Onmyoji who mingles in the world of anime

"Yuigahama-san, could you speak a little louder? I haven't been able to hear what you're saying at all from the beginning. If this is the case, even if I wanted to help you, there's nothing I can do." Tsuchimikado Fuyu looked at Yuigahama Yui speechlessly.

When others feel embarrassed, they at most gradually lower their voices.

You, on the other hand, your voice was as soft as a mosquito's buzz from the very first sentence. I could hear nothing except that you were speaking.

Yui Yuigahama was taken aback, then realized that her voice was too soft, so she mustered up her courage and said it again.

However, she felt extremely embarrassed to repeatedly recount such things.

Although her reason was to repay a life-saving debt, it felt more like she was inviting Tsuchimikado Fuyu to go on a date.

In particular, she had a very good impression of Tsuchimikado Fuyu.

Although Yui Yuigahama's voice was very soft this time, Tsuchimikado Fuyu managed to hear it fairly clearly. After thinking for a moment, he said:

"There's no need for a meal. Besides, I didn't save you expecting anything in return. Even if it were someone else, I would have done the same. So you don't need to worry about it."

"But I'll feel uneasy if I do that," Yui Yuigahama said, her eyes brimming with tears.

"Don't cry, it feels like I'm bullying you. Besides, I have something to do this afternoon, I have to go to Shuchiin Academy." Seeing that Yui Yuigahama was about to cry, Tsuchimikado Fuyu quickly explained.

"Really?" Yui Yuigahama looked at Tsuchimikado Fuyu with suspicion, in her opinion this was just an excuse Tsuchimikado Fuyu made up.

After all, Shuchiin Academy is a prestigious academy, so how could anyone else just walk in? Besides, he's not even a student there, so why would he go to Shuchiin Academy for no reason?

“Really, why would I lie to you? If I really wanted to refuse you, I would just refuse directly.” Tsuchimikado Fuyu said, “I was invited to join the executive committee, and I happened to know the student council of Shuchiin Academy. Then this afternoon, President Akagi asked me to accompany him to Shuchiin Academy.”

Chapter 498 Good News (Part 1)

It was noon, just after class.

Tsuchimikado Fuyu was about to go to the convenience store with Gabriel and the others when he saw Isshiki Makoto and Aki Tomoya walking over at the same time.

"Winter, good news."

"My dear friend, good news!"

After they both shouted at the same time, they were stunned and looked at each other in bewilderment.

"You have good news too?"

"An Yi, how did you know there was good news?"

The two looked at each other again. Just as Aki Tomoya was about to speak, he saw Isshiki Makoto about to speak and quickly stopped him, "Wait, I have to tell you this good news."

"No, as the person in charge of bringing Dong in, I need to personally deliver this good news," Isshiki Makoto said unhappily.

Tsuchimikado Fuyu couldn't help but chuckle as he watched the two suddenly start arguing, and said, "I say, you two probably aren't talking about the same good news!"

Upon hearing this, both Isshiki Makoto and Aki Tomoya frowned, sensing that something was amiss.

Aki Tomoya was thinking, it was clearly him who brought Tsuchimikado Fuyu under his wing and looked down on him. At that time, Tsuchimikado Fuyu didn't even know Isshiki Makoto yet. Why did Isshiki Makoto claim that he was the one in charge of bringing Fuyu in?

Isshiki Makoto was wondering how he could possibly know about this news when Akagi Masafumi had just informed him and Aki Tomoya, that otaku, hadn't even joined in.

At that moment, the two realized that they might not have been talking about the same thing.

“I don’t know what good news you’re talking about, Aki-kun, but I’m talking about the Chiba Joint School Festival,” Isshiki Makoto said.

"I'm talking about minor matters," Aki Tomoya said calmly.

“I knew it.” Tsuchimikado Fuyu said, as if he had just expected me, “In that case, Tomoya, you go first.”

"Why? Fuyu-kun, you're so biased," Isshiki Makoto said awkwardly.

"How disgusting!" Tsuchimikado Fuyu rubbed his arms. "You can't catch up with Fennel-senpai, so you come here to torment me, huh?"

Aki Tomoya also looked at Isshiki Makoto in surprise. Although he had known for a long time that this person was unreliable, he did not expect him to be a pervert as well.

However, Aki Tomoya didn't have time to pay attention to Isshiki Makoto, and excitedly said, "Touhou, your Battle Through the Heavens Volume 3 is selling like hotcakes! You don't know, I was online just now, online..."

"Wait, wait a minute." Seeing Aki Tomoya talking on and on, Tsuchimikado Fuyu quickly stopped him from continuing his "bragging," saying, "Wasn't the third volume just released today? I don't even know the results yet, how do you know the results?"

"I don't know the results," Aki Tomoya said calmly.

"..." Tsuchimikado Fuyu rolled his eyes at Aki Tomoya. "If you don't know the grades, what are you talking about?"

Aki Tomoya looked at Tsuchimikado Fuyu and Isshiki Makoto, who were speechless, and said with an expression that said, "You guys are still too weak." He added, "Although I don't know the results, the internet is going crazy today."

Many people are commenting that they can't buy the books; they're sold out in many places. The bookstore's customer service hotline must be overwhelmed with calls right now.

"So amazing?" Isshiki Makoto exclaimed in surprise. Although he hadn't read Battle Through the Heavens, he already knew that the book was written by Tsuchimikado Tou. However, he didn't expect Tsuchimikado Tou's book to be so popular. How much money must he be making?

Dong is amazing! Not only is he surrounded by girls, but he's also incredibly good at making money, especially considering he's only a high school freshman.

"This is no ordinary feat; such things rarely happen even in the light novel world," Aki Tomoya said excitedly.

At this point, after reading Battle Through the Heavens, he had completely become a "Winter Fan" and had lost interest in Xia Shizi. Although he still liked her books, he preferred Battle Through the Heavens.

However, because of Tsuchimikado Fuyu, Kasumigaoka Utaha didn't pay any attention to Aki Tomoya, that otaku. Even if they crossed paths again in the future, no sparks of love would fly between them.

Of course, this is also a good thing for Kasumigaoka Utaha.

After all, Tsuchimikado Touya and Aki Tomoya are both scumbags. Although Tsuchimikado Touya accepts all comers, he will take responsibility for them.

If it were Aki Tomoya, it would definitely be the same as in the original work: he invested his feelings, only to be defeated.

Of course, as for Tsuchimikado Fuyu, Kasumigaoka Utaha saw through Tsuchimikado Fuyu's true colors from the very beginning, and also knew that if she were with Tsuchimikado Fuyu, she would have a lot of competitors.

So he simply regarded Tsuchimikado Fuyu as a friend he could talk to, without developing romantic feelings for her.

Unless she reaches a point where her feelings for Tsuchimikado Fuyu have reached a point where she doesn't care how many concubines he has, she might not be able to truly express her feelings.

This is surprisingly similar to Nibutani Morika.

"I find it hard to believe. Based on the stock of the second volume of Battle Through the Heavens, there should have been at least 400,000 copies. You're telling me it sold out in less than a day? It just doesn't feel real," Tsuchimikado Tou said.

"It's probably impossible to sell them all. As the headquarters of Fantastic Bunko, Chiba will keep at least 40,000 to 50,000 copies, and the rest will be sent to Fushigawa Bookstore in other cities."

Moreover, many of the online complaints about the lack of copies are from cities with only one or two Fuzikawa bookstores. Places like Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka haven't seen similar reports yet. Based on this, it's estimated that around 200,000 copies have been sold, which is still quite remarkable.

“That makes sense.” Tsuchimikado Fuyu nodded in agreement.

However, when Machida Wanko called that evening, he realized just how naive he and Aki Tomoya had been.

The third volume of Battle Through the Heavens was printed in a total of 600,000 copies, and the entire stock in the library was sold out within a day. According to statistics from various bookstores, Tsuchimikado Fuyu sold nearly 500,000 copies. It can be said that Tsuchimikado Fuyu created a miracle.

While it's not to say that this has never happened before, at least in the last five years, sales haven't been very good because the marketing is too formulaic.

Let alone 500,000 copies a day, they didn't even expect Tsuchimikado Winter's first five volumes to reach that. Back then, the first volume of Battle Through the Heavens sold 120,000 copies in its first week, which was enough to make everyone happy for a long time.

But I didn’t expect Tsuchimikado Fuyu to be so great. Not only did the third volume sell 50 copies on the first day, but the first volume sold 80 copies in the second month, and the first volume sold a total of 137 million copies.

The second volume sold 80 copies in its first month, and it's only a matter of days before it surpasses one million copies.

Tsuchimikado Fuyu remained calm upon receiving the news. Although it was indeed somewhat unexpected, it wasn't enough to cause him any great alarm.

This is just the beginning. Once the animated version of Battle Through the Heavens is released, its sales will increase several times over.

Chapter 499 Good News (Part 2)

"So, Isshiki, what's your good news?" Tsuchimikado Fuyu looked at Isshiki Makoto, who seemed somewhat shocked, patted him on the shoulder to bring him back to his senses, and asked.

"All high schools in Chiba have agreed to join the Chiba Joint School Festival."

"That's it? I already knew that." Tsuchimikado Fuyu rolled his eyes at Isshiki Makoto and said.

What kind of good news is it if everyone already knows? He already knew when Akagi Masafumi messaged him in the morning, asking him to accompany Akagi Masafumi to Shuchi Academy.

Masafumi Akagi was also preparing to meet with the presidents of various student councils, firstly to show his respect, and secondly to discuss the joint meeting of university student councils.

Tsuchimikado Fuyu was invited to take Akagi Masafumi to Shuchiin Academy and Maesaki High School.

It was because of this news that Tsuchimikado Fuyu declined Yuigahama Yui's invitation to have dinner together that morning.

However, Yui Yuigahama did not give up and continued to invite her to stay for the rest of the time. However, Tsuchimikado Fuyu had already agreed to Takanashi Rikka's request to accompany her to work on the club movie every Tuesday to Thursday evening.

On Saturday or Sunday, Tsuchimikado Fuyu will have to go to Menma's place. He has already received a notification from Popo that the fireworks rocket is in its final stage and should be launched sometime during those two days.

Therefore, Tsuchimikado Fuyu absolutely cannot accept any invitations from others these next two days.

Finally, Tsuchimikado Fuyu agreed to let Yui treat him to dinner after class on Friday afternoon, and Yui stopped crying and left happily.

As for accompanying Akagi Masafumi to Maesaki High School, it's scheduled for tomorrow noon. Although it's a bit troublesome, we're already on the wrong track, and it won't be so easy to get off now.

Moreover, it would be quite nice to go there; it would be a good opportunity to visit Yaprico's club and discuss the siege battle this week.

Last week's siege battle, although Tsuchimikado Fuyu and his team participated, resulted in a crushing defeat.

Tsuchimikado Fuyu and Kuroneko did manage to storm into the castle, but because they had taken advantage of the chaos while other guilds were attacking the castle, they were wiped out along with the other attacking guilds when Aprico and the others attacked the castle gates.

While Kuroko and Tsuchimikado were wreaking havoc in the castle, the enemy had too many people, and Tsuchimikado and Kuroko had no reinforcements. Moreover, as free-to-play players, they were reluctant to use their better potions, so they were quickly overwhelmed by the enemy's sheer numbers.

The second siege was even worse. Before they even reached the city walls, Aya accidentally hit another guild member who was also attacking the city. The other guild members thought they were provoking each other, and a team fight broke out.

Then, although Tsuchimikado Fuyu and Kuro Neko wiped out that guild, only Kuro Neko was left in the end, and she only had a quarter of her health left. In the end, she had no choice but to withdraw from the siege.

After that, everyone tried several more times, but all ended in failure.

The final conclusion was that there were too few people, a lack of siege equipment, and unreliable teammates. Unless Yaprico and the others could train their skills to be similar to Lucian's, they simply couldn't win with just these few people.

If Yaprico and the others are as skilled as Lucian, we don't need them to kill a lot of people, but at least they can provide timely assistance to Tsuchimikado Fuyu and Kuroneko when needed.

But even so, it's practically impossible.

Leaving aside Yaplik and Yako, Xiu Fan's skills are about the same as Lucian's. Xiu Fan has sparred with Lucian so many times, and he has lost more often than he has won.

As for Gabriel, Tsuchimikado Fuyu never expected anything from her. He only hoped that she could protect herself and heal and buff Tsuchimikado Fuyu and Kuroneko in time.

Even with such a small request, Gabriel still couldn't fulfill it.

"Of course, it's not just that. After the president has finished discussing with the other student councils in the past few days and held a joint meeting, the Chiba Joint School Festival can officially begin."

"And we, the Student Council Executive Department, will be promoted to the Chiba Joint School Festival Executive Committee. At that time, each school will select a group of members to join us. There will definitely be a lot of girls then. Our spring has arrived!" Isshiki Makoto said excitedly.

"That just means your spring has come... No, didn't your spring come a long time ago? Aren't you going to pursue Fennel-senpai anymore?" Tsuchimikado Fuyu asked Isshiki Makoto with a puzzled look.

"How could that be! I'm serious about Fennel-senpai..." Isshiki Makoto said in a serious tone, "But of course it would be even better if I could work with beautiful girls."

"Really? I didn't think so." Tsuchimikado Fuyu unleashed his ultimate sarcasm.

As expected, Isshiki Makoto immediately became displeased, locking his arm around Tsuchimikado Fuyu's neck in a "man-lock" move, and said unhappily:

"Damn you, super-popular guy! You're surrounded by so many beautiful girls, of course you don't feel anything, but at least you should have some consideration for people like us who don't have the resources!"

"Alright, is there anything else besides this? If not, I'm going to have lunch." Tsuchimikado Fuyu patted Isshiki Makoto's arm to make him let go and asked.

"You're probably thinking of going to the club cafeteria with Takanashi and the others again, aren't you? Let me tell you, I'm going to kidnap you today." Isshiki Makoto said fiercely, "Come on, let's go to the cafeteria."