Tokyo Soft Rice King

She is an unpleasant woman, but she does have the capital to be proud. Her unique advantages allow her to be far ahead in the early stages.

But in the final analysis, Mingjun hasn't made a move yet, which means he doesn't like you to the point of "can't live without you".

At least for now, he still loves money more than he loves Ziyin of Zizhigong's beauty.

So it seems that Ziyin of the Purple Palace is almost at the end, but in fact there is only one last step left.

This step will probably be more difficult to take than all the previous ones combined.

Because in order to cross this step, one must either become someone more important than money in Hei Yuming's mind, or be able to bring him so much money that he is completely convinced.

However, the first option was no longer possible when trading with Hei Yuming.

Because once you become his trading partner, it means that he will measure the other party's value and gain benefits from them. Most importantly...

He will not be sincere to the trading partner.

Therefore, unless someone who 'never had any dealings with Mingjun from the beginning' has entered his heart, he will probably consider that person more important than money...

But I'm afraid this kind of existence only exists in his family.

Maybe boys can also become good buddies or something...

It would be better if I were a boy... Otherwise, I still won’t be able to establish a pure friendship with Mingjun in the end.

After all, even if the wise ruler is not moved, I still have feelings for him...

"Hey……"

Anri Hitomi sighed silently and looked out the car window with a melancholy expression.

The second path is incredibly simple, just like an auction...

The one with the highest price gets it.

If Murasakimiya Shion was the only bidder, she would probably have the last laugh.

However, Anri Hitomi has already seen through Kuroba Akira's "code of conduct" and is also learning how to make money.

So the only thing she is confident about is making money, she will not lag behind anyone.

Even if I can't become Mingjun's partner in the end, I will not let you get your wish... There was a sharp look in Anri Hitomi's eyes.

As for why I wanted to interfere with Murasaki Shion's love life...I was simply unhappy with her.

After all, it is impossible for a magpie to look down on a dove.

……

On Saturday, Kuroba Akira played games all day at Kotori Yu's house. Kotori Yu Akiko and Asato Hitomi were by his side, watching him play games and chatting with him.

Mirai Takanashi still didn't leave the room.

But Hei Yuming was not in a hurry, and he didn't care about the future of Kotori. He just played the game for half a day and then said goodbye in the afternoon.

Because I had made an appointment with the class monitor that I would accompany her to purchase costumes and props for the cultural festival on Saturday.

After saying goodbye to Akiko Takanashi, Hitomi Asato said with a sigh.

"I didn't even see the future today..."

"Yeah, after being tricked by me yesterday, she definitely won't come out to see me today."

"So, Mingjun, you've already guessed that it would be a futile effort... Then are you still coming tomorrow?"

"Come on, continue playing games tomorrow, but I guess she probably won't come out. Then don't come to Xiao Niaoyou's house from Monday to Friday. Just leave her alone until next Saturday. After that, Xiao Niaoyou will probably be willing to come out to see me in the future."

"Oh? Why is that? Mingjun, did you use some magic again?"

"Hey, I used some magic that makes people furious... By the way, you were here too, class leader. Didn't you notice what I was doing?"

"Isn't it just playing games..."

The squad leader said with some resentment.

It was like I had forgotten what I was doing at Kotori Yu's house. I had so much fun playing and chatting with Aunt Akiko...

Because of Ziyin's ridicule in the morning, Anri Tong was not in a good mood all day and spent most of her time reviewing the economic knowledge taught by her mother.

So most of the time, it was Akiko Takanashi who chatted with Kuroba Akira, and his relationship with his wife became better.

"That game isn't just a game! It's the masterpiece that made Aunt Akiko decide to become a voice actor! It's Demon Sword Chronicle III!"

After actually playing it, Hei Yuming discovered that this was basically a combination of Brave + Dragon + The Most Fantasy!

This thing is definitely the national-level RPG of this world, right?

"Then I deliberately reached a crucial plot point. Aunt Qiuzi said that the most exciting part of the game is right after that... That's why I had to pause for a while."

"I see. You're trying to whet Mirai-chan's appetite."

"That's right, and I was deliberately making loud noises while playing the game, right? Kotori Mirai must have been eavesdropping on us."

"But it's such a famous game, there's no way Mirai-chan hasn't played it before. She must already know the rest of the story."

"I know, but it doesn't matter even if she has played it before. It's more like because she has played it before, she wants others to experience the best part too."

Once you get there, you'll understand why it's a masterpiece!

When you recommend your favorite works, you often hear lines like this, right?

I hope to share the shock I feel with others... Kuroba Akira is stimulating the same desire to share that Kotori Mirai has.

"And yesterday I deliberately chose the highest difficulty and made all sorts of stupid mistakes, making the game incredibly difficult and resulting in multiple wipes... So she must be completely fretting over my fishing tricks now."

She might be dreaming tonight about how he could have played like that!

If you ask what is the most unbearable thing when watching others playing games, it is of course seeing the players making stupid mistakes and ruining a good game, and you wish you could go up and play for them.

Just like the grandpas and uncles watching a chess game can't help but point fingers at the players, the same rules apply to those who play and watch the game.

Therefore, Kotori’s desire to express itself has probably reached its limit.

I want to share my thoughts on the game with Kuroba Ming, and I also want to give him some pointers on his poor control... But! I just won't give her the chance!

Hei Yuming hasn't been there for five days in a row, and she must be depressed to death. Then, when Hei Yuming goes there again next Saturday, he will do something stupid again, and she will definitely explode.

After understanding Kuroba Ming's fishing logic, Anri Hitomi also smiled meaningfully and said.

"I see, you're such a mischievous person, aren't you?... Are you really going to win my right to use it for a day?"

"Of course I have. Although I haven't figured out where to use it yet, since you're so outstanding, it's definitely right to give you priority."

Moreover, this thing is much more useful than a one-time wish ticket. A wish ticket can only fulfill one wish, but with a one-day usage right, you can let her do whatever you want throughout the whole day.

When Anri Hitomi heard that Hei Yuming wanted her so much, her mood improved a little. She took Hei Yuming's hand and said.

"Haha, Mingjun, you can take your time to decide how to use me... but today, let me use you, Mingjun, first, okay?"

It sounds so ambiguous, but it's actually just hard labor...

"Got it. I'm at your disposal."

First, we went to get the costumes. The class monitor seemed to have customized various costumes, so we just had to go to the clothing store to pick them up.

After arriving at the clothing store, the squad leader tried on some of the costumes himself... like the zombie girl costume, but he didn't feel that they were scary, just cute.

However, because it is normal clothing, the exposure is not very high. After all, it is for other students in the class, so it cannot be too revealing.

Then we went to buy some props like talisman paper. The squad leader mentioned before that we had to go to the shrine to buy them.

After Miss Ruiqing drove the car to Chiyoda Inari Shrine, Kuroba Ming met an unexpected acquaintance there.

"Huh? Tomita-san?"

Tomita Haruka, who was wearing a red and white shrine maiden costume, was also shocked when she saw that the person coming was Kuroba Akira.

"Huh?! Kuroba-san?!"

Then she panicked. She had never expected that he would see her like this... Wah...

An Litong looked at the two of them with some surprise and asked.

"So you two know each other?"

"Ah! Xiaotong! You guys...? Huh? Huh?!"

After seeing Asato Hitomi, Tomita Haruka was even more surprised. Both sides were familiar people, but she didn't expect them to appear together, which made Tomita Haruka completely confused.

After Tomita Haruka calmed down and explained, they finally understood the relationship between them.

Hei Yuming crossed his arms and figured out the reason.

"I see... So Tomita-kun's family owns a shrine, and they've had a good relationship with the class monitor's family for a long time. They even helped with the relocation of the shrine."

"Yes... And then Hitomi told me that her class is going to make a haunted house for the cultural festival this time, so they need some props from the shrine. I've already prepared them here... So, Kuroba-san, you and Hitomi are in the same class, and you're also friends in the same club?"

Although Tomita Haruka knew that Kuroba Akira was a student of Hibiya High School when she saw his sportswear, she didn't expect that he and Hitomi were also friends.

"Yes, the class president and I are both in the Arts Club, and you, Tomita-san, attend White Lily Academy."

This is the girls' school that Makoto Saionji attends, and it is also the school that Shion originally attended.

"Well, I originally wanted to go to a co-educational school, but my dad didn't agree..."

Tomita Haruka gave a bitter smile. She actually wanted to go to the same high school as Xiaotong, but was rejected by his father on the grounds that as a "shrine maiden", she could not fall in love before she reached adulthood.

This reason was ridiculous, but family rules could not be violated, and his father was not so domineering as to not allow her to fall in love freely. He was just worried that she would lose her virginity before she reached adulthood.

But what Tomita Haruka's father didn't expect was that even though his daughter attended an all-girls school, she still met someone she liked outside of school...

And after meeting Kuroba Akira, Tomita Haruka's resistance became even stronger.

She had thought more than once that it would be great if she also went to Hibiya High School, so that she could maybe go to and from school with Kuroba Akira... but unfortunately there is no if.

Now that she sees that her good friends Asato Hitomi and Kuroba Akira are also friends, she feels both envious and anxious.

The incredibly beautiful girl who had been following Kuroba Akira on his morning run was his cohabiting partner, and now, there was Xiaotong, the eldest daughter of the Anri family, who was his good friend...

He's really popular with women...

Facing these powerful enemies, do I still have a chance?

Tomita Haruka is becoming less and less confident.

Kuroba Akira was completely unaware of the girl's eagerness, but instead became interested in the shrine.

"By the way, Tomita-san, what kind of deity do you worship here?"

"It's just an ordinary Inari God."

"Inari God... oh yeah, this is Inari Shrine... I'm an idiot."

The shrine with the most neon lights is the Inari Shrine, with about 30,000 in the country. Originally, it was a god who blessed the harvest, but now the belief in Inari has expanded to business and other fields, becoming a shrine for praying for prosperous business and other blessings.

Anyway, no matter what you want, you can come to Inari Shrine.

By the way, the messenger of Inari God is a fox, so you can see many stone statues of foxes. In addition, due to the legend of Tamamonomae, many images of Inari God also look like fox girls.

Fox girls are really cool... I wish they really existed.

"Meow~"

However, the fox was not seen, but a cat did run out.

And it is the cat that Hei Yuming is most familiar with.

"Huh? Kuroo, why are you here? Is this also your area of ​​activity?"

"Meow meow meow meow!"

Heiwei called out to Heiyuming a few times, then stretched out his little paw and pointed at the nearby stone statue. Then he turned around and looked at Heiyuming, with a look in his eyes that seemed to say, "Are you blind?"

Hei Yuming looked in the direction that Hei Wei pointed, and then he saw...

Stone statue of a cat.

No! Wait! Why is there a cat statue in the shrine? Isn't the Inari messenger a fox? It should be a fox statue!

No, this is a different world, so it's normal to have some deviations, but I never thought that even beliefs would change...

I remember that Inari God and fox are linked together because of the homophony, and also because foxes prey on mice, which are harmful to agricultural production.

But in fact, when talking about mice, the first natural enemy that comes to mind is definitely cats, and Japan seems to have a belief in cat gods, so it seems understandable that the Inari god's messenger turned into a cat.

However, what happened next was completely beyond Hei Yuming's expectations.

Tomita Haruka also shouted in surprise when she saw Kuroo appear.