I became the emperor in the comic book series.

We must get our revenge!

That guy's body can't be possessed, and his wife and daughter can't be that weird too!

After venting his anger, Hiroshi Sato grinned wickedly, wondering if the scoundrel supervisor who dared to lecture him would still be so aloof when he woke up and fantasized about his wife lying naked and filthy in the alley, her body ice-cold. He then walked towards the supervisor's house.

As for easily subduing him, discovering his abnormality, forcing his soul out of his body, and deeply penetrating him, that's a different story.

As an evil spirit, he lived far beyond the lifespan of ordinary people. The older he got, the more afraid he became of death. He was kept going by his evil spirit. He could do bad things, but he couldn't seek death.

As Hiroshi Sato walked, he suddenly found that his field of vision was getting lower and lower, darker and darker, until with a bang, he was suddenly spun around several times, and a headless body came into view.

"That's...my body?"

His pupils contracted slightly as he looked at the white female arm dangling from behind the body's neck.

'When?'

A strong sense of resentment welled up inside him, and he suddenly understood why that person had done nothing after noticing his abnormality today, and had simply let him leave the detention center.

It turns out they weren't letting him go, they just didn't want his death to be associated with the other party...

It turns out... being imprisoned there was when he was safest.

Black, foul-smelling blood flowed out. No matter how much he regretted it, he couldn't change the fact that his soul and body had been shattered together, his wounds couldn't heal, he was powerless to turn back, and he was headed for death.

Only after the evil spirit was completely destroyed did the white arm, composed of a fragment of the spirit and emitting a faint, hazy white light, come to life again, grabbing the useless body and dragging it into a dark alleyway.

Similar scenes have occurred across the country, such as golden butterflies fluttering around and sucking the target into a dried-up corpse, or white arms appearing out of thin air and instantly slicing the target in half or even more pieces from an incurable wound...

Chapter 132 Personal Connections!

In the evening, we went down to the northern marsh.

Akira Higashino arrived at Fanxing with a bag of various cut and chopped meats that he had bought on his way from the supermarket.

At this point, it was almost time for the business to close, and there were very few customers left. The business was already in the cleaning phase.

I just stepped inside.

Yamada Ryo, who had been slacking off, spotted him immediately.

"You've finally come to Higashino. We've been waiting for you."

"Oh... Wagyu beef! Matsutake mushrooms! And prawns! Higashino, I love it..."

Yamada Ryo took the bag from his hand, and when she looked at the contents, her eyes widened immediately, sparkling, and she almost drooled.

"You like meat, don't you?"

Seeing Ryo's pathetic state, Ichiji Nijika stood to the side and made a sarcastic remark.

Mingming had a bad feeling from the moment Liang told her about the get-together and asked her to cook more rice, but she just assumed that Liang had used up her allowance for the month and wanted to freeload. She couldn't resist and agreed.

Unexpectedly, Ryo tricked Higashino into bringing over some really high-end ingredients!

Looking at the high-end ingredients that Higashino brought, the girl couldn't help but feel a little indebted to him.

"Thank you for going to so much trouble, Mr. Higashino."

Higashino Akira smiled and shook his head. "It's nothing. I don't need the money. The manager treated me last time, so I can't just keep eating and drinking for free. Besides, I have a big appetite, so I might even be able to eat my way back in the end. Don't worry."

Those high-end ingredients look like they're worth at least three or four hundred thousand. How could we possibly eat our money back?

Hongxia looked helplessly at Higashino Akira, who was still comforting them at this point.

Although it's heartwarming, Higashino-kun, you should still be less nice to Liang, or she'll really take advantage of you!

“My home isn’t far from here, so let’s have our gathering at my place. It’s not convenient at the restaurant.”

She sighed at him, then turned and waved, "Kita, Pochi-chan, let's go."

"Hey... what about me?"

Seeing that Hongxia hadn't called him, the store manager suddenly panicked, "Besides, the store isn't even finished cleaning yet!"

"Anyway, it's almost finished. Just a little more effort from you, sis. Let's go back and cook dinner first, so you can eat as soon as you get back. That's all..."

While Nijika was cleaning, Pochi and Kita winked at each other. After the two realized what was happening and grabbed their luggage, they immediately grabbed each other's hands and ran out of the store together.

As for Liang, he had already wisely dropped the broom and run away in advance.

Higashino Akira waved leisurely at Ichiji Hoshika, who had a sour expression, and then turned to follow the girls.

The store manager, puffing out his cheeks, was left behind, muttering under his breath, "What about my opinion?"

"I'm off work now, Xingge, goodbye..."

In order to avoid being kept behind to clean, the sound engineer quietly walked to the door and waved to the manager with a smile.

"Hello…!"

In the end, only one lonely old lady was left in the shop.

.........

At the Ichiji family home, Nijika was preparing food in the kitchen.

Kita took two lunchboxes out of his bag and went over to help. Looking at the dishes that Nijika was preparing, he made a questioning sound, "Eh... weren't we supposed to have hot pot?"

"Hot pot?" Ichiji Nijika tilted her head. "Ryo only said there was a get-together today and asked me to cook extra rice..."

“Um… I also have hot pot here, I brought some fruit to cleanse my palate,” Boqi said softly, raising her hand as she sat next to her boyfriend in the living room.

Upon hearing this, Kita nodded and opened the lunchbox in his hand. "I also brought some fried food suitable for hot pot. Ryo-senpai said that we should have a team building activity for the band and cultivate our tacit understanding through a meal. Everyone else is here, and I'm the only one missing."

“Me too. Ryo-senpai said that Higashino-kun has agreed to come and wants to see me.”

Looking at Boqi taking out a bag of fruit from his bag, along with the high-end ingredients brought by Dongye-kun, and the rice and vegetables in his own kitchen, I felt a sense of relief.

Isn't this just getting something for free?!

Ichiji Nijika's eyes widened, her eyebrows furrowed in anger, and she immediately realized what Ryo was up to. This was probably a scam to get food and drink!

This is outrageous! We must strike hard!

Ichiji Nijika looked around, but couldn't see that idiot Ryo. Unable to vent her anger, she became even angrier.

Just then, Yamada Ryo arrived late, carrying a small cardboard box.

"Ryo! What's going on with the hot pot?" Ichiji Nijika stormed out of the kitchen, stood in front of Ryo, and pinched her cheek. "Explain yourself."

Upon hearing this, Yamada Ryo proudly puffed out his chest, "Hot pot is just like this: we each bring some ingredients, throw them into the pot, cook them, and then eat them!"

Oh, this is called hot pot.

Akira Higashino was amused; it was as if he hadn't said anything at all.

"And what about your ingredients?"

Hongxia still wasn't going to let Liang off the hook. If Liang just wanted to freeload once, as a good friend, she wouldn't mind treating her to a meal.

However, lying for food and drinks is unacceptable; such deception will damage the relationship between band members!

However, this time Yamada Ryo was truly unfazed, simply handing over the package, saying, "It's in here."

Half-believing, half-doubting, Hongxia let go, took the box, walked to the side and opened it. To her surprise, there were indeed things inside, including several kinds of fresh vegetables!

For a moment, the girl was somewhat incredulous, her gaze shifting back and forth between the cool vegetables.

It's still the end of the month!

Has the imperial court distributed disaster relief grain?

Liang is so generous, she actually brought out the ingredients?

Kita and Pochi also joined in, looking at Ryo-senpai with surprise, who always lived a frugal life.

Across from her, Liang stood with her hands on her hips, tilting her head back triumphantly, "My teammates doubted me, I'm so sad, *crying*..."

Nijika & Kita & Pochi: You don't seem sad at all!

However, since it was a misunderstanding, Hongxia honestly explained the situation.

Ryo, who could distinguish between being full at one meal and being full at every meal, did not take advantage of Hongxia's mother, who often helped her, and generously chose to forgive her.

Akira Higashino walked over and looked at the familiar logo printed on the surface of the express box, and suddenly realized.

"This must be something from the 'Okumizome Story' where you grow crops through a game, right?"

"The game has only been online for a few days, have you already spent money on in-game purchases?"

That's not worth it. It's so expensive to buy fertilizer with real money to speed up planting. That money is more than ten times the total amount of vegetables in this delivery box.

"Hmph...it's all thanks to promotional incentives." Liang grinned crookedly, giving him a thumbs up. "That's the kind of connections band members have!"

"That's quite a network!" Higashino Akira couldn't help but applaud her.

Beside them, Kita and Pochi, who had been recommended the game by Ryo, were also full of amazement.

Only the bass drummers who had been harassed realized that their own bassist's social circle wasn't much better than Pochi's. "Practice your bass more and play fewer games! Besides... where do you get all these connections?!"

"Kukuku... The secret makes women more attractive!"

Yamada Ryo covered her mouth and chuckled, uttering words that would make the two little ones admire her.

Kita: "Ryo-senpai is so handsome!"

Pochi: Clap clap...

Chapter 133 The Coldness of Playing with a Young Girl's Feelings

"Where is he handsome?"

Ichiji Nijika was somewhat speechless, but she still carried the delivery box containing several kinds of fresh vegetables that she had brought into the kitchen and started washing it.

All I can say is that she's a master at creating a youthful, girlish look for mothers.

Unfortunately, Hongxia's mother's figure is a bit disappointing, falling short of expectations.

In the living room, Higashino Akira opened his mouth and ate the orange that Bochi had peeled and broken open and handed to him, thinking with regret.

"However, this game has only been online for a day or two, but the promotion is huge and it's very popular. Many people around me are playing it too."

Kita's face showed a hint of surprise and admiration. "And, I didn't expect that the advertised game of farming and exchanging vegetables for real vegetables was actually true!"

"But won't we lose money doing this?"

"After all, even games can be played for free."

As a girl who enjoys being around people, Kita naturally played games like Omizome Monogatari, which are so popular. Even without Ryo's recommendation, other friends would recommend it to her. However, although she had a good impression of this type of game, she wasn't particularly enthusiastic about it.

As a result, she found it difficult to understand what the game company's purpose was in making such a game.

Akira Higashino didn't elaborate much on this, only saying, "Game developers aren't stupid and rich. They'll definitely find ways to make money from other areas if they make it free."

In fact, Omdome is already making money. After all, it copied quite a few elements, such as Penguin Farm and Stardew Valley. They also plan to add some gacha elements later. Just based on the current Penguin Farm mode that emphasizes social relationships in the single-player game Stardew Valley, relying on players to spontaneously spread the game and then purchase paid items such as special seeds and breeds of guard dogs, it won't be long before the production and promotion costs are recovered.

Although the system's divine power was involved, the key to success was also to combine the strengths of several mature business models from previous games and integrate them together.

After a long day of working in the big city, who doesn't yearn for a bit of the relaxed and idyllic rural life?

Whether rural life is inherently beautiful or not is not important; what matters is that the relaxed and beautiful atmosphere in the game provides players with sufficient emotional value.

Younger student groups are more easily influenced by the promotion. For small gifts, skins, or special items, they wander around the account homes of their various game friends every day, actively helping to 'harvest' the vegetables as soon as they are ripe, and forcibly collecting a portion of the reward. For players who like it, they would love to have more friends register around them to feel satisfied.

This is just within the game; outside the game, this hook can drive the sales of agricultural products, logistics, delivery, local cultural tourism, and other market opportunities, which are even larger when listed in detail.

Even the only two artists in Yunmeng Entertainment have gained a lot of popularity as a result.

The only downside is for Mai Sakurajima. Her puberty syndrome has mostly disappeared, and her mother finally remembered that she had such a good daughter. Looking at the termination contract that had already been finalized, she was completely dumbfounded, especially when she saw her daughter's male body part. She angrily denounced Yunmeng Entertainment for its lack of sportsmanship, for trying to deceive and ambush her, a woman in her forties.

Another segment of orange was handed to Akira Higashino. Bochi-chan smiled and seemed to enjoy this feeding game, feeling a sense of fulfillment that comes with a romantic relationship.

Just as Higashino Akira opened his mouth, a large coin suddenly shot out from in front of him, its gaping maw 'Awooo…' snatching the food from his jaws.

Higashino Akira looked at the girl with a full head of blue hair and an abstractly beautiful way of eating, his lips twitched, and he rolled his eyes at her in annoyance, "If you want to eat it, why don't you peel it yourself!"

Not only him, but also Boqi, who swallowed the orange and the crumbs of her finger into her mouth, widened her eyes in surprise. The strange feeling of negative contact between girls made her fair and cute face flush red, and she froze on the spot.

Faced with Higashino Akira's sarcastic remarks, Yamada Ryo gave him a long, vacant look with her dead fish eyes, then raised her hand and took out an orange that was still half full.

How do you know I didn't peel it myself?

"Then why are you still trying to take it from me?" Higashino Akira looked at her speechlessly.

Sometimes I really feel like she's a bit too funny. No wonder she's a bassist, she's got a lot to offer.

He had barely finished speaking when Yamada Ryo broke off a segment of orange and held it to his lips, saying, "Here..."