Danrito, become a consultant for the Millennium Game!

"Mutsuki, don't say weird things." Kayoko persuaded Mutsuki as usual. Alu on this side tried to pretend to be serious, but when she saw Danrito's eyes, she accidentally broke down - when the other party didn't speak, he looked scarier than the villain she had imagined.

Haruka, standing by, seemed to recall the feeling of being hit in the stomach by Danrito's hammer and sent flying backwards, and she began to apologize endlessly: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's better for someone like me to die..."

Danrito looked at the teacher beside him in confusion: "Have they always been like this?"

"Are you coming here at this time to pass judgment on our actions?"

Kayoko's voice was very calm. After all, their cell phones had not been confiscated, and the internet here did not restrict their use. Just by reading the news online, Kayoko's brain, which was good at analyzing data, had already sorted out the current situation based on the fragments of information on the Internet.

She and her team had received a commission from the Caesar Group to attack the students of Abydos. The seriously injured teacher in the hospital had disappeared, and the Caesar Group's online information had gone silent. Countless doubts, large and small, combined together, led to a conclusion that surprised even Kayoko.

Caesars, whatever they were trying to do, Caesars failed.

Kayoko's reasoning led her to this conclusion, and now, standing in front of them was the teacher who had disappeared from the hospital, and Ayane, the girl with glasses who, according to intelligence, was seriously ill and lying in bed. Don't they both look very healthy now?

"Ah... no wonder the Caesar Group failed." Kayoko seemed to understand something. "Was it because the teacher stood up from his hospital bed and commanded the battle? He was able to confront the Caesar PMC head-on with such a small force. He really deserves to be called that teacher..."

"Kayoko-san, I'm sorry you guessed wrong." The teacher waved his hand. "Most of the credit this time goes to Mr. Danrito over here. He was a key player in the fight against the Caesar Group and helped a lot."

Recalling the fighting prowess Danrito had displayed when he'd fought them before, Kayoko understood: "Using that kind of fighting power to fight against the Caesar Group's army... Is this your trump card?"

"In that case, what do you want to do with us?"

Kayoko glanced at her companions. She really didn't expect Alu, who was standing by, to handle the negotiations at this moment. Lu Bamo, the leader of Convenience House 68, was sitting nervously beside the bed, his usual venomous expression now a bit vacant. She really couldn't count on him. So, she would have to negotiate on her own.

Kayoko and the others had tested the surroundings after being imprisoned and waking up. This prison, located somewhere, was quite sturdy, and they didn't have any weapons with them, so escaping was simply absurd. The jailer cats, who had appeared once or twice, looked adorable, but when Kayoko tried to get any information from them or negotiate terms, she found they were completely incapable of communication, like programmed robots.

After several such tests, Kayoko finally realized that there was no way they could escape from this prison. Furthermore, Convenience House 68 was a gathering place for troubled children, and they didn't have many friends, let alone a prison break. Therefore, Kayoko realized that they had been completely defeated this time, completely defeated by this mysterious person.

If these cats hadn't brought in some food every once in a while, Kayoko would have worried that the other side would lock her and the others up and starve to death.

"However, this environment..."

Kayoko glanced at the prison where she and the others were being held. There seemed to be several other Helmet thugs imprisoned in the adjacent rooms. They were people who had been there before them. Kayoko knew these people; they were Helmet thugs who were frequently hired by the Caesar Group to help with matters that the Caesar Group couldn't directly handle.

"The environment we're being held in is surprisingly nice..."

Kayoko had visited the detention room of the Valkyrie Police Station and the detention room of Gehenna. The environment there was not much better than here. Mobile phones and the Internet were not allowed. Even the meals delivered were only strawberry daifuku with strawberries removed and Swiss rolls without cream. The beds were not as big as the ones here.

"Could it be?! Are you going to kill us!?"

Kayoko's mind was wandering for a while, and then she came to her senses. The person in front of her had changed. The teacher stood aside, and the man named Danrito walked up.

A very oppressive feeling came over me.

Danrito put his hand on the cell door. "Your name is Kayoko, right? I'm going to open the door now so we can discuss the property damage and compensation inflicted by the Convenience House 68 organization on Abydos School."

62. Follow-up to the Semi-Circle Interview

"Compensation for the damage..." Kayoko calmed down and said, "Can you represent Abydos? Are you also a teacher?"

“No, I am not a teacher, but I am a direct beneficiary of the Abydos Academy.”

Danrito opened the iron gate and walked into the room where Kayoko was imprisoned. The unarmed student looked just like an ordinary girl, except for the halo on her head.

“Direct beneficiary?”

"Let me put it this way," Danrito stood up straight, the light shining from behind him. Under the backlight, Danrito had an imposing aura, very much like the Caesar Group director they had met before. "In the future, I will assist with the reconstruction of the Abydos school district and the cleanup of the sandstorm-affected areas here. As the only current student council member of Abydos Academy, Hoshino Kotori has agreed to transfer Abydos's rights in this regard to me, and they will also become employees of Dream Games."

Ayane behind him widened her eyes: "Huh? Is that true?"

"So, from now on, this place will become the land of Huanmeng Group. Don't you need to compensate Huanmeng Group for the losses you have caused them?"

Danreto's piercing gaze was even more terrifying than that of Kayoko, known as the "Demon Face." Kayoko's fierce expression had once earned her repeated interrogation by the Valkyrie police students simply for walking down the street. But now, an even more terrifying adult had appeared. Danreto, with his menacing aura, overpowered Kayoko.

"B-but... the laws of Kivotos..."

Kayoko wanted to argue with Danrito about the laws of Kivotos, but stopped herself. Convenience House 68, operating under the principle of punishing good and promoting evil, and punishing one crime a day, had already violated Kivotos laws countless times. To fulfill her ideal of "villain" in Aruto's image, coupled with Mutsuki's instigation and Haruka's overreach, they'd been guilty of numerous acts of lawlessness.

In other words, if they were handed over to the Valkyrie Police Station, they'd likely receive a substantial reward. Previously, Convenience House 68 had always evaded capture thanks to Kayoko's ingenuity and the other three's firepower. This time, their entire team fell to Danrito's transformed Kamen Rider, a surprise that even Kayoko hadn't anticipated.

"Nothing to say? Then let's talk about compensation."

Dan Lidou typed away on a calculator he hadn't seen from somewhere. "You planted explosives in Abydos, destroying valuable school assets. You also recklessly used weapons on campus, damaging countless walls, floors, desks, and chairs..."

"How could there be countless? We were clearly very restrained!" Alu panicked and defended herself, "It was only one wall!"

"Hmph, these are the official statistics of Abydos! We have the final say!" Danrito snorted, turning to Ayane behind him and asking, "Aren't you right? These are all 'calculated' by you!"

"Ah... that's right... right?" Ayane was too shy to tell such a lie, but under Danrito's gaze, she could only turn away and whisper, "It seems like there are so many..."

"Ah hey?! You're lying!" Ah Lu slammed the iron railing repeatedly. She was so worried about getting saddled with a huge debt that her eyesight was failing. "Have some conscience when you speak, girl with glasses!"

"You dare to threaten the students of Abydos? You have to add compensation for mental damage too!" Tan Lidou clicked his fingers again. "Lost wages, repair costs, nutrition costs, mental stress, etc... Add them all in. I'll give you 700 million!"

"Pfft—" A-Lu immediately spit out, "Seven hundred million?! What kind of lost wages are you calculating as seven hundred million?"

Tan Lidou said disdainfully, "I make around a million a minute. Just calculate how many minutes you've wasted on me handling your business. If you just casually charge me 700 million, I'm the one who's at a disadvantage!"

"I've never seen such a shameless adult..." Kayoko gritted her teeth beside her: "Is this your method?"

"Hahaha~ We're all in his hands after all." Mutsuki, who had been lying on the bed playing with his phone, now sat up straight. Although he laughed a little, his expression didn't look amused at all. "As the saying goes, we're like fish on the chopping block now, right?"

The fear on Haruka's face became even more intense: "I'm sorry, it's all because of me, it's all because of me..."

Ah Lu was still struggling, and asked tentatively, "Um... can you pay less? 700 million is indeed a bit too much..."

"It seems that everyone is quite dissatisfied with this punishment?"

Dan Lidou put one hand on his waist and looked around at the people imprisoned in the cell. Everyone had a different expression on their face. He couldn't help but tut: "Look at you guys, it seems like you still want to resist?"

The teacher beside him whispered, "Well... Mr. Danrito, isn't that a bit too much?"

"It's okay, I know my limits."

"I've done a lot of research on you." Danrito had previously obtained information from Convenience House 68 while collecting data online. "You've always wanted to be true lawless outlaws, so you've already committed many bad deeds and are now wanted by the Valkyries. After moving out of Gehenna, your club also ran afoul of the Gehenna Discipline Committee, right?"

"Yes, that's right...why do you bring this up?" Alu was confused.

"What I mean is, I want to warn you." Danrito's villain attributes were fully activated at this moment, and his cold eyes were full of intimidation. "Even if I chain you up and send you to dig out the sand of Abydos with your hands, you have to accept it. No one will come to save you. Do you understand?"

Ah Lu's face turned pale: "This guy - seems to be serious!"

Countless images flashed through Lu's mind. Under the scorching sun, at over 68 degrees Celsius, the group from Convenience House , shackled and shackled, used shovels to dig the endless Abydos Desert. Each person had to work to the limit every day before being taken back to prison...

"Wow wow wow wow wow!! I was wrong ahhh!" Under the pressure of her imagination, Alu collapsed directly, crying like a pear blossom in the rain, her shoulders shaking, "Wow wow wow... I, slurp, I will never do this kind of thing again, please forgive me!"

In the past, Mutsuki would have spoken out at this time to criticize Alu for her cowardly behavior, but today, Mutsuki was exceptionally quiet.

Because, in the past, most of the opponents Mutsuki had faced were either disciplinary committee members or some bullying gangsters. Even if they made threats, few of them could actually carry them out. But the man in the black suit before him, Mutsuki couldn't tell whether what he said was just a casual threat or something he could actually carry out.

It was impossible to tell... In fact, the aura of Danrito made Mutsuki feel from the bottom of her heart that the adult in front of her was really capable of forcing the four of them to dig sand.

And he was right. The Convenience House 68 guys would be caught no matter where they went, but…if they were caught, even if they were thrown into the Valkyrie's cell or Gehenna's confinement room, it might be easier than digging sand here to pay off their million debt…

"Wait, why do I have to pay back 700 million by default?"

Mutsuki suddenly regained consciousness. The mature, adult-like presence of Danreto emanated a powerful aura that disrupted their thinking. Simply put, he had them all drawn into Danreto's rhythm. The more confused they were, the more they couldn't understand, the more they were being led by the nose. Danreto brought his business-warfare mindset into the mix. How could these children resist?

"Mr. Danreto..." the teacher's worried voice came again.

"Don't worry, I don't really want them to dig in the sand." Danrito waved his hands behind his back, trying to calm the teacher down.

Even the clever Kayoko couldn't think of any rebuttal at this point, so she could only say sadly, "...Just tell me what you want to do."

"Give up?" Danrito looked at her, but the latter didn't want to see this adult at all and turned her head away.

"Have you learned it?" Danrito turned to look at Ayane beside him. Ayane could only smile awkwardly and said, "This... is too cruel. I don't usually use it..."

"Ha...it's rare to have to teach something. What a mediocrity."

Danrito pulled out four long-prepared contracts from the gaming field without any interest, and placed one of them in front of Kayoko's eyes, shaking his hands. "Go ahead!"

Kayoko raised her head and looked at the document in front of her in confusion: "What is this?"

"Take it, you must take it, otherwise you won't have another chance in the future!" Dan Lidou handed the contract forward again, "And thank you, Kami!"

Kayoko took the contract from Danrito's hand. On the first page, there were a few big words printed.

Facing Danrito's gaze, Kayoko read word for word, "Huanmeng Group... Special Affairs Department... Non-staff Contract?"

"Yeah." Danrito nodded. "It's okay if you don't have the money to pay off your debts. Just sign this and work for me for a few years. That'll be the price of your freedom."

63. Caught a wild convenience house 68!

"It seems we have no choice."

Kayoko read the contract carefully. It clearly stated that those who signed the contract would be non-staff members of the "Special Affairs Processing Department" established by Huanmeng Group. Although they were under the name of the company and were considered employees of Huanmeng Group, they did not receive a basic salary and all they received was "commission".

As for benefits, they only mentioned a separate office and free time when not on missions, but the company's business would be their top priority—in other words, they were on call at all times. Ultimately, they would receive a commission based on their performance during each mission.

Kayoko looked up. "Can I ask what this 'Special Affairs Department' is?"

"It's just a simple precaution." Danrito did not directly answer Kayoko's question. The idea of ​​setting up this department was just inspired by the scenes he saw in the Black Service Laboratory before.

The research of core technologies cannot be blocked! We at Huanmeng must also have our own mysterious research institute!

"Anyway, I won't let you work for nothing." Danrito changed his tone. "There are often times when I'm too busy to handle things on my own. I can't always handle things myself, right? Convenience House 68 is a multi-tasking organization, so I might as well just invite you to work for me."

"Are you using us as free labor?" Mutsuki, standing by, held his cheeks with both hands. "Aren't you afraid we'll all run away once we get out?"

Danrito turned around and tossed a contract to Mutsuki in another prison, raising his finger. "First, my Huanmeng Group is a legitimate company. I wouldn't ask you to work for free, but as the losers, I'll naturally reap the benefits. So, if you work for me, you'll only receive bonuses and commissions, no basic salary."

"Secondly, if you really want to cheat and refuse to admit your mistake, I have some tricks up my sleeve. I can guarantee you'll suffer a fate worse than death." Dan Lidou smiled and waved the worm incubator in his hand. "If I can defeat you once, I can defeat you a second time. Think carefully, because the conditions next time won't be so generous."

"So, what are you going to do with those Helmeted gang members next door?" Kayoko asked. She saw several Helmeted gang members imprisoned nearby. She asked this question not out of concern for them, but simply to see how this evil man dealt with them, perhaps offering some insight into his mindset.

"As for them... we can't just let them go so easily."

Tan Lidou thought for a moment and said, "The Huanmeng Group will definitely not recruit these thugs directly. As combatants, they are not qualified. They can only be sent to fill in the gaps... well, or do hard labor for me."

“It’s too cruel!”

"Or else, I'll just re-educate them." Tan Lidou spread his hands. "Here, if you don't have a student status, no one will want you no matter what you do. You can only be a thug, right? If that doesn't work out, then the Huanmeng Group will talk to other school districts about cooperation and set up a re-education school. After you've educated them, you can sign their student status. Once they're qualified, we'll take them into the group and make them our employees!"

"You... do you really think that student status is something that can be easily handled?"

Kayoko didn't feel the slightest bit of truth in the words coming out of the adult's mouth, but she couldn't tell whether they were true or false. "For students who have been expelled, regaining their student status is as difficult as ascending to heaven. After all, in this Academy City, student status is like our identity. Have you ever seen someone re-register after their ID card was cancelled?"

"That's true. A lot of things are tied to student status here." Danrito had read a lot online and knew what student status meant to the students of Kivotos. Almost all benefits, both explicit and implicit, were tied to student status. Without student status, even part-time jobs were impossible—that's how those robbery gangs were forced to gather.

"But for me, nothing is impossible."

Danrito brushed off the topic lightly, as if it was a trivial matter to him.

"I might not be suited to being a teacher, but that doesn't stop me from being a school director, right?" Tan Lidou was very self-aware of his position. "If that doesn't work out, I can open a school here myself, right?"

"This..." Kayoko was stunned. "There has never been such a precedent in history... Aren't the school districts in Kivotos fixed? How could they ask you to open a new one? Are you kidding me, sir?"

"You're just a kid. If you don't understand, don't talk about it." Tan Lidou waved his hand impatiently: "Sign or not? Give me a definite answer!"

"……for you."

Kayoko didn't hesitate. She and the others were now under a knife. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that this contract was just a way out for them. If they missed this opportunity, Kayoko thought, perhaps this adult in front of them would really assign them all to shovel sand for Abydos.

After Kayoko took the lead, the other members of Convenience House 68 also handed in their signed contracts one after another. After collecting the contracts, Danrito nodded with satisfaction. "Alright, remember to check the contact information next time. You can leave now."

"Is this... the end?"

Alu on the side blinked: "Can we go now?"

"The contract has been signed. If you try to cheat, I have ways to deal with you." Danrito ordered the cat jailers to open the cells for everyone in the convenience house and release them. "Work hard, and you'll be regular employees in the future!"

"We're students, not robots working in the office. Why would we need a chance to become a regular employee?" Kayoko sighed. "Wouldn't that just give you a better excuse to exploit us?"

"Hey? You're quite savvy." Danrito looked at Kayoko, "You're the smartest one among you, right?"

"I'm not really smart or anything like that." Kayoko turned her head away. "Besides, even if she's that smart, she can't be defeated by your fists, right?"

"This is called breaking all laws with one force!" Tan Lidou raised his head proudly: "No matter whether it is wisdom or force, I am superior to you. This is the power of God! Ahahahaha!!"

64. New existence

After getting their weapons back, the Convenience House team finally left Abydos. The failure of this battle not only cast a shadow on the Convenience House's record, but also gave them another identity. That is, they became employees of the Huanmeng Group, which they had never heard of, and they were even extra-staff employees!

"Okay, this way, if we need them in the future, we can just call them."

Looking at the contacts he'd added to his phone, Dan Lidou nodded in satisfaction. He still hadn't gotten the company's affairs in order yet, and he was running around all by himself, without even a single employee. Now, he could barely count on having four more helpers.

"If you have time later, spend more time with the students," the teacher's voice came from the side. "If it's Mr. Danrito, maybe he can really establish his own school district."

Dan Lidou said proudly, "Don't use the word 'unsure' to describe me."