Master of the Machete Style Manga

Chapter 40 It Feels Like Yesterday
This guy, he must have put on makeup again.

Mio Natsume's skin was already very delicate and supple. She applied a light blush to her cheeks, which complemented her rosy lips. For a moment, Ken Sakamoto suddenly realized that this was the image of Machima that he had in mind.

Ken Sakamoto responded with a smile and immediately turned his gaze to the magazine shelf.

"Let me explain the different types of magazine racks to you."

Ken Sakamoto picked up an entertainment magazine and moved it to the top two rows.

"This is the entertainment magazine section, that's the current affairs news section, and the comics below also need to be categorized. Shonen manga should be at the front, followed by shoujo manga, and seinen manga should be at the very edge. As for the men's magazines..."

Sakamoto Ken muttered to himself as he walked over.

The store is still cleaning up this area, because in a few years convenience stores will be prohibited from selling these magazines, supposedly to give tourists a better experience.

But actually, the covers of youth comic magazines are just as explosive as those in the corners...

After taking a few steps, I found that Natsume Mio was still standing in the same place.

Ken Sakamoto turned around and gave her a questioning look.

Natsume Mio suddenly realized what was happening and quickly followed.

This is the farthest corner of the convenience store; behind the symbolic partition is the men's section.

The magazine covers are mostly featuring well-known actors currently in the industry. I recognize a few of them, but not all of them.

At first glance, it doesn't seem too explicit. Although it appears to be completely naked, the key parts are actually covered by the artistic title on the cover and tied with a rope, so it cannot be viewed in the store.

Natsume Mio stood timidly about two meters away from the magazine rack. She saw the gaudy covers on the magazine rack. Luckily, she had foundation on her face, otherwise her redness would have been very noticeable.

However, the fact that the makeup didn't cover her ears already revealed the girl's inner thoughts.

Sakamoto Ken put the magazines that the customers had scattered back to their original positions, and said to Natsume Mio, "Actually, you don't need to worry about these things. Miyamoto-san is mainly responsible for tidying up the magazine racks in the middle of the night."

“But… the shop manager said I should familiarize myself with it too,” Natsume Mio said softly.

“The organization here is very simple. We just put the same magazines together. If the bottom half of the cover is particularly large, we put it in the top few shelves, like this one.” Ken Sakamoto picked up an example and pointed to the bottom of the cover.

Natsume Mio stared wide-eyed at the magazine cover, then her gaze followed Sakamoto Ken's hand as he placed the magazine on the third shelf.

The magazine rack is designed so that the bottom shelf can display the entire cover, while the lower half of each of the upper shelves is covered by the magazines on the shelf below.

This arrangement is actually the store manager's rule, while some stores will place the largest items in the most conspicuous position.

Natsume Mio glanced over and pointed to the all-ages shelf on the other side: "Ken, isn't that book in the wrong place?"

Ken Sakamoto turned his head and saw a magazine that clearly belonged to this area, placed in the young adult comics section by a customer.

Ken Sakamoto nodded and said, "Bring it to me."

Mio Natsume walked over, picked up the magazine, and without even looking at the details on the cover, handed it to Ken Sakamoto.

Ken Sakamoto took it and glanced at it, then let out a soft exclamation.

"What's wrong?" Natsume Mio looked at Sakamoto Ken in confusion.

"It's news about Mikami-sensei," Sakamoto Ken said, looking at a headline in the magazine.

The magazine title reads:

"SKE48 Team S member Momona Kito is reportedly joining MUTEKI!"

It feels like a lifetime ago.

Going back ten years, the teacher was only 22 years old, in the prime of his life.

Last time, during his university years, Ken Sakamoto accidentally clicked on a mysterious code sent to him by a classmate, and a folder with a capacity of up to 500GB appeared on his computer's hard drive.

What the classmates talked about with great interest was that these videos seemed to come from some mysterious country, and they would insert things like "Online Grand Lisboa" or "The first online 00 is online," and some even had Chinese subtitles.

He himself didn't watch many, but his friends watched a lot and even bought several original DVDs. Now is indeed the time for Momona to change careers, but no one could have predicted that after retiring from the girl group, Momona Kito would become a global star under another stage name in another industry.

"Huh?" Natsume Mio noticed Sakamoto Ken's wistful expression, pouted, and said, "You don't actually know these celebrities, do you...?"

"I don't recognize it." Ken Sakamoto placed the magazine in the appropriate spot.

He really shouldn't have known him.

At this point in time, the only names Sakamoto Ken knew were Asuka, Yoshizawa, and the legendary senior artist, Sora.

"Oh……"

Natsume Mio felt that Ken was lying; he definitely knew him, and probably watched him every night.

Actually, it would be abnormal if he didn't look at it.

After all, Ah Jian lives alone and always needs something at night, even girls... He... should... also...

"Natsume-san?"

"Hey?!"

When Sakamoto Ken suddenly called her name, Natsume Mio was startled, realizing she had been daydreaming.

"Go get the plastic rope from the counter. The ropes on a few of these books have been untied by customers." Ken Sakamoto took out a few books that he had just picked out from the shelf, stacked them together.

"Okay, I'll go get it right away!"

Mio Natsume rushed behind the cashier, grabbed a roll of plastic rope, and also picked up a pair of scissors.

"Do you know how to tie it?" Sakamoto Ken asked.

"No!" Natsume Mio replied immediately.

"Didn't you work part-time at Lawson?" Kenji Sakamoto asked.

"Ah... well, I wasn't in charge of that kind of work," Natsume Mio explained reluctantly.

Of course she knew how to tie magazines. Not only had she done it at Lawson, but she had also done it in that dream when she and Ah Jian were working at that convenience store.

But of course, Ah Jian has to teach it again.

The two sat at a table in the dining area. Sakamoto Ken placed a magazine on the table, skillfully tied the four corners of the magazine with a rope, and then pulled the rope end to the back of the magazine and tied a knot.

This minimizes disruption to the customer's view of the cover while preventing the inner pages from being opened.

Of course, this only keeps out honest people, not scoundrels. There will always be customers who secretly pull open the drawstring or even accidentally tear the pages.

Mio Natsume stood beside him, holding another magazine, and followed Ken Sakamoto's movements.

It has to be said that this vast expanse of white was indeed very attractive to Yan Quan, and even she couldn't help but stare at it.

But her hands didn't stop moving. She deliberately acted as if she wasn't very skilled, but the final binding effect was still very good.

However, after tying up the magazine in her hand, she turned her gaze to Ken Sakamoto.

Ken Sakamoto's hands flew as he quickly tied another magazine together, then stood it upright on the table, tugged at the string, and tied a knot on the back of the magazine.

Natsume Mio inexplicably felt a tightness in her back, as if a force was pulling at her limbs and chest, binding her.

The girl bit her lip tightly, her legs pressed together, and her eyes shimmered with tears.

That feeling... it's so familiar, so very familiar...

It's the same hands, the same technique.

It feels like just yesterday, as if it were happening right before my eyes.

(End of this chapter)