Danrito, become a consultant for the Millennium Game!

Danrito took a piece of cake from the window, sniffed it, and then took a bite. After chewing it twice, he said seriously, "The flavor is almost there, but the texture still seems a little fake..."

"Um... Danrito? Isn't it said that overly realistic gaming experiences can be taxing on the body?" Mika said, a little embarrassed. "Then isn't this just perfect?"

"You're kidding! How could I possibly tolerate such imperfections in my own game!" Danrito snorted, sounding rather tsundere, completely forgetting the fact that he'd previously developed "Digger Boy" to make up for the all-terrain scanning drone he was developing with Millennium's engineering department. "The player's physical condition is another matter! But if my game can't reach 100%, that's a huge problem!"

Suddenly, he put his face close to Mika's, his eyes widened, and his hands made a grasping gesture. Danrito successfully used his facial expression to make Mika stunned: "You, understand?"

In the gaming realm, I briefly enjoyed a near-perfectly completed uninhabited island—for Danreto's games, the degree of freedom in each one is unmatched by most other games. The Kivotos New Horizons cartridge, a "new social game" currently being promoted to Kivotos by Danreto's Dream Marketing department, is a niche market, and Riot Games has put significant effort into both gameplay and marketing.

"Eh? Can we still link up with MomoTalk?"

After exiting the gaming world, Weihua was recalling the game scenes in the game cartridge, eyes full of surprise: "The status in the game cartridge can be directly sent to Momo Space? Is this true?"

"We are discussing cooperation, but it's not a big problem."

Danrito happily pressed the cassette into Mika's hand—not as a gift, as he'd pay for it later. "The president of Momo is also troubled by Caesar Communications's market encroachment and various commercial tactics aimed at acquiring them, which is making Momo miserable. My proposal for cooperation could greatly alleviate their situation."

Snapped.

Danrito clapped his hands. "Momo wants to maintain its independence in the face of the crisis posed by Caesar Group. The obvious consequence of being acquired by Caesar is that Caesar can easily export their values ​​to every student using MomoTalk. And I also have a business conflict with Caesar Group."

"For Huanmeng and Momo, this is a win-win situation."

"The adult world is really complicated..." Mika was a little confused. Of course, if Nagisa came over, she would probably understand immediately. Unfortunately, Mika was not good at thinking. "What would happen if Momo Company was taken over by Caesar Group?"

"Hmm... for example, let's say Caesar's logo and ads start appearing on MomoTalk." Danrito pondered for a moment. "Given that Caesar currently primarily provides services in the areas of credit, civil engineering, and security, I guess from now on, every time you open your MomoTalk app, you'll be greeted by a few seconds of Caesar's ads, right?"

"Eh... that's so inconvenient!" Mika said in confusion. "Splash screen ads? What kind of anti-human design is that?"

"So, if Momo wants to maintain its independence, it needs to find a helper to help it through this business crisis—and my Huan Meng happens to be the best candidate for them."

Danrito patted his chest and said, "In about a week, 'New Horizons' will be fully promoted in every school district. Now... let's wait and see."

After selecting four or five game cartridges, Mika walked out of the store contentedly. The afternoon was already mostly gone, but dinner was still a ways off. Not wanting to end her wanderlust just yet, Mika dragged Danrito to one of the ubiquitous dessert shops in Trinity and sat down.

"I want a large fruit chocolate parfait~ What about you, Danrito?"

Mika skillfully ordered her favorites and turned to ask Dan Lidou who was beside her. Dan Lidou, who had been dragged over, didn't hesitate. He pulled out his phone and briefly reviewed the text messages from his subordinates. After processing several large orders in a few seconds, he also ordered, "Give me the same!"

While waiting for the two parfaits he'd ordered to arrive, Mika pulled out her phone and texted someone. Since there were no topics to discuss, Danrito naturally didn't try to find one himself. Instead, he connected to his company's network via the nearby internet and handled some business online. Besides handling business, he also casually replied to students who had left messages for him on MomoTalk.

"Momo": "Danrito! Yuyu is thinking about what to do with the third installment of the "Final Goddess Legend Sword" series. Can you come back and give me some guidance? Oh, and Yuyu said she hopes to have a multifunctional cabinet. Danrito, do you have any ideas?"

"Little Green": "Even if there are no game development tasks, you can still come back to the game development department, Mr. Danrito."

"Himari": "Greetings, Mr. Danrito. My research on the Cross God has hit a snag. If you could come and help, this beautiful and gifted girl would be very grateful, okay?"

"Nomiya": "Mr. Danrito, regarding the 'Abydos Tourism Project' that we discussed last time, the plan has been completed. Could you please review it?"

"Yumei": "When is the assistant's starting date? It's been several days already. No response? Do I have to keep waiting? Although it's not impossible."

"Mr. Danrito, not initiating conversation is a big no-no when chatting with girls, you know?"

Mika tore through the profile pictures of several of her friends on her phone, but she didn't hear Dan Lidou say a word. Closing her phone, Mika slumped down on the table, turning into a slightly grumpy Mika bug: "It's been so long, why don't you say something more..."

"In Kivotos, everyone has their own thing to do. For example, I'm actually making millions of credits a minute, and I'm sitting here with you ordering parfaits. That's already quite impressive."

Danrito turned off the virtual screen in his sight and looked at the pink-haired girl lying on the table with puffed cheeks. "Mika, you suddenly asked me, someone you just met for the first time, to hang out with you for half the afternoon. There must be something you need to do, right?"

People don't do things for no reason. Even seemingly incomprehensible actions like suddenly going crazy and eating a lot, or climbing to the top of a mountain and sitting for an afternoon, must have some reason behind it.

What's more, Weihua is just a student. How many students can hide their thoughts in front of adults?

"Go ahead, Miss Mika, before the parfait melts."

The waiter at the side brought the parfait to the two people's table at this very inconsiderate juncture, but it was obvious that Weihua, whose secrets had been exposed, was definitely not in the mood to eat the parfait - unless she finished what she wanted to say.

"How...how did you figure that out?" Mika raised her head and met Danrito's gaze. "I thought I was good at controlling my expression."

"Who would smile all day long? Wouldn't that make your face look sore?"

Danrito watched Mika all day, and Mika smiled all day too. Danrito had no idea how there were so many things in life that could keep people smiling all the time. Even though laughter was the most normal emotion, he had never seen such an unfading smile.

"You smile too much. It's almost like a mask."

Danrito pointed out Mika's expression bluntly, "So, what do you want to say? This shop doesn't have many customers right now."

"Ahhh... Mr. Danrito really is worthy of being called an adult..."

Mika's face had mostly lost its smile, but Danrito was wrong about one thing. Mika was indeed an optimist who usually smiled a lot, but today she had indeed smiled a little too much.

"Mr. Danrito, you've taken over the 'remedial lessons club', right?"

Danrito reached out and pulled his own cup of parfait in front of him, picking up the spoon. "Yeah, what's wrong?"

Mika tried to put on a mysterious smile. "The original intention of establishing the supplementary lessons club was to find traitors who attempted to undermine the signing of the Eden Treaty and, through Xia Lai, expel them from Trinity. You know this, right?"

"Yeah, I know." Danrito scooped a spoonful of ice cream and stuffed it into his mouth. Mika, who was sitting opposite him, was a little surprised: "Don't you think Nagisa is a little unkind for this?"

"Huh? No, I've done something similar." Danrito swallowed his ice cream. "I just feel bad for her naive approach. She didn't even understand the bigger picture before she acted."

“Eh, eh?”

"Oh, by the way, the purpose of the cram school club is to purge all the so-called Holy Trinity traitors. I figured it all out when I first met Nagisa." Danrito shook the ice cream spoon in his hand. "So when she saw she couldn't hide it from me, she told me everything."

"Ah? Then, are you willing to take on this kind of job?"

Mika felt that her previous assumptions about Danrito's mentality didn't apply at all. His thinking wasn't like that of a 'teacher' at all. Even when faced with Nagisa's somewhat over-the-top schemes, he simply said, "I don't care."

"I told you, Xia Lai's methods are useless to me. I only took over the cram school for some reason."

Danri Tosankou finished off the parfait's peak and stabbed the spoon into the cup. "As for methods like finding a traitor, dropping out of school, or taking extra classes, they're just as ridiculous as playing house in front of me."

"—So, have you found the traitor or something?"

Mika felt a bit uneasy, sweating profusely. The pressure from this adult in front of her suddenly increased. She came to the tea party this time, obviously not because she hadn't attended a tea party for a long time and felt a sense of responsibility, but because her plan had reached the final stage, and it was time to see what the layout of the academy was like. That's why she came to the tea party.

On the surface, Weihua is one of the three seats at the Holy Trinity's tea party, so she naturally has the power to enter and exit.

"I found it."

Danrito's words made Mika's wings stand on end. Her eyes met Danrito's, his cold gaze looking down at her despite the height difference. In that moment, Mika felt as if her heart had been seen through, and her hands and feet were cold.

"If you ask me, Nagisa's brain doesn't seem to be working very well. The answer is obviously very simple, but he had to go through such a big detour. Although his guess about the topic is indeed quite accurate, it's still not good that he can't point to the correct answer in one go."

Weihua felt her heart beating a little faster, and subconsciously covered her chest, turning her head away somewhat unnaturally: "Really, then... who is the traitor of the Holy Trinity?"

Danrito shook his head pompously. "Even though Shirasu Azusa's silence is good for hiding his facial expressions, a person's inner self isn't so easy to conceal. It's only a matter of time before they're discovered, right?"

Mika felt a little sweat on her back. She might need to change her underwear when she got home. She turned her head and stammered, "Ah...ah! It's that kid! Is that the answer? Danrito, you're so smart!"

Danrito nodded.

"Yes, I found it this time."

232. It’s better to think more before doing things~

Most students probably wouldn't be able to hold their gaze for more than a few seconds when confronted with a serious Danrito.

It's not just because of Danrito's status as an 'adult', but also because of his past experiences as a villain knight. Something called 'aura', or 'imposingness', will naturally manifest itself when he gets serious.

Some people like to call this state "intimidating without anger." However, Danrito is clearly more advanced than this uncontrollable attitude. While intimidating without anger is simply a habit of a superior and authoritative posture, Danrito can seamlessly switch between his usual playful and serious demeanor.

Even though Mika was always privately called the "pink-haired gorilla" by some people, who made fun of her for being a person with only strength but no brains, even such a simple "gorilla" could understand what "shock" meant at that moment.

Changing one's tone and tone at the last minute to expose the negotiating opponent's flaws is a less common psychological warfare tactic in business negotiations. No one uses this tactic every day to intimidate others into signing a contract, but occasionally, when encountering a targeted client, it can be a quick way to break the deadlock.

"Uh... hehe, Mr. Danrito, you're amazing. You were able to deduce so much information by yourself."

She awkwardly played with the ends of her hair, the top of the parfait in front of her melting a little, but Mika, feeling flustered, clearly had no intention of eating the parfait. "If it were me, I definitely wouldn't do that... Haha, someone once said I wasn't cut out for using my brain..."

"What's wrong, Miss Mika? Why are you looking like that?"

Danrito plunged his spoon into his now-finished parfait cup and gazed at the angel in amusement. "Hasn't the traitor to the Holy Trinity been found? You should be happy about that, but I don't see you looking very happy."

The teasing stopped there. Danrito knew that if he continued teasing, he would probably end up with a bomb that would explode immediately. Rather than detonate the bomb now, it would be better to wait a little longer until he saw the full picture.

For the rest of the time, Danrito simply played a short video on his phone, highlighting his lack of public morality. Meanwhile, Mika, sitting across from him, remained silent, nibbling at her own melted parfait.

By the time the parfait was almost finished and the time had almost passed, it was time to say goodbye. The atmosphere finally relaxed considerably as neither side spoke, and the tense situation that had previously been there slowly faded into a more normal atmosphere.

"Thank you so much for accompanying me shopping today. Mr. Danrito, do you have other things to do?"

After finishing their conversation and eating the parfait, they walked out of the store and stood on the street where the sun was already setting. Mika turned around and said goodbye to Danrito.

"Indeed, adults' lives are very busy." Unlike most people, when a girl asks him "You are very busy, right?", Danrito does not reply with "I'm not busy."

The company's daily affairs are handled around the clock, especially now that it is at a critical period of development. The overt and covert business wars with the Caesar Group are constantly going on in places that the students cannot see.

The battlefield of finance is a smokeless one, unlike the battles where students, armed with guns, drove past each other in the streets, openly exchanging bullets and artillery shells. Perhaps just a single word, a single button, a single action, could trigger a chain reaction of thousands.

While talking to Mika just now, Danrito had already handled several similar cases online. It wasn't much, just acquiring a few companies, selling a few stocks, and running a Caesars-affiliated financial company.

"Hahaha, that's true... Adult life is truly something I can't even imagine."

Weihua was holding her submachine gun, looking a little lonely. No one knew what she was thinking at the moment.

Until the very end, Danrito didn't reveal his inference to Mika. This was truly remarkable. In the past, Danrito would have spoken directly, but now he was actually considering others' feelings...

Could it be that even that Danrito has grown?

When Mika followed closely and was about to leave, Danrito suddenly called him.

"Miss Mika."

"Hmm? Mr. Danrito, what's going on?"

Facing Mika, who turned around in surprise at being called, Danrito looked at her face and locked eyes with hers. "Are you aware of what you are doing right now?"

"...Mr. Danrito, why would you ask such a question?"

"I just saw that you were confused, so I came to give you some pointers."

Danrito didn't think he was cut out to be a teacher, nor did he want to be one who gave advice on life. In fact, he just wanted to avoid even bigger troubles in the future.

The girl before him seemed to possess exceptional combat prowess. Compared to the other girls Danreto had encountered in Kivotos, only Hoshino Kotobuki of Abytos could be compared. Furthermore, according to Danreto's own analysis, Mika's combat prowess was even higher than Hoshino's.

Of course, if the girl in front of him simply looked strong in Danrito's eyes, then he wouldn't treat her in such a roundabout way.

But when Mika in front of him seemed to be related to the cram school club in Danrito's hands and the Eden Treaty signing ceremony mentioned by Nagisa, Danrito still wanted to extinguish the source of some major event that might break out next as much as possible.

After all... the collapse of a business empire often begins with a loose screw. If you can prevent major incidents and reduce losses in advance, why not do it?

"Hahaha, everyone says Weihua's brain is a bit dull and she can't think about overly complicated things."

Mika held her gun and forced a smile on her face: "So Mika doesn't know what she is busy with now."

Danrito shook his head faintly. Come on, another problem child. Does Kivotos produce many problem children?

"If you can't figure it out, think it through before you do it."

Mika's expression was complex. She seemed to be smiling, yet it seemed hollow. Danrito had seen the same expression before.

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233. Life beats me up repeatedly, but it makes me more tender.

Mika's expression was complex. She seemed to be smiling, yet it seemed hollow. Danrito had seen the same expression before.

It was the same look that appeared on the face of someone who was about to make a terrible mistake.

In the end, Mika left without a word, and Danrito didn't offer to keep her company. Emotional counseling wasn't Danrito's forte, nor was he particularly adept at preaching. He simply used his invincible divine power to push through everything. Did a god need reason? Clearly not; his mere existence was the ultimate truth!

"—Yoshi! I'm going back to work on the Chronicle revision plan tonight!"

After a two-day break, the cram school club returned to its intense study state. After the meeting with Danrito, the four members of the cram school club were called in for a talk by Nagisa.

Because of his tight schedule, Nagisa had to appear well-prepared for every conversation, which meant that every conversation was conducted according to the standards of a tea party, and he was unwilling to skimp on the occasion.

It took Nagisa four days just to gather the four people and talk to them individually. If they had afternoon tea together every time, it would probably take about the same amount of time.

"What a surprise, Nagisa-kun. I thought you were the type who never listened to others."

Sitting in front of Nagisa, Hanako gracefully put down the teacup in her hand, and then the fake smile on her face turned cold.

"Let's get down to business, Nagisa-san. Today it's me, and yesterday it was Hifumi. It seems like you want to conduct an internal interview with the four of us?"