Tokyo Soft Rice King

"Ming Jun...you're not prolonging the battle just to play the game for a while longer, are you?"

Hei Yuming was immediately ashamed. How come the squad leader could always guess his little thoughts accurately?

Of course he wouldn't admit it, so he still said it in the name of the mission.

"No, it's going to take more than a day to get Kotori-san out of the room. Does she look like she can communicate normally now?"

"Then I'll trust you, Mingjun, for now, but... you can't delay it too long, okay?"

"Okay, squad leader! I promise to complete the task you entrusted me with before the cultural festival begins!"

"Haha...that's good...By the way, Mingjun, during the cultural festival, shall we go visit the stalls together?"

"Sure, it depends on your schedule, monitor. You're the monitor so you have a lot to do, but I should be pretty free."

Hei Yuming casually agreed to this agreement, which later gave him an extreme stomachache.

"Haha, it's a deal then, okay? No regrets, okay?"

"I won't regret it. What's there to regret?"

"Nothing. I know you're a man of your word, Mingjun. I'm just being safe."

If Kuroba Akira brought Murasakimiya Shion to school during the cultural festival, he would probably stay with her the whole day.

So Anri Hitomi wanted a reason to take Kuroba Akira away from her.

Now she has it.

After a while, the housekeeper Rui Qing drove another car to Xiao Niaoyou's house. It was more luxurious than the previous one, but Hei Yuming couldn't recognize the brand.

After Kuroba Ming got into the car, Asato Hitomi said to him outside the door.

"By the way, since Mingjun is planning to come to Kotori Yu's house tomorrow, can I pick you up?"

"Can I trouble you so much, squad leader?"

"It's not a big deal. After all, it's me who entrusted you with the task... Then, Mingjun, please set a time. I'll pick you up tomorrow morning."

"Then let's make it eight o'clock, the same time as when we arrive at school."

"I understand... Well then, see you tomorrow, Mingjun."

Seeing the squad leader waving goodbye to him, Hei Yuming put two fingers on his forehead and made a goodbye gesture to her.

"Oh, see you tomorrow, squad leader."

Asato Hitomi just watched Kuroba Ming leave.

The smile on her face remained.

It is a subtle and profound smile.

October reward bonus settlement and reward are temporarily closed

Ah… so good October, here is Night Ghost, it’s time for the monthly settlement again…

But... because I wasn't able to complete the extra chapters last month, I was supposed to have 28 chapters, but I only managed 8...

But actually I have updated 17 words. If you count it this way, I should have updated more words... But the chapter division is my problem, so I won't quibble.

Anyway, kneel down first!

Red bean paste private Marseille!

Actually, my plan to update before the middle of last month was going pretty smoothly. But starting in the second half of the month, my dear mother suddenly had to renovate the kitchen and paint the walls. The house was filled with dust, and there were constant water and power outages. I couldn't write properly at all, so the updates for the second half of the month were delayed...

Of course, no matter what the reason is, if it’s not updated, it’s not updated. I also guessed that there would be such an emergency, so I set up compensation in advance.

There are 20 chapters left to go, so an additional 20% penalty will be added, which means you have to make up for the remaining 24 chapters!

Then I will calculate this month's extra chapters...

The data as of 10:1 on September 0 is as follows.

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Monthly ticket: 6455

Recommended votes: 55426

刀片 ： 1836

Reward: 41.38w

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Then calculate the addition

Monthly ticket 6455-2126=4329, plus 21 more

Recommendation votes 55426-27336=28090, plus 14 more

Blade 1836-1413=423, plus 2 more

Then reward, 413800-216800=197000

There is a gold treasure chest, which adds 10 more

Remaining miscellaneous rewards

197000-160000=37000, plus 1 more

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The total number is 48.

Adding the penalty I didn't pay off last month, the total is...

72 updates!

There are 72 additional chapters in total...

Therefore, the bounty is temporarily closed!

I'll open a new bounty after I've paid it off... And I still underestimated everyone's enthusiasm for voting. It feels like they maxed it out so easily?

The bounty and update rules will be adjusted later. If I continue with this rule, I, Night Ghost, may die.

As for the new rules... well, let's talk about it after I pay it back.

In addition, given that some readers always say that the chapters are short and boring, I actually feel that 2,000 chapters is very short. It is not fun to write. I always want to break the chapters, and there is not much content in each chapter.

So I decided not to update by chapter, but by word count.

The previous ones will still be calculated based on the previous ones, so 72 updates means 144000 words, which is equivalent to one more month's update volume.

I should update once or twice a day in the future, and I won't force the chapters, but I will increase the word count in each chapter, make the pages longer, and try to make the plot coherent without any jams, so that everyone can enjoy reading it more.

Then when we get to Mirai Totoro, the main heroine has almost finished appearing.

After that, there will be a multi-party melee and the development of career lines.

In fact, what I really want to write is that every career line and love line is twisted together like a knot. Now with the official debut of Kotori in the future, the most important career line of the protagonist will also surface, and everyone will understand why I set this era background.

As for why I wrote about her mother? Of course, there are reasons for this, like the chicken and egg rice bowl. Of course, this was also planned, and there were some precautions...

Some readers also mentioned that Ziyin’s career path is developing very slowly, and I will try my best to improve this. I have already thought about the subsequent development.

Anyway, please continue to pay attention to the subsequent plot. As the author, all I can do is continue to work hard on writing.

And this month, Shen He has also made me very uncomfortable, so readers who can join the group should still join, and those who support the book should open an automatic subscription, and remember to download it, just in case...

As usual, please attach the group number: 173581958

If I can pay it off this month, we’ll meet at the beginning of next month. If not... then we’ll meet in December!

2024.10.01

Chapter 197: The Kobayashi Family Becomes More and More Lively

When Kuroba Akira was riding in the Asato family's VIP car and was about to arrive at the Kobayashi family, he saw Tashiro Hongxiang walking home in front of him, so he greeted the housekeeper who was the driver.

"Miss Ruiqing, just send it here."

"My mission is to send you to the gate of Xiaolin's residence. This is not the destination yet."

Miss Ruiqing, who looks very serious, is also meticulous in her work style. Asri Hitomi asked her to send Hei Yuming to the Kobayashi family, she must do it to the end.

"Don't be so serious. I asked you to stop the car because I saw someone I know. She's also my roommate. We can just walk back together. It's not far anyway."

"I see, I understand. I'll pull over to the side of the road now."

When Rui Qing heard that Hei Yuming was going to find another tenant of the Kobayashi family, he no longer followed orders rigidly. Instead, he stopped the car with skillful techniques, got out first and opened the back door for Hei Yuming.

If it was an ordinary customer, she would not have done this, and she would not have changed to drive this car.

The car you are driving now is a VIP car specially used to pick up and drop off distinguished guests of the Anri family.

"Then I'll take you here. Please be careful on the way."

Hei Yuming also experienced the feeling of traveling as a rich second-generation from a large family, which was really cool.

He had previously thought about hiring a maid when he had enough money, but from this experience, it seemed that having a heroic and protective housekeeper was not bad at all.

I remember that there seemed to be a popular light novel with a neutral androgynous beautiful girl in men's clothing. There was also a butler, but that confused butler was very petite, nothing like Miss Ruiqing who had a tall figure comparable to a fashion model.

However, it would be very cute if this serious housekeeper showed her shy side to her master in private.

As expected, what can best touch the essence of a man is 'contrast'.

Hei Yuming was fantasizing about other people's housekeepers in his heart, but on the surface he still politely smiled and thanked them.

"Thank you very much, Miss Ruiqing."

"...!"

Rui Qing was stunned for a moment, because Hei Yuming's last goodbye was said in his native language, and there was no foreign accent at all.

However, she was not an ordinary housekeeper. She held several positions in the Asato family, including housekeeper, personal bodyguard, and Asato's direct subordinate. Therefore, she also knew some core information, and "the inside story of the Kobayashi family" was one of them. Therefore, she did not show any excessive surprise at this time.

This is also the reason why she is more respectful to Hei Yuming.

It's not just because Kuroba Akira is the eldest lady's friend, but also because Kuroba Akira is a resident of the Kobayashi family.

"No, you're welcome. Please continue to be friends with my eldest lady in the future."

Miss Ruiqing, who always had a stern face, smiled at this moment and replied in Mandarin.

"Don't worry, our friendship will last forever."

After all, the class monitor said that we would be good friends for life.

After getting off the car, Kuroba Akira ran towards Tashiro Hongxiang, but she was no longer in sight. She must have turned the corner.

When Hei Yuming also ran to the corner, he was suddenly attacked.

"Hey! Little brother!"

"Oh!"

Tashiro Hongxiang hooked her armpits around Kuroba Ming's neck, tucked his head under her armpits, squeezed his face against her eastern hemisphere, and poked his cheek with her index finger.

"You scared me... Sister Hong, have you been drinking again?"

Hei Yuming smelled a faint smell of alcohol from her, but she was not drunk and unconscious like last time.

Being able to walk in a straight line is proof that you are not drunk yet, you are just slightly tipsy.

"Yeah! But it wasn't me who went out to drink today. I was the one who suggested we have a drink! And we didn't drink to drown our sorrows, we drank because we were happy, so we didn't drink too much~"

Probably because of the alcohol, the royal sister Hongxiang's cheeks were a little flushed, and her mood was more excited. She looked more charming than usual, and her royal sister feeling was stronger.

"Looks like something good has happened."

"Yes, it's a great thing! It's good for you, me, and Shion-chan!"

"What's going on?"

"Hehe, I'll tell you guys when I get back and see Ziyin."

Then the lady Hongxiang changed her position, moving from the side of Hei Yuming to behind him, but she did not let go of the arm that was hugging his neck, and instead hugged his head from behind.

Hei Yuming asked while feeling the pressure coming from behind his head.