I, the Rock King Emperor with 21 billion in power, have joined the chat group.

Finally, on the third-to-last page, I found a few usable pages.

The third-to-last page is the task interface.

There is only one small task above.

[Completed my first game.]

[Note 1: This game may be a fan-made game.]

[Note 2: The game must have sold at least 1000 copies.]

[Failure Penalty: None]

[Success Reward: 1000 million yen in initial funding for developing a commercial game.]

This is a task that Aki Tomoya wants to complete, and it is also a task that he must complete.

Without this task, the games he wanted to create wouldn't have been abandoned, but they would have consumed countless hours of his time.

He needs to first get into university, then study game development, then write a professional game development book, and then promote his work at various investment conferences to obtain 1000 million yen in investment.

This step will take at least three to five years.

It was too long; he simply couldn't wait.

However, even a fan-made game is beyond his current financial means.

Whether it's working or any other way to make money, aside from what's written in the criminal law, there's no way he could finish his first game before the start of Summer CM three months later.

Without the promotion of the summer commercial and subsequent sales in secondhand stores, it would be almost impossible for a game with no official channels to sell 1000 copies.

Therefore, he needs to use some unorthodox methods to complete his mission.

With a blank expression, I turned to the second to last page, where a line of small print appeared.

You can now attempt to recruit game developers.

[Name: Eriri Sawamura (Spencer)]

Illustrator, concept artist, art director.

[Rarity A]

[Recruitment success rate: 45%]

Popularity Rating: 18. (This can increase the overall score of the work by 18 points.)

[Special Skill: 18H Artist]

[Effect: As a well-known erotic illustrator, her work will slightly increase the sales success rate targeting a specific demographic.]

[Special Skill: Childhood Sweetheart (Sealed)]

[Effect: Increases recruitment success rate by 100%; no fees are required during the production of non-commercial works.]

[Note: The seal on childhood sweethearts can be broken through conversation and communication.]

I got the best hand!

A hint of ferocity unconsciously crept into Aki Tomoya's smile.

......

Although the independent game developer from another world has forgotten even his name, some fragmented knowledge and memorable words have remained in his mind.

There's a line like this in one of those weird movies called "Black President".

In short, women should be treated with gentle words.

Just like flowers will wither if they aren't watered.

It's so easy to change their attitude with just one sentence.

The cost is zero!

[Gentle words cost nothing!]

Right now, this is pretty much the idea that popped into An Yilun's mind.

Such a rare and powerful illustrator, who can be hired without any fees, why be stingy with a few kind words?

Although he had been hurt by his childhood sweetheart in the past, it wasn't a major issue that he couldn't get over.

Now that he has two lives, two insights, and two shared goals, how could he possibly resent his childhood sweetheart because of something that happened in the past?

Absolutely not!

Even if it's just to save money, he wouldn't care about the smooth development of the game.

He can now completely open up his past feelings to Eriri Sawamura Spencer, letting her know just how magnanimous his childhood friend truly is.

As for whether she was moved and brought her own food to help him for free, or did something else, isn't that a natural way to give back?

The bell rang quickly, and An Yilun bowed to the departing teacher before hurriedly heading towards the classroom of Sawamura Spencer Eriri.

Today is the last day of classes before the spring break for first-year high school students. After today, he will have two weeks of free time to persuade this girl to rekindle her feelings of guilt and affection for her childhood friend, Tomoya, and then work for him for free—no, to realize her dream.

Let An Yilun and Sawamura Spencer Eriri realize their dreams together.

Laugh~!

......

Sawamura Spencer Eriri, the childhood friend of Anichi Tomoya.

Among the Toyosaki students, besides Tomoya Anichi, he is one of the two most eye-catching individuals.

With her blonde twin ponytails, clear sapphire-like eyes, and skin that looked as if it had been soaked in milk, she possessed a noble appearance that combined the best of both Eurasian and Asian bloodlines, making her arguably the most eye-catching sight in the academy.

Her favorite thing to do was to paint the poignant sunset in the empty art classroom after school.

And, after everyone left, she secretly exchanged comics, games, or other anime-related items with An Yilun.

Yes.

Eriri Sawamura is an otaku.

In this final year of the Heisei era, now in the 21st century, otaku in the Japanese archipelago still face various unspeakable difficulties. Aside from the implicit discrimination they suffer, being ranked at the bottom in various small circles and the occasional strange looks they receive can cause great harm to the mental and physical well-being of some ordinary otaku.

Therefore, the emergence of the "hidden otaku" was a natural consequence.

They play all sorts of ordinary roles in their daily school life, and then on weekends, rest days, after returning home, they close their room doors and play around wildly.

And she is a hidden otaku.

However, the identity she usually uses to present herself is so dazzling that no one can imagine what she looks like as an otaku. Even if An Yilun just stood in her classroom and loudly proclaimed it, no classmate would believe his words.

This is the reality of human folly.

Having experienced two different worlds, An Yilun naturally understood this point clearly.

.....

"You were really careless, Eriri. I didn't expect you to forget to buy the first-edition limited edition."

An Yilun leaned against the storage box where Sawamura Spencer Eriri would inevitably stop, waiting for his prey to take the bait.

"But it's understandable, since online orders stopped a long time ago. I'd like to thank myself for ordering from all the stores that offered the bonuses on the day pre-orders started."

Startled by the sudden words, Eriri Sawamura hopped back like a little rabbit, her eyes darting around until she finally spotted Tomoya Anichi standing by the corner wall.

She seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, hugging the first-edition limited edition visual novel she had just taken out of the locker. Her sapphire blue eyes looked at An Yilin with a wary expression, and her first words were: "I told you not to talk to me at school, didn't I?"

With a cold laugh in his heart, An Yilun, who had long known his childhood friend Tadashi Ma's temperament, closed his eyes, leaned against the wall, and looked like he had been hit hard. But the words that came out of his mouth could make people feel guilty: "Running all over Akihabara carrying five boxes weighing 1.7 kilograms on the release day is nothing, but you should know that I took an extra job delivering newspapers this morning for this thing."

"I have to get up at 5 a.m. There are 732 stores in total, the furthest one is 21 kilometers away, just so I can bring you a copy when I buy the first limited edition."

"It's fine if we don't say thank you, after all, that's what childhood friends are all about. But there's no need for sudden harsh words."

An Yilun also opened his eyes, looking at the wary sapphire blue pupils, took a step forward, and moved closer to Sawamura Spencer Eriri, his expression carrying a trace of sorrow: "We haven't spoken at school for more than a year, have we?"

"I just..."

He sighed halfway through his sentence, then shook his head as if in despair.

"Never mind, it's nothing."

Eriri, somewhat bewildered by his words, which were so different from their usual banter, naturally responded with her usual accommodating words.

"I've already given you the special tapestry, you should be thanking me. Besides, you and I aren't in the same class, right? What brings you here to see me?"

"Can't I come to see you if there's nothing wrong?" An Yilun gently scratched his cheek with his finger, turned his head away, and shyly avoided looking at Eriri's delicate face.

"Ok?"

The girl blushed shyly, somewhat overwhelmed by the sudden remark. Her long-standing habit made her unconsciously turn her head away, letting out a soft, slightly coquettish hum: "Hmph! If there's nothing else, I'll be going now."

Secretly watching her reaction out of the corner of his eye, An Yilun felt a chill run down his spine.

Oh no, that was too much stimulation.

Section 0: Green Tea Life (2)

Eriri Sawamura Spencer is a tsundere.

Although I don't want to use such anime-like terms to describe someone who exists in real life, it's quite obvious that Anichi Tomoya knows that Sawamura Spencer Eriri is a tsundere.

While he couldn't see the psychology of the people around him so clearly before, after gaining the memories of the young and tragically deceased indie game developer, he was able to understand the psychology of these high school girls very well.

Through their daily conversations, interactions, and even small gestures, she could see a hint of guilt in An Yilunye that she herself was unaware of.

The guilt that had been building up in his heart for so long even evolved into an irrational love.

In other words, she had some feelings for An Yilun.

An Yilun could only sense this matter slightly before, but now he can see it clearly as if he were looking at a fire in the palm of his hand.

His original plan was to use this illusion of affection to easily break the little girl's heart with just a few words, making her work wholeheartedly for him and create value for the game.

However, unexpectedly, after just two sentences, Eriri Sawamura was so shocked that she became somewhat delirious.

Is this girl the easiest woman to win over at Toyosaki Academy?

An Yilun frowned slightly. Although the stimulation was a bit excessive, the things he had to do were still the same.

Seeing the twin ponytails about to disappear from sight, he quickly chased after them.