I'm just an internet cafe owner

In some games that lack entertainment options, a simple gameplay mechanic quickly attracted a large number of players.

Even in Liyue, when Ningguang learned the Gwent gameplay from Ganyu, she immediately conceived a lucrative plan. While summoning the Seven Heroes of Teyvat was popular, she didn't control the copyright or main sales channels for this card game. When Ganyu presented this unprecedented card game, she already had a shrewd way to make money.

Compared to the overwhelming popularity of the internet cafes, the attitude was quite normal.

Sure enough, after repeatedly tormenting Liu Yuan and being tormented by Tong Xi more than ten times, Kisara gave up on the card game.

"This is boring, I'm too strong!"

"Then with me?"

Hitomi waved her deck of cards in a showy manner. In response to Hitomi's provocation, Kisara turned her head and asked, "Boss, do you have any new and fun games to play?"

"Fun games? There aren't any recently, but you can wait a bit, new games will be available soon."

Tongxi knew why it was going to be released immediately, because there was less than a week left before the game refreshed each month.

Just thinking about this made Tongxi feel a little frustrated, because the discount game wasn't something she could control; it was controlled by its creator. Her authority was limited to giving some instructions according to Liu Yuan's ideas.

But Liu Yuan hasn't said anything lately, so she can't give any direction. This means that this game refresh can only be left to chance.

Chapter 316 A Gamer from the Dragon Maid World (Bonus Chapter)

With the promotion of the cards, people in real life had something to talk about. And when the internet cafe reopened, the third branch also received new customers.

"Internet cafes? Sorry, I have no interest in playing games in internet cafes."

For Makoto Takiya, time is extremely precious. He has many online games to grind and single-player games to play, so how could he possibly play games outside?

However, when faced with the man's rejection, Liu Yuan gave the reason why he couldn't refuse at all.

"I have the complete Resident Evil series full-fledged experience here, including all DLCs and movies, as well as collector's edition discs. I also have the latest Souls-like game, Elden Ring, and two of the three major sandbox games. These are all fully immersive games, giving you an absolutely realistic experience. Most importantly, one hour in this world equals one minute in your world. Twelve minutes—you can definitely save that kind of time, right? Twelve minutes for twelve hours of playtime, what do you think?"

"Boss! Turn it on!"

In that instant, Takiya Makoto's expression changed, and he simultaneously put on his round glasses. What? Internet access is too expensive? For him, the prices here were indeed a bit high, but after careful calculation, he realized that buying twelve hours of rest time for 10,000 yen was a steal.

I essentially work 36 hours a day, with 9 to 12 hours of work, and the rest of the time is all my own time—it's incredibly enjoyable!

Seeing how quickly the new guest integrated, Liu Yuan smiled.

However, to his surprise, Takiya Makoto integrated with the others a little too quickly.

"Oh! You guys are playing Mugen, right!"

Takiya Makoto's voice attracted Toyama Kinji and Accelerator.

"Hmph, I know a little about this game. Want to team up for a battle?"

"can!"

"Whatever!"

The two types of people most feared when playing games in internet cafes are those with social anxiety and those with a fear of terrorism. The former is characterized by a fear of fear itself, while the latter is a fear of terrorism. Furthermore, in the early days of internet cafes, when people encountered each other playing the same game, their favorite activity was to switch computers and gather together.

We used to play Warcraft 3 together, and Counter-Strike together. Unfortunately, with the widespread use of computers, fewer people went to internet cafes, and there were more and more games available, making it rare for people to play together.

However, Takiya Makoto is no ordinary newcomer. As an otaku, he possesses strength no less than Izumi Konata's.

Furthermore, due to the mutual attraction among otaku, Izumi Konata, Gabriel, and Takiya Makoto almost instantly formed a small group.

"Yes, this is a simple group for anime, sales, and games."

How can Izumi Konata tell if someone is an ally? It's simple, just ask how many copies of Gwent they bought.

Gabriel is currently broke in real life, but she has a little money at the internet cafe. She bought three servings and was thus recruited. Takiya Makoto bought ten servings and became the administrator.

"I never expected to meet companions from other worlds here."

At this moment, Takiya Shin was both fighting Accelerator and his companions while replying to messages. While the Mugen Real Mode allows for rapid skill improvement, the game modes also allow average players to quickly learn and engage in combat.

Meanwhile, Izumi Konata was playing Resident Evil and admiring Ada Wong's figure when she asked, "Newbie, do you have any interesting anime to watch?"

"Interesting? Magical girl story! The story is..."

He quickly told the story, which excited Izumi Konata and Gabriel.

"Newbie! Do you have a full set of BDs? I'll pay for three for you."

share."

"+1!"

"No problem, I'll order six sets from xx after I get back. But speaking of which, although full infiltration is really fun, it seems like I need a controller to play it!"

Gabriel: "Is that even possible?"

Izumi Konata: "You can ask the boss, but I feel... the boss is the one who's hiding the truth the most."

At this moment, Izumi Konata revealed a wise look in her eyes. As an otaku, that soul-deep attraction was something that nothing could resist.

As a result, Liu Yuan, who was just giving up, received an inquiry from Izumi Konata.

"Boss, I have a question. If you come across a game you like, how many copies do you usually buy?"

"Me? When I'm broke, I wait for discounts and try to get things for free. When I have money, I like to buy three. One for myself, one for my collection, and one as a backup for my collection."

At that moment, Izumi Konata also added him to a TT group.

I scrolled through the chat history, and while I was reading, the group was buzzing with a warm welcome to the boss for joining.

"Your group..."

"Oh no! Will the boss mind?"

"How could that be? But let me pretend."

While claiming to be disguised, he actually adopted a highly anime-inspired image: a gender-swapped version of himself as a magical girl. Not only him, but Takiya Shinya also changed his profile picture to a cute girl.

Including the two cute girls who already existed, there's a group chat and four cute girl avatars, but only half of them are actually cute girls.

At this point, Izumi finally spoke up and asked, "Boss, could you add a gamepad control option to our game? Sometimes I'd like to play with a gamepad too!"

"No problem, just pay up. To be honest, you're the first people to make this suggestion to me."

Gabriel then asked, "Boss, we're so familiar with each other, can you give me a discount?"

"Hehe, I'm here to make money."

Konata Izumi also criticized harshly, "Gabriel! That's the wrong idea. We need to make money so the boss can survive and produce more interesting game anime. But without new anime to watch, it feels like we're going to die."

"Animation?"

Liu Yuan replied, "If you really want to watch animation, I can put it on sale. I can even make your life into an animation."

Izumi Konata asked excitedly, "Oh? Does it involve privacy?"

"No, it has nothing to do with your actual lives. It's just an animation or novel created based on your world and your own lives. When people see it, they'll exclaim, 'Oh! You're the protagonist!' But in reality, most of the plot is fictional."

Upon hearing this, the remaining three people erupted in excitement.

Izumi Konata: "I want it! Any type is fine."

Gabriel: "I'm fine with anything, but I want something fun."

Takiya Makoto: "Me too! I want to be a magical girl!"

Liu Yuan: "Count me in, how about we have a love-hate relationship?"

The other three: "I think it's feasible."

Liu Yuan: "It's a pity I can't play games during work hours, otherwise I would have killed you today, Takiya Makoto."

"Come on! You're not human if you don't kill me today."

Izumi Konata: "Hmph! Boss, I've mastered all the games in this shop. Although I'm not as good as Shubi and Shiro, I'm still good enough to bully you."

Liu Yuan: "If you're so capable, close the shop and don't run away!"

Izumi Konata: "Fine, I won't run! How about an offline solo match?"

Gabriel: "I have no money..."

Izumi Konata: "It's my treat! I'm rich!"

Liu Yuan: "Okay, then whose world are we going to?"

Takiya Makoto: "How about we see whose world is older? Mine is from 2017."

Gabriel: "What a coincidence, me too."

Izumi Konata: "Um... I was born in 2007, which is quite different from yours."

Liu Yuan: "How about we go to the Gabriel World? Gabriel seems to be in poor financial condition, so it can save Konata some money."

Izumi Konata: "Boss, you're a good person."

"Hehe, it's a good thing I have a girlfriend, otherwise I would be furious with what you said."

Izumi Konata: "Life winners are forbidden from bringing their girlfriends."

Takiya Makoto: "Agreed!"

Liu Yuan added, "Should we bring Blank along? They may be invincible, but I have a trick that can win by surprise."

Konata Izumi: "You can bring Misaka Mikoto too, she can too, hehe~"

The four of them started chatting in the group, and as they chatted, the group grew to seven, with the entire otaku community in the internet cafe gathered together. Unfortunately, Misaka Mikoto had something else to do and couldn't make it, but she promised to invite everyone over later.

In reality, however, Kisara suddenly had a bad feeling.

"Boss...are you doing something bad behind my back?"

As he spoke, Kisara sniffed Liu Yuan intently: "Do you have a woman you like?"

"Yes!"

Liu Yuan pointed at Mu Geng, but Mu Geng wasn't buying it. Her intuition told her that Liu Yuan might have someone backing him.

"Don't worry, I'm talking to a man."

"Oh!"

In that instant, she felt relieved.

"The ones who went out at night were all men; there were only three women."

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