Danrito, become a consultant for the Millennium Game!

Hanako's voice came from the side, waking up the dizzy Koharu suddenly. She turned her head to look around and realized that she had returned to the cram school classroom in reality without knowing when.

In a sense, having Pelolo as the teacher did give Hifumi, an avid Pelolo fan, the motivation to listen to the lectures seriously.

However, Danrito is also looking forward to it, just like setting his favorite song as the alarm clock for 8 a.m. After Peroro becomes the teaching teacher, how long can Hifumi's love for Peroro last?

"However, if this love for Peloro can really help her overcome her exam problems, then I think Hifumi is pretty awesome in a sense."

Unlike others who were chattering about what kind of rewards they would get in the gaming field, Zi was still the same when he came out of the gaming field. There was not much change on his face. If he had to say, his expression became more determined, as if he had determined some direction.

"Azusa-chan!" Hifumi approached Azusa with great interest. "What's your reward? Is it a Peloro like mine? I don't know why Hanako-san and Koharu-san won't tell me what their rewards are..."

"Ah, this is something I absolutely cannot tell Hifumi-san."

Koharu and Hanako thought this at the same time.

"Me..." The dialog box flashed through Zi's mind, "It seems...it also needs to be kept secret?"

"Eh... why is this happening!" Hifumi said with a frustrated look, "Could it be that I've been excluded somewhere? I don't want this kind of thing to happen!"

"Why does Azusa-san also want to keep secrets..." Hanako's eyes moved to Azusa's face, trying to analyze something, "Could it be that Azusa-san also likes that kind of extra exciting things?"

"Exciting!?" Koharu's eyes widened. "What's going on? Is Azusa also Hanako's type?"

"Ah~ Compared to me, shouldn't you be more like Koharu?" Hanako smiled meaningfully, "I've always been the one who shows on the surface~"

"What are you talking about!" Xiaochun was furious! "Are you trying to say I'm a hidden type?"

"It's not that kind of thing." Zi shook his head bluntly, "But I'm sorry, I can't say."

The reward she chose was unique, even the highest reward in the game—but she also had to accept the highest-level challenge from the "Mystery of the Sphinx" cartridge itself.

Whether it was Hifumi, Koharu, Hanako, or the others, they all chose rewards built into their daily quizzes—answer a question correctly, get a pet with Peloro. Pass a quiz, have lunch with Peloro. Improve your grades, get a trip to Peloro Land... and so on, like the Battle Passes, with progressive learning rewards.

What Zi hoped for, and what she bore, was choosing the most difficult path. She would undergo more study, more difficult tests, and a qualification test to obtain the "Sphinx Mystery" cartridge—the Collapser guarding the cartridge would make its own judgment.

Azusa clenched his fists and vowed silently in his heart, "When I left Arius, I saw Misaki slumped in a chair, Hiyori sobbing, Saori bearing the punishment for the princess, and none of the other Arius students dared to speak out. I will never forget this scene.

At that moment, I thought, if I could make Arius change, I would give it everything I had. Now, with the Mystery of the Sphinx cassette in front of me, I had to consider whether this was my only chance.

It is our duty to restore the peace between the Holy Trinity and Aria! "

Closer to home.

Azusa suddenly realized that compared to her own plan, the game cartridge "Mystery of the Sphinx" that Danrito suddenly took out had the potential to increase the success rate of her solo plan.

For Zi, who carries a heavy responsibility, this is the straw she must grasp at all costs, and now is not the best time to confess.

"Ten minutes of break between classes, and we'll continue later." Dan Lidou waved his hand. "I haven't weakened the reward mechanism for the Mystery of the Sphinx cartridge yet, so you are not allowed to open the game cartridge without permission - anti-addiction, understand?"

"Do games with that kind of content still need addiction prevention?" Koharu was surprised, and Danrito leaned closer. "Hmm? Koharu-san—could it be you?"

Dan Lidou stared at Koharu's face for a few seconds, and Koharu's face turned red. Now Dan Lidou knew what choice Koharu had made without even checking the background data.

"Tsk tsk, young people these days are really precocious—but I don't mind that," Danrito teased. "Just don't go too far."

"No, no, no, no! I want to stop this H stuff! In order to successfully ban this H stuff, I have to read it all!"

Xiaochun blushed and tried to make excuses for herself, but with Xiaochun's stupid brain, what reasonable excuse could she come up with? The result was that she only made things worse, and she simply closed her eyes and started playing dead.

"Ugh...that's too much!"

"This learning method will continue until the first mock test." Danrito flicked at the exam schedule in his hand. The cram school would hold three large-scale academic tests, and only those who passed two of the three tests could leave.

Before each academic test, there were three weekly mock tests. The first mock test would reveal whether Danrito's cassette tapes had any effect on his academic performance.

Azusa raised his hand and said, "Mr. Danrito, can I continue playing the game without taking a break?"

"No, it will affect your body's functions." Danrito shook his head. "The reward system of 'Mystery of the Sphinx' will greatly stimulate your brain and produce happy emotions. For the sake of your health, I have set a timed eject function for the cassette. You are prohibited from continuously using the cassette to study before the rest period is met."

"Happy emotions..." Hanako immediately realized the dangers of this. "Are you addicted to studying?"

"It sounds ridiculous, but it's true."

203. What does adulthood smell like?

On the commercial street of the Trinity School District, Dan Lidou was sitting on an outdoor garden chair in a coffee shop, calling his subordinates.

"The sale of the game cartridges has already recouped most of the funds. Even though the initial funds were basically free, I don't feel bad about using them."

Tan Lidou calculated his company's profits while assigning tasks one by one. "The forms have been sent out—acquire these companies for me. This will signal that Huanmeng is beginning to expand into other fields."

Ever since the Caesar Group was able to escape from the offensive launched by Danrito by breaking off its tail, Huanmeng has become an existence that the Caesar Group hates.

But no matter what, Caesars Group's business is mainly concentrated in the financial industry, construction industry and arms industry, which has nothing to do with the gaming industry.

Moreover, the intelligence gathering ability demonstrated by Dan Lidou also made Caesar cautious - Dan Lidou could even get such internal information. This time it was only the Caesar Credit branch in the Abydos school district. What if someone came to the headquarters later?

If you don't do anything wrong, you don't have to be afraid of ghosts knocking on your door - or you have the ability to blast the ghosts into pieces.

Since Huanmeng has chosen the gaming industry as its track, Caesars Group will temporarily ignore Huanmeng, which has caused them losses.

They don't make money from the gaming industry, so as long as it doesn't block Caesar's financial path, they don't care what Dan Lidou wants to do.

But if Huanmeng takes the initiative to enter other industries, Caesar Group will certainly not ignore this dangerous signal.

"Also, prepare for the upcoming new game promotion. That's all for now." Danrito hung up the phone and looked at Hanako in front of him: "Tell me, what's going on? You've been staring at me since I started calling. Is there a problem?"

"I thought Mr. Danrito was going to ignore me forever~"

Hanako covered her lips that were about to chuckle. Today was a school day off, and even the cram school department was no exception. Students all needed rest and entertainment.

However, Danrito was very confused about what Hanako wanted to do by coming to see him on her day off.

"I thought you students were supposed to go out and have fun on the weekends, right?" Danrito looked at Hanako in surprise. "What's going on?"

"Earlier, Mr. Danrito introduced himself as the president of a large company, right?"

Hanako's expression made it clear what she was thinking. She held her cheek and stared at the adult in front of her: "Is the president of a big company usually so idle? This is very different from what I imagined adult life to be~"

"That's when you saw me." Danrito put his phone in his pocket and called the waiter. "Give me a latte—Hanako, what do you want?"

"Then... give me a drink that tastes like an adult?" Hanako pulled out a chair and sat down naturally. Danrito smiled and said, "Give her a double shot of black espresso."

"Okay, sir, please wait."

The waiter left and Danrito looked at her: "Nothing is wrong without worshipping the gods - tell me."

Hanako supported her cheeks with her hands and looked at him with blinking eyes: "Can I follow you to see your company today?"

"You want to see me work?" Danrito reached out and took the latte handed to him by the waiter. "Why is a student suddenly interested in this? Do you even need an internship certificate?"

"Internship certificate?" Hanako also looked puzzled. "What is an internship certificate?"

"That's it..." Danrito thought for a moment, "After working like a slave for free for a shady entrepreneur or a relative's company, you thought you'd grown, but it was just proof of your ability to get a job done."

"Eh... I don't really need that kind of thing." Hanako opened her sakura lips slightly. To her, and even to the students of Kivotos, the "internship certificate" was just a joke that was hard to understand.

"I don't understand what you mean by an internship certificate, but I don't need it," Hanako shook her head. "I just want to see what life is like outside of school."

Danrito was completely different from the teacher Hanako had heard of but had yet to formally meet. Even though they were both adults, the teacher was still an adult within the confines of "school."

Danrito, on the other hand, is a "social person" in the true sense. For Hanako's hidden purpose, Danrito's lifestyle is very suitable for her to refer to now.

"I'm really interested~" Hanako shook her head, "Please~ let me take a look~"

"Okay, okay, I'll let you see it." Danrito had no objection to this. It was just a so-called social visit, wasn't it? It wasn't like Huanmeng hadn't received groups of elementary school students before. It was just that Hanako didn't look like a student at all.

"But you really want to see my daily work. Do you have any ideas?"

Danrito hadn't forgotten his other identity as "President Xia Lai." He could recruit students he admired, regardless of their affiliation or school, into the neutral organization called Xia Lai to serve him.

"So, remember to mention this to Xiaotao and the others when the time comes."

Danrito raised his head. He hadn't forgotten about the students from the Game Development Department and the Strategy Committee. He had put so much effort into them, so why couldn't he recruit them?

“It’s hard to say until you’ve finished the tour.”

Hanako smiled and didn't say anything good or bad.

"In that case, you're lucky enough to be here." Tan Lidou recalled his plans for today. "Today, while you're all resting, I'm going to inspect Huanmeng's work. You can come with me."

Dan Lidou picked up the latte on the table and took two sips. The coffee in this shop is really good, mellow and delicious, and you can taste the flavor of roasted peanuts and nuts.

"Ah, this... is this the taste of an adult?"

Hanako looked at the small cup of thick black coffee in front of her, hesitantly picked up the cup, took a sip, and then her pretty face wrinkled into a ball.

"Uh uh uh...what's that smell..."

"This is the taste of 'adults'."

Danrito looked at Hanako's scowl with amusement. "I've been working overtime until one in the morning and can't leave. There's a sudden order from the higher-ups to finish the materials tonight, and then there's the tiredness from not getting enough sleep for days. At this time, I force myself to stay awake and take a sip of cheap black espresso from the company's shared coffee machine. It tastes like a real grown-up."

"(Trembling) Why does it sound... so scary?"

204. Hanako's Social Practice

With Danrito's consent, Hanako was able to follow Danrito as she wished and go to the company of the Genmu Group together.

"Hanako, you will be my secretary today."

Danrito sat in the taxi he had just hailed and explained to Hanako, "Today, three departments have meetings, and there are two projects that require on-site inspections... It's quite a lot. Since you want to take a closer look at the master's work, why don't you be his secretary for a day?"

"Um... I saw that you were quite free just now, Mr. Danrito."

Hanako questioned, "Is it because I mentioned this that you deliberately concentrated all your schedules at other times to deal with it now? Does this count as revenge?"

"Stop being so sentimental."

Danrito crossed his legs. "I would have arrived earlier without you. This isn't a workload I added on purpose; it's my normal workload—you just happened to arrive during a busy period."

Danrito, relying on his own shattered body, could travel rapidly through the internet within Kivotos, much like teleporting in a game, virtually eliminating travel time. Kivotos was also a city with a well-developed internet network, making Danrito's abilities even more effective there.

Just as Danrito had said, with Hanako by his side, he couldn't just use the Collapse Source Body's ability to teleport, leaving Hanako there and forcing her to take a taxi. In a sense, this statement was quite true.

"How does it taste like, sir?"

Danrito smirked. How could he not read the mood? He was born in a country that was known for its ability to read the mood. How could he not guess what to order for Hanako? It was just a matter of watching Hanako's face frown at the bitter coffee.

"so bitter."

Hanako stuck out her tongue. She nearly spit out her double shot of espresso, a black coffee without sugar or milk. Thinking of this, Hanako felt the lingering taste of the last sip she'd taken. She couldn't help but give Danrito a resentful look. "Mr. Danrito, you definitely did this on purpose, didn't you?"

"Haha, you figured it out?"

Danrito made no attempt to hide his smile; instead, his smile widened. His way of showing concern for others was to laugh loudly and then throw the solution in their face. It was like Decade melting the dial of the Spirit Knight watch and then pulling out a Decade dial and throwing it in their face.

"But I'm not lying. Don't you want the taste of an adult?" Danrito smiled, leaning back in the taxi seat. "Leaving the choice to others is what happens."

"Really... Mr. Danrito, you're an adult, but you talk like a sulking child." Hanako complained, "As an adult, don't you have the grace of an adult at all?"

"I'm happy~"

The taxi took the two of them to the Dream headquarters in the DU area. Hanako looked curiously at the office building in the most prosperous area in front of her. To be able to get such an office building in the prosperous area of ​​the Central School District, it is not something that can be obtained by spending money.

In contrast, there is another building that can also be seen here, the "Tower of the Sanctuary", which is nominally also an industry under Dan Lidou - occupying two buildings in the Central School District where every inch of land is valuable, Dan Lidou's assets are now considered to be among the best in Kivotos.

"This is my company—Huanmeng, the great crystallization of my hard work and dreams."

Danrito considered the dream his own, as he insisted, without knowing why. However, perhaps this was also part of his "self" after his transformation into a bonsai body.

"Today, you will stay by my side as my assistant—got it?"

Danrito spoke seriously to Hanako beside him. After entering into his working state, Danrito unexpectedly looked serious. This contrast made Hanako a little stunned, but she quickly adjusted her expression: "I understand, Mr. Danrito."

"During working hours, please call me President, Miss Hanako." Danrito nodded.

"——Okay, President."

Hanako felt like she had matured significantly when she was addressed as "Hanako-san"—even though she was already more mature than her peers. But being addressed by a respectable adult with the same title still gave her a strange feeling deep down.

"President, please review this document—a cooperation invitation from Saraf Industries. They hope to leverage the power of the Huanmeng Group to expand their influence among students. To this end, they hope to launch a co-branded product with Huanmeng's game cartridges..."

"The acquisition of Jilupa Microelectronics is progressing! — President! Can you take a look at the current situation? It seems that Caesar Chip is competing with us!"

"The people at Che Niang Sports Products want to contact us. They hope to cooperate with us to compete for the main supplier of the Korin Daisai. What do you think, President?"

As Danrito led Hanako to the office area, the atmosphere of work hit them as soon as they opened the glass door, making Hanako, a student who only knew school life, open her eyes wide.

"This is... the adult workplace."