try something new.

Her woman's intuition told her that now was the best time to invest.

For Ryuya Nishimura, the joining of the Asato family was undoubtedly a guarantee of success, but considering that Kuroba Akira lived in the Kobayashi family, he asked further questions.

"Is it in the name of the Anri family, or in your personal name?"

"In my personal capacity."

"Well, what value do you have personally?"

"That's my value."

Anri Hitomi took out her bank card, which contained her newly acquired dowry.

“My family is relatively wealthy, so I have some savings of my own. I will pay for the money that Mingjun needs for his business, that is, the start-up capital and initial investment.”

At this moment, in Kuroba Akira's eyes, Anri Hitomi's entire body began to emit a dazzling white light, and her figure became majestic.

It was as if an angel had descended upon him...

She is definitely an angel!

He's an angel investor!

Just like the three senior students from the computer club who worshipped Nishimura Ryu, Kuroba Akira also wanted to worship the class president at this moment.

Squad leader...!

My class monitor...!

I will always respect and love your teeth!

Chapter 227 Getting to Know the Real You

The secretary invested her own money!

Oh no, I might as well be your male secretary, and you, class monitor, can be the chairman and CEO!

You are my smiling female CEO!

At this moment, Kuroba Akira was already rubbing his hands together like a greedy fly.

Unexpectedly, Nishimura Tatsuya's casual question also solved the funding problem.

"Heh, your name is Anri Hitomi, right? You're quite interesting..."

Nishimura Tatsuya's expression changed from surprise to a playful smile; this answer was unexpected.

He didn't ask Anri Hitomi in detail how much money she had, because what he really cared about wasn't how much investment she could secure, but rather her stance.

If Hitomi Anri hesitated even slightly, Ryu Nishimura would assume that she was approaching Akira Kuroba from the perspective of the Anri family, most likely at the behest of her parents, and that the two might already be engaged.

In this way, her support is equivalent to Anri's family's support, which is naturally a great help to their startup team, but it also means that they were 'forced to take sides' from the very beginning.

Being directly placed under the Anri family's camp means naturally having countless more enemies, and Anri may not necessarily be the one to have the last laugh, after all, Anri is the 'traitor among the United Zaibatsu'.

Judging from the current situation, Anri's side even seems to be at a disadvantage... After all, the important figure from the Kobayashi family passed away in the last few years, which means that Anri's side has lost its backbone.

Although Tatsumi Nishimura doesn't care much about the political situation, once a company grows to a certain size, it inevitably becomes involved with social ideology and political and legal systems—this is what is known as the superstructure.

In particular, video websites where users share and express their opinions, if they become a behemoth, are like a super-sized sound amplifier. The voices of ordinary people will be amplified to the point that they can no longer be drowned out by one person alone, although there are still ways to guide them.

In short, Nishimura Tatsuya originally just wanted to probe the Anri family's thoughts and find out whether Kuroba Akira was an 'unimportant pawn' or an 'important key player'.

However, Anri Hitomi actually said that she was making the investment in her personal capacity, which is quite intriguing.

Although there was a possibility that Hitomi Anri was lying, seeing the look in her eyes, Ryu Nishimura was certain that she was indeed serious.

In other words, Kuroba Akira is neither a pawn nor a king, but a pawn outside the game, who just happened to catch the queen's eye...

Nishimura Ryuya glanced at Kuroba Akira again. This guy didn't seem like the kind of gigolo who had the potential to live off women, at least he wasn't as good-looking as him, but it seemed that this guy was quite popular.

Thinking of this, he suddenly had a good idea, so he said it to Kuroba Akira.

"Hey, Kuroba, I'm willing to join your team, but I have to add some conditions."

When he was suddenly asked to add conditions, Kuroba Akira did not show any displeasure, but instead adopted a submissive attitude and said.

"Yes, if there are any other conditions, you can bring them up, Nishimura-senpai, and I will try my best to meet them."

"Let me ask you first, Kuroba, you'll probably continue going to school, right?"

Kuroba Akira was taken aback, but answered as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

"Uh, of course, what else would I be if not a student..."

For Kuroba Akira, the school is no longer just a prison, but a human resource pool. When needed, he can search around the school and maybe find a genius or a budding genius, or at the very least a useful scholar.

"In that case, please help my organization and Dolph, who is about to become a lone commander."

"Oh?"

"Even if I voluntarily hand over the management rights of the school forum and groups after I leave, the school will probably ask the student union to find a way to deal with the club under normal circumstances, just to be on the safe side. After all, those people don't trust me at all. They must think that I left a backdoor or something and could hijack the school's official website and forum."

"Nishimura-senpai, you're definitely being targeted by the school's teachers..."

"Because I used the school's surveillance footage to get information on some teachers, those teachers with guilty consciences must be dreaming of me destroying those videos so they can regain their freedom from me."

Hearing that he himself was threatening the teacher, Kuroba Akira realized that Nishimura Ryu was indeed a daring and dangerous person.

This person is capable of anything as long as it benefits them.

Nishimura Ryuya glanced at Fujiyoshi Michio and said.

"It's barely enough to keep Dolph running the forum, but it's too much to ask him to scheme against the student council. That idiot would definitely be led by the nose. So, Kuroba, you should help him. Besides, you're friends, and you wouldn't just stand by and watch your friend's club disband, would you?"

　"..."

If Fujiyoshi Michio were to plead for him, Kuroba Akira would indeed help, but if he didn't say anything, Kuroba Akira probably wouldn't even know what happened, even if the computer club were disbanded.

After all, he only learned that Toto Yoshimichi was a member of the computer club from the class president.

Now that Nishimura Ryu has handed over his club to Fujiyoshi Michio in exchange for something, and has also entrusted Kuroba Akira to take care of it, Kuroba Akira can no longer sit idly by.

Now we not only have to ensure the survival of the Literature and Art Department, but also the survival of the Computer Department.

Do you think I'm some kind of savior of the community?

Kuroba Akira silently complained to himself.

However, this way, he could recruit Nishimura Tatsuya with a clear conscience, have him provide him with technology, and in return, help him preserve the gang.

"Okay, I understand. I'll help protect the computer department."

Upon hearing this, Fujiyoshi Michio breathed a sigh of relief, clutching his chest. He could rest assured with Kuroba Akira's help; after all, even the class president had invited him to join the literature club, which meant Kuroba Akira was a very reliable person.

After nodding in agreement, Kuroba Akira asked another question.

"Nishimura-senpai, is it absolutely necessary to keep the club as it is? Or is it that as long as the club can continue to exist, it doesn't matter what it becomes?"

Kuroba Akira was already thinking of some crooked ideas, such as changing the computer club to a video game club or an e-sports club, using computer games to attract new members to join the club. This way, they could avoid being targeted by the school and make it much easier for the club to recruit new members.

But doing so would directly cause this club, originally named the 'Computer Technology Research Department', to lose its soul.

That's why Akira Kuroba confirmed in advance whether it was necessary to keep things as they were.

But Nishimura Ryūya just chuckled and became a hands-off manager.

"That's none of my business. Go and discuss it with Dolph. After all, this will be his gang from now on."

Then he jumped down from his seat and said.

"Here, this seat is yours from now on, Dolph. Come and sit down."

"Nishimura-senpai...!"

Fujiyoshi was so moved he almost cried. He walked over and sat down in the ergonomic chair that looked very expensive.

Immediately afterwards, Nishimura Ryu's expression changed, and he put his hand on Fujiyoshi Michio's shoulder and said.

"From now on, I'll tell you the whole process for maintaining the forum and servers. Dolph, you better remember this well. If I see the Clover Forum crash under your management, I'll twist your head off and use it as a football!"

"Yes... I will try my best..."

He was only touched for a few seconds before realizing that Nishimura-senpai was still the same devilish senior, and Fujiyoshi Michio put his hands on the keyboard with a wry smile.

However, when he thought about how Nishimura-senpai originally wouldn't allow anyone to touch his computer or seat, but now he was willing to let him sit down and use his computer, Fujiyoshi Michio suddenly felt that he needed to be on high alert to receive the inheritance.

He knew he wasn't a genius and was far inferior to Nishimura-senpai, so all he could do was be 'serious'.

Behind him, Nishimura Ryu also showed a satisfied smile, then looked up at Kuroba Akira and said.

"Then Black Feather, wait for me a little longer. I need to take some data backups with me and teach this half-baked guy some necessary things. I'll go with you after that."

"Okay, then we'll go out and wait for you. Nishimura-senpai, after you've finished educating Michio, come find me."

"Row."

After that, Nishimura Ryu threw himself into the handover work and began to teach Fujiyoshi Michio step by step. Seeing this, Kuroba Akira turned around and exchanged a glance with the class president. After receiving a nod of response from the class president, the two left the computer club together.

After leaving the computer club's activity room, Anri Hitomi pointed to the left, as if to say, "Are you going back to the literature club?"

But Kuroba Akira shook his head and pointed down, meaning he wanted to go outside for some fresh air.

Anri Hitomi nodded, then made a 'please' gesture, meaning 'I'll listen to you'.

The two of them are now so in sync that they can understand each other without saying a word.

However, there were still some things that Akira Kuroba didn't understand about his visit to the computer department, and he wanted to ask the class monitor about them in person.

Upon arriving outside the club building, the two naturally walked side by side to the familiar vending machine.

Kuroba Akira obviously didn't have money to buy a drink, and Anri Hitomi knew this, so she put in coins to buy a bottle of orange soda and handed it to Kuroba Akira, which was also the drink that Kuroba Akira liked to drink, as she had noted it down.

"Thanks……"

After accepting the drink, Kuroba Akira thanked him.

Anri Hitomi replied with a smile.