What does it have to do with me if they hate vests?

"You are much more sensible now than before. As my property, you only need to flatter me, obey all my orders, and become my loyal lackey..."

He gently wiped away the water drops from the corners of the girl's eyes. Those were the tears that Yukino had been holding back from falling. "Similarly, from now on, as my dog, you don't need to bow down to anyone except me. Even the prime minister of this country has no right to order you around."

"So, I have to thank you for your gift."

The girl finally reacted. The corners of her eyes twitched with disgust. She looked at Si Ji with an embarrassed expression and whispered sarcastically in a nasal voice.

Very good, you seem to have come back to your senses.

Shiki glanced at the words 'Impact Factor +11' that popped up again, and smiled, which seemed extremely evil to Yukinoshita Yukino.

"Yes, although you may not believe it, if I spread the word now, the people who want to become my lackeys will probably line up from here all the way to Tokyo Tower."

"Then why don't you go find them to be your lackeys?"

"Of course it's because it's more satisfying to see you, who has such a sparkling self-respect, forced to be a dog than to see someone volunteering to be a dog."

"..."

With veins bulging on her forehead, Yukinoshita Yukino wanted to say a few more harsh words, but thinking of the consequences of her previous harsh words, she just stammered a few times and said nothing.

"So feel honored. Yukinoshita Yukino."

Shiki let go of her chin and savored the smoothness of his fingertips. Then he pulled out a red collar from under the box containing the maid costumes, and gently put it on Yukinoshita's slender neck as if he was caressing his most beloved collection.

"This is proof that you are my dog. From now on, you are not allowed to take it off even when you take a bath."

Si Ji ignored the fact that the other person's thin shoulders were trembling slightly due to anger, and played with the golden brass bell on the collar with a satisfied look on her face.

Then he stared for a moment at the whiteness and flatness beneath the bell.

After a few seconds of silence, he added with a tone of pity: "In addition, starting today, you must drink at least a glass of milk every dinner."

Yukinoshita Yukino: "..."

I was pitied! I was pitied by a super scumbag!

Damn it, I want to die! I want to die with this bastard!

Because she didn't get a response from Yukinoshita Yukino, Shiki continued, "Although I won't check you strictly, if I find out that you haven't drunk it--"

"You're going to defeat the Yukinoshita family again, right?" Yukinoshita Yukino said with dull eyes.

"No, no, no, I will give you an 'additional reward'."

Si Ji showed a harmless smile: "After all, they all have dog collars, so it's normal to have a dog tail, right?"

Yukinoshita Yukino used up all her self-control and did not ask questions like where the other person's tail was.

"I, I understand. I will drink it."

Compared to the plan of defeating the Yukinoshita family, which she had heard so many times that she was almost immune to it, this new punishment made her care more, because the girl knew very well that the bastard in front of her would definitely do it.

"Very good, that's all for today, you can go back first."

It's a rare trip to the branch office, so Si Ji plans to take a quick look at the recent business situation, add more funding to the cultural and entertainment department, and increase the efforts to promote the masterpiece of "Natsume Pillow Ryu" to earn himself impact factors.

That’s right, from publishing to promotion and then to multimedia, all the works under the Natsume Makuru alias are operated here. Anyway, they are all destined to be successful works, so the benefits will naturally not flow to outsiders.

"Is this okay?"

Yukinoshita Yukino was stunned. She looked at the man who had returned to the desk and was looking through documents, and asked in disbelief.

"What else?" Si Ji answered without even raising his head.

"I thought……"

Yukinoshita Yukino looked at the shameful maid costumes in the box, a little confused: "That..."

"Don't make a mistake," Shiki raised his head and interrupted her, staring at the girl coldly: "You are just a loyal dog that I use for fun. No one will be in heat for a dog. If you want to climb into my bed, you are not qualified."

Although she was clearly insulted, for some reason, Yukinoshita Yukino felt relieved. In her opinion, although 'Akira Fumpei' was a bad person, a big shot of his level should not have the need to deceive her.

In this case, although my self-esteem has indeed been shattered today, at least my purity can be preserved.

She glanced at the clothes on the sofa and asked hesitantly, "Um...my clothes..."

"You only need to wear the maid outfit in front of me. You can do whatever you want at other times... but you are not allowed to take off the collar." Shiki's expression became normal again. "Don't forget to report to Fengzhizaki. Just report my name."

Yukinoshita Yukino immediately changed the half-dressed maid outfit back into her own clothes, hesitated for a moment, nodded to Shiki and said, "I'm leaving now."

Si Ji waved his hand without even looking at her.

Only after she quickly walked out of the office did Yukinoshita Yukino finally feel at ease.

She gently touched the collar around her neck, feeling its weight, and couldn't help but murmur softly with mixed emotions.

“…I hate dogs.”

Chapter 11 New Vest

"Maple Leaf Technology Chairman Qiu Lingwenping's appearance in Tokyo has become the biggest topic at the moment!"

Back at Washimiya-ryo, Shiki, who had already regained his normal self, was watching the live broadcast on his phone. The host on the screen was blocking the door of the Maple Leaf Technology Building with a cameraman. Judging from the hustle and bustle around and the presence of selfie sticks and professional cameras everywhere, they were not the only ones blocking the door.

At this time, several people walked out of the building. Shiki squinted his eyes to identify them in the poor image quality and found that the leader was an assistant from the Tokyo branch.

Those self-media and reporters immediately surrounded them like sharks smelling blood.

"Excuse me, are you an employee of Maple Leaf Technology? Can you tell us whether Mr. Qiu Ling, who appeared mysteriously not long ago, has really appeared?"

The self-media that Siji watched tried to interview the assistant with the momentum of shoving the microphone in his hand directly into the other person's face.

"It's over! We can't reveal the chairman's whereabouts. Everyone, go away. Maple Leaf Technology is not to be trifled with."

The assistant said loudly.

But this statement obviously failed to satisfy the prostitutes. They crowded forward like zombies, wanting to continue asking questions that concerned them.

But the assistant turned around and went back to the building after he finished speaking, and was replaced by the security guard who had already picked up the nunchaku.

Immediately, the self-media and reporters scattered like birds and beasts, running for their lives - because they knew that Maple Leaf Technology was one of the few giants that was not afraid of being exposed and dared to use nunchakus to chase people away in front of the camera. Moreover, even if they were beaten into pig heads, even if they were taken to court afterwards, the other party would most likely not even have to pay for medical expenses.

"That's why I don't like using this vest..."

Si Ji turned off the live broadcast of the news interview that inexplicably turned into Chicken Kill at Dawn, and sighed helplessly.

Although Qiu Ling Wenping's alias is very useful, as a user of half the Face Fruit ability, he can travel freely around the world, and in most cases, he can easily solve problems with his money ability. It is worth it that Shiji spent two years to train him.

But 'Qiu Ling Wenping' is just an entrepreneur after all, and his name is mostly circulated only in the upper class society. For ordinary people, it is at most just a few topics of conversation after dinner, and it is not even as popular as a celebrity coming out. Therefore, the efficiency of earning impact factors is actually not as good as the vest of Natsume Makura Ryu.

Especially after taking out the Ark Reactor (the ultimate degraded version that just needs to be able to move), Qiu Lingwenping's pseudonym has been watched even more closely by various forces. Every time he shows up, he has to spend hundreds of influence factors to clean up the mess, erase all kinds of surveillance, and mislead the tracking tail, so as to avoid being caught by others' flaws in the pseudonym.

"I have to use the Qiu Ling Wen Ping account as little as possible. Although I plan to be a lazy person this year, it seems like it would be a good idea to open a small account and slowly develop it..."

After acquiring level 7 cooking skills, the remaining points were not enough for him to lie low for a whole year. Although he could get some gold coins from the daily tasks of the Yamada Fairy and occasionally poke Yukinoshita Yukino to make her explode with gold coins, the more influence factors the better.

After all, the store refreshes every day, and who knows when it will pop up something he can't refuse.

——Last year, I hadn’t accumulated enough impact factors, so I could only drool at the newly-appeared magic wands in the store. In the end, I had to watch it disappear from the mall at the appointed time. Si Ji felt that he would never forget the grief in his life.

If it weren't for the circumstances, which boy could refuse to turn into light?

Si Ji took out a blank resume from the system inventory with some anticipation and chose to use it.

So, lines of seemingly unreal text appeared on the blank resume that was originally like a white paper.

[Please select a path for this vest to travel. Once selected, it cannot be changed:]

[Drunken Immortal Path: If you choose this path, you can obtain level 5 winemaking. The special reward of this path is "Wine Tongue", which is equivalent to having level 10 wine tasting ability. You are also immune to drunkenness, will never suffer from alcohol poisoning, and will never suffer from diseases related to excessive drinking. ]

[Road of Freeloaders: Choose this road and you will get level 5 pick-up. The special reward of this road is the 'Pool Noodle Aura'. Your charm is +1 when facing women. When the other party has more assets than you, your charm is +1 extra. When the other party is older than you, your charm is +1 extra and your tongue flexibility is +1. When the other party has more XP than you, your charm is +1 extra and your pain tolerance is +1. When you feel pain, burning, cold and other sensory stimulations, it is possible to transform them into mental pleasure.]

[Comic God Path: Choose this path and you will get level 5 painting. The special reward of this path is 'Substitute·Heaven's Gate (Fake)', which can summon a humanoid spirit that only you can see to help with painting. The painting level is your painting level -1. There are no other special abilities.]

Do I even need to choose?

Si Ji himself doesn't like drinking, so there is no need to worry about alcohol poisoning or drinking too much. Winemaking skills are not in his strike zone.

The path of a gigolo is undoubtedly the kitchen waste among the garbage. It would be fine if he could just live off someone for free, but this guy is obviously not the type to live off someone for free. Rather than calling it the path of living off someone for free, it is more like the path of a masochist.

For Si Ji, compared with the substitute, the rewards of the first two are nothing!

Even a blank stand without any special abilities is far better than the previous two meaningless things.

So Si Ji decisively filled in the road column with the Road to the God of Comics.

The illusory words on the resume quickly faded away, and then a system-generated resume appeared.

"The name of this alias is Fuyuo Kishihisa? What a weird name... Never mind, it's not important anyway. I do have some costume props. My real body has black hair, Natsume Makuryu has red hair, and Qiu Ling Fumpei has blonde hair. So this time I'll use white hair, tie a small braid at the back of my head, change my pupils to wine red, and make my skin whiter. I'll make it look like an albino who can't stand the sun, and look sickly overall... Well, this feels more in line with the temperament of an artist."

Don’t be fooled by the fact that the initial painting skill is only level 5. According to Si Ji’s experience, as long as the skills acquired by Vest are practiced more, this level will quickly increase like a cheat.

The maximum level of painting is likely to be a skill that can cover everything from oil painting. By then, this vest will be a genuine artist like Natsume Makuru, and a good material for brushing up the impact factor.

"Very good, that's all right," Si Ji nodded with satisfaction as he looked at himself in the mirror, who had transformed into a different person. "The next step is to think about how to make his debut..."

Chapter 12: Heaven's Gate (Fake)

The simplest way to debut is naturally to just draw a short film, and then let the pseudonym "Qiu Ling Wenping" give the order to print and publish it directly and promote it vigorously to immediately increase popularity.

However, in this way, the new alias will be forcibly associated with Qiu Ling Wenping, and there is a risk of the alias being lost in the future.

What's more, the new pseudonym Fuyuo Kishihisa's painting level is only level 5. Even if the story he conceives is interesting, his painting skills will become a shortcoming that will be criticized.

Shiki stroked his chin and thought, "Forget it. I'll have to take a break for a while anyway. I might as well not rush to debut and improve my painting skills first."

After coming to the conclusion, his expression became much more relaxed.

"The next step is the part I have been waiting for for a long time - come out, Heaven's Gate!"

Stand-in! It is the romance of a man who stands on par with the Giant of Light, Kamen Rider, Gundam, and Giant ○.

Also known as the Phantom Wave, it is essentially a superpower. Most of them have a human or animal form, but can only be seen by Stand Users who can also use a Stand.

As Shiki twisted his hips and struck a standard JOJO stand, a small human figure appeared in mid-air as the space twisted.

The other person looked like a little boy in a white suit and a transparent top hat.

Just as the system described, this Heaven's Gate (fake) does not possess powerful superpowers like the stand in the original work. Apart from being able to help Four Seasons paint, it can only be used as a humanoid telekinesis to help get things far away that Four Seasons is too lazy or inconvenient to get. In terms of strength alone, it is not even as strong as Four Seasons himself.

Even so, Si Ji was quite satisfied with this reward: Although it is not strong, it is handsome!

And with the help of Heaven's Gate, it will be easier for him to play tricks in the future. For example, if Heaven's Gate picks up a pen, ordinary people cannot see the stand-in, so they can only see a pen floating out of thin air, which is completely equivalent to a haunted ghost phenomenon for them.

In fact, when the setting of Stand appeared at the beginning of the third part of Jojo, the protagonist Jotaro Kujo also regarded the Stand as some kind of ghost.

At this time, Si Ji was like a child who had got a new toy, and he happily started a new round of tests, such as letting the Heaven's Gate carry him and fly.

Of course, most of them failed, but Si Ji also measured the specific situation of the Gate of Heaven.

First of all, the Heaven's Gate cannot be more than five meters away from itself. Once it exceeds this distance, it will disappear immediately. It consumes almost no energy to maintain its existence, and it is impossible to measure how long it can last because the time is too short.

Its reaction was very fast, and it could easily catch a fly that flew by; its strength was very weak, and it couldn't even lift Shiki himself, who weighed 130 kilograms, and naturally couldn't carry him to fly;

It can share senses with Four Seasons, and this sharing can be closed at any time; in addition, Heaven's Gate itself has no self-awareness, but it seems to have a certain degree of intelligence similar to AI, and will execute as long as Four Seasons gives orders.

Finally, about painting, although the painting level of Heaven's Gate is fixed one level lower than that of Four Seasons itself, its lines are very stable, and drawing straight lines and circles is as fast and good as a computer. In short, it is a slow printer in Four Seasons' own style, which can print out the pictures in his mind.

When commanding it to draw comics or other works with content, Si Ji must have a sufficiently detailed concept of the work. Otherwise, even if it is given a vague instruction to draw, it will only draw some strange things, or simply sit there in a daze with a pen in hand.

It is worth mentioning that Si Ji can clearly feel that although the Gate of Heaven can exist for a long time and can be painted there without any rest, its painting will not increase the experience of the main body, no matter how long it paints. If Si Ji wants to improve his painting level, he has to paint it himself.

In this way, Si Ji's original idea of ​​upgrading by AFK would not work. To improve the skill level of the vest, he had to rely on a large number of drawings.

"I need to buy painting materials such as oil paintings and watercolors, and I also need to prepare a drawing tablet for computer painting..."

The former is naturally a stepping stone to develop in the field of art. The pseudonym Natsume Makuryu has allowed him to taste the sweetness of success and fame. With the recognition of the art world, many things will be much easier to do. The latter is purely used to draw comics and illustrations.

"But there will definitely be a lot of practice drafts..." Si Ji touched his chin. In the past two years, his life with insufficient impact factors made him habitually search around: "It would be great if there was a place where I could digest the practice drafts and prevent my new vest from being exposed so easily..."

Wait a minute, it seems like there really is one!

Shiki suddenly recalled the Eromanga that the fairy Yamada had forced on him.

He has always liked those anonymous forums, and feels that being on those forums is like being back home. The guys there are all talented, speak nicely, and are all very polite. The atmosphere is much better than the watch forums out there that are just about quarreling and are like a cesspool explosion all day long. He likes it there very much.

Although I have submitted some articles in the past and received a lot of admiration from my seniors, after the careers of my two aliases got on track, I faded out of those forums.

Washimiya Shiki reflected on himself and decided to make a comeback on those forums!

For a moment, the passion that had long cooled down rekindled in him, making him eager to try: