Tokyo Psychic

[Len...can I call you that from now on? Anyway, good morning!] This is Toyokawa Shoko.

"Where's my credit card?" This wistful message came from An He Subaru in the next class, followed by a string of abstract Naruto-esque "Tian Dao Chao" emojis—if it were An He Subaru now, perhaps under the influence of all sorts of hormones, he could actually carry a bag of rice from the porch to the rooftop of the club building.

The girls in the band were chattering about yesterday's performance in the group chat.

Ijichi Nijika: Oh, oh, where's Niina-chan? Why isn't she talking?

【Millionaire: She is in class.】

With this reply, Kurusu Akatsuki calmly raised his phone and took a photo of the girl next to him, Ichi Serina. The crisp "click" sound accompanied by the flash of a light went off, causing the girl to blush and wave her fist in protest. This scene made the history teacher's blood pressure soar.

Finally, he couldn't bear it anymore, so he raised the rolled-up textbook in his hand and pointed it at Kurusu Akatsuki.

"Amamiya-san! Where were we just now?!"

After saying this, the history teacher began to regret it.

As expected, Kurusu Akatsuki stood up very cooperatively and answered loudly.

"It was the Battle of Hulao Pass."

Kurusu Akatsuki had no textbook on his desk, and no writing on the blackboard, but he stared intently at his history teacher, repeating his exact words. "According to historical records and the historical context of the time, the allied forces of the feudal states launched an uprising in the spring of 190 AD, gradually gathering strength to attack Dong Zhuo... Hulao Pass was one of Dong Zhuo's key lines of defense, and the battle likely took place shortly after Dong Zhuo's army withdrew from Luoyang... Therefore, scholars speculate that the Battle of Hulao Pass likely took place between the spring and early summer of 190 AD."

The history teacher immediately took a breath and asked him tremblingly, "When did Dong Zhuo die?"

Kurusu Akatsuki answered fluently, "On May 192, 5 AD, Wang Yun and others tricked Dong Zhuo into entering the court, and Lü Bu killed him at the palace gate."

Coincidentally, at this moment, Xin Ma Xiaolian and a group of instructors passed by the gate. It was their weekly campus inspection.

He and the other leaders looked at Kurusu Akatsuki who was standing upright in the classroom and gave a kind smile.

Kurusu Akatsuki glanced at the date on his phone, "May 5th", then raised his head and gave Xin Ma Xiaolian a warm smile in return.

Old man, although I don’t know what kind of enemy is hiding in your palace, I will definitely send a warning letter once I collect solid evidence of the crime.

In the days to come, you should go to prison and repent on your own.

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089. Millionaire Countdown (Two in One)

PM.1:04.

Private Shujin Academy.

There was an unexpected guest in the principal's office.

Shinma Xiaolian, who was reviewing documents, looked at the girl who walked into the office with a puzzled expression, "I remember that you seemed to be the daughter of Principal Yajima."

He'd heard that Principal Yajima of neighboring Kiriyo High School had a major conflict with his granddaughter. Despite being an exceptional student with outstanding grades, the situation culminated in her transferring to another school and unilaterally severing ties with her family. The incident even made it to the educational newspaper, thanks to the efforts of someone with ulterior motives. The nearly 70-year-old man struggled with the situation for a long time before it was finally resolved.

Yajima Yuzuki looked expressionlessly at Shinma Xiaolian, who had been deprived of relevant cognition and could no longer recognize himself, and said calmly, "This visit is to guide an old friend of yours."

Xin Ma Xiaolian was full of doubts, "But you are not a student of our school..."

But the next moment, his expression suddenly became dull, as if his soul had been taken away, and he sat motionless in his seat.

The "Yajima Yuzuki" in the office has dissolved into an ink-like shadow.

Then, the surrounding space rippled violently like boiling water. A man with blue hair, blue eyes, and earrings appeared out of nowhere. He stepped on a blanket of liquid shadows and walked across from the desk. He scratched the back of his neck in confusion. "What a miscalculation! He's wearing a gorgeous uniform, but he's not even a student of this school? What a waste... Never mind. Countless people die in Tokyo every day from various causes anyway. I'll have as many of these disposable shadow remnants as I want."

He stretched out his hand and snapped his fingers in front of Xin Ma Xiaolian.

Xin Ma Xiaolian suddenly woke up and looked at the two people in the office in a daze, as if he had completely forgotten the conversation just now. "Sorry, I was distracted just now. May I ask who you are..."

"Naoya Kamitori." The man introduced himself this way, but the work badge hanging around his neck clearly stated his last name "Toudou".

"Oh, Mr. Kamitori, where was I just now?"

Xin Ma Xiaolian looked at the strange man standing in front of him and subconsciously felt frightened.

Kamitori Naoya smiled and said, "You mentioned the student named 'Amamiya Ren'."

"Yes, Amamiya Ren..." Although it was 30 degrees Celsius in the summer, Xin Ma Xiaolian couldn't help shivering.

"Next, please introduce more about the outstanding students of your school."

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Lunch break.

Kurusu Akatsuki walked towards the club building carrying Isen Renna's schoolbag.

The first monthly test is tomorrow, and Kurusu knows that he has to use this time to cram the girl with some problem-solving skills that might be useful, so that she can make significant progress in her weak subjects... He really needs the money for tutoring.

Kurusu Akatsuki opened the shoe cabinet in the porch, grabbed a handful of love letters as if he didn't see anything, and stuffed them into the plastic bags prepared by Jing Qinrencai. Then he changed his indoor shoes into sneakers and tied his shoelaces slowly.

Jing Qin Rencai felt the heavy weight of the plastic bag and said, "Amemiya is really popular."

Kurusu Akatsuki stood up and pushed the ground with his heels to make the soles of his feet fit better. "Now all the teachers and classmates at school know that we are playing in a band. The girls in the class actually admire you very much...it's just that you are completely social."

Jing Qinrencai took two steps back in surprise, and then her eyes sparkled as if they were about to shine, "Worship...worship?!"

"They're all saying things like 'Jing Qin is so handsome' and 'Wow, I really want to be friends with her.'" Kurusu Akatsuki imitated the girls' tone.

"Oh... well, what about the boys in the class?"

"On the boys' side...as usual, no one has talked about you." Kurusu Akatsuki took the plastic bag full of love letters from her, then patted her head rudely, reached into the pocket of her sports jacket, took out the key to the shoe cabinet, and walked to the other end of the shoe cabinet.

"Eh?" Jing Qinren looked at Kurusu Aki in front of her in confusion, then followed with small steps.

Seeing that Kurusu Akatsuki had no intention of answering, she jumped up in dissatisfaction and reached out to pat him on the back of the head, "Why? Why? Tell me!"

Kurusu Akatsuki didn't bother to pay attention to what Ichi Serenari was talking about. She used her key to open the shoe cabinet, took out two small sneakers and handed them to her.

Jing Qin Rencai didn't seem to mind at all that her shoes, which were considered "private items", were handed to her by a boy of the same age. She squatted down to change her shoes, while raising her little face and staring stubbornly at Kurusu Xiao, waiting for his explanation.

Kurusu Akatsuki had no choice but to ask her, "Do you think you are cute?"

Jing Qinrencai suddenly felt a little embarrassed and lowered her head shyly, the two shoelaces in her hands almost twisted into a knot. "That... is still cute, right?"

"You can be more confident. You have a figure so petite and slender that you could easily fit into the anime world. You have a beautiful face, excellent skin, and a temperament that clearly shows you've been well-educated. As long as you clean up a bit, try a trendy outfit and hairstyle, and put on a little makeup, everyone will sincerely praise you as a 'cute child.'"

Jing Qin Rencai let out a soft cry of "Ah!" and stood up with her hands on her hips, trying to stand on tiptoe, almost poking her nose into Laiqi Xiao's face. "Amemiya, you are so frivolous!"

"Give me the shoes," Kurusu Akatsuki said.

"Oh," Jing Qinrencai handed over the indoor shoes in her hand reflexively.

Then she watched Kurusu Akatsuki put her indoor shoes into the shoe cabinet. Only then did she realize that she should have been even angrier. "Why did you suddenly say that to me?"

Kurusu Akatsuki gave her a strange look and said, "I've tried my best to pick out the nice parts."

"Then...what about the unpleasant ones?" She asked stubbornly, opening her arms like a mother duck protecting her cubs to block Kurusu Xiao's retreat, as if saying, "I won't let you go out unless you explain."

"Any man who is a little more mature might think: Jing Qin Rencai looks like a very gullible child, with a kind of clear stupidity flowing from her whole body. If I were 'Amamiya Ren', I would have seduced her away long ago..." The rest of the words stopped abruptly.

Jing Qin Rencai anxiously covered his mouth with her hand, blocking out his subsequent outrageous remarks. Her face flushed red. "Don't say such idiotic things! Otherwise... I'll sue you for sexual harassment!"

Kurusu Akatsuki calmly pushed her hand away, "I thought your main focus would be on the phrase 'If I were Amamiya Ren'."

"What's going on?!" Jing Qinrencai looked around hurriedly.

If it were a normal girl, she would either choose to run away or slap Kurusu Akatsuki in the face and then run away crying.

But Jingqin Renna is amazing in this regard. Her way of thinking is sometimes a little different from that of normal girls. She is obviously so shy that she wants to find a place to hide, but she still stares at Kurusu Akatsuki with an unconvinced look on her face, wanting more explanations from him.

Kurusu Akatsuki pointed to the clean space in the shoe cabinet and said, "After all, everyone assumes we're in a relationship, so even if the boys in school have romantic feelings for you, they don't dare to express it."

This sentence killed the game immediately.

Jing Qinrencai's unyielding spirit immediately collapsed, her lake-blue eyes quickly filled with mist, and she stepped backwards and bumped into the shoe cabinet behind her. Then she let out a strange cry, like a kitten whose tail was stepped on, and ran away quickly, covering her red cheeks.

This is probably what is meant by a completely routed army.

Kurusu Akatsuki locked Jing Qinren's shoe cabinet and watched her fleeing figure leave the teaching building. In the sunlight, she gradually shrank into a small ball and disappeared from sight with a jump.

Hey, this kid.

Kurusu Akatsuki took out his cell phone and called the editor of DB Bunko while walking towards the club building.

"Editor Woyan, I received a text message from the Operations Department at 9:00 this morning asking you to come to the office this weekend. Could you elaborate on the details?"

The background on the other end of the phone was extremely noisy, with the roar of machines running everywhere and mixed with the quarrels of the crowd. After a while, Woyan Izu Lake said in a panic, but with a surprised tone.

"No Game No Life is performing very well on the website, and the company has already begun allocating more promotional resources for its next round of operations... Coincidentally, Madarame Dojo has recently had some business overlap with the Bunko, and a talented artist there is very fond of your work. He has not only agreed to help create promotional posters for No Game No Life, but has also proactively proposed launching a marketing campaign around the publication of No Game No Life."

Kurusu Akatsuki immediately thought of the "Kitagawa Yusuke" he met on the streets of Shibuya that night, and his expression became subtly embarrassed. "Does it cost money?"

Woyan Izu Lake said the answer he least wanted to hear, "It's all free..."

Kurusu Akatsuki almost predicted her next words, "But?"

Woyan Izuko was stunned for a moment, then continued, "Yes, but Mr. Kitagawa hopes that you can be his painting model."

It's time to come.

The popular Psychic Thief looked at Kasumi Yoshizawa and Sumire Yoshizawa who were waving and running towards him from the porch, and responded with a gentle smile.

Kurusu Akira, who calls himself a "spiritual mentor", had predicted this day a long time ago. After all, he often helps mentally unhealthy women to enlighten their emotions and relieve stress, which will inevitably cause trouble at some point in the future... Faced with the difficult commission of "abusing power for personal gain" in his career, he prepared several response plans.

This includes signing a contract with Atlus. As a member of the agency who has signed a "most promising newcomer" contract and has extremely high independence, Kurusu Akatsuki can almost push any embarrassing business cooperation matters into a non-existent "schedule", find ways to delay them, or even directly refuse them, and then let his agent take the blame.

I originally thought that this trick would be used on a human tank with surging flesh or an older rich man with wrinkles on his face and the smell of money... I didn't expect that it would be used for the first time against a boy of the same age.

I can only say that Tokyo is indeed a developed city, but in some aspects it is too developed which doesn’t seem good.

Kurusu Akatsuki replied to Woyan Izuko on the phone, "I'm now signed to Atlus, so matters like this should be handled by my agent, Iwai Munehisa."

"Signed with an agency so soon?" Woyan Izuko felt that based on Kurusu Akatsuki's face, he indeed had the potential to become an idol, but she didn't expect him to act so quickly.

"The main direction of future activities will still be in records, albums, and song copyrights, not developing into idols or film and television actors."

Woyan Izuko left her phone and seemed to be talking to someone. Then her voice quickly returned to the line, "I understand. Then please ask your agent to come to the library tomorrow. We need to talk to him more... Maybe we can cooperate with your agency on this aspect of operations."

Kurusu Akatsuki nodded and pretended to hang up the phone.

At this moment, Woyan Izuko's words firmly held his hand in place. "Regarding the expected revenue after publication, the finance department has a very optimistic estimate. Would you like to hear it?"

"All ears."

"We should be able to reach at least three million in the first month."

"How many, how many?"

"Three million. After all, it's just hit bookstores. To boost sales further, we need not only more marketing tools but also the potential for subsequent manga and anime adaptations. If we're lucky and the anime adaptation is excellent, a monthly income of ten million is possible."

Kurusu Akatsuki fell silent.

He didn't hang up the phone until Yoshizawa Kasumi and Yoshizawa Sumire were close.

"Senior! Did something happy happen? We also want to celebrate with you!" The older sister of the twins is always full of energy, cheerful and generous, but she is also delicate at heart and knows her limits, and never makes others feel rude.

As her younger sister, Sumire Yoshizawa seemed to be somewhat opposite to her, with a relatively introverted personality. At this time, she nodded very shyly and whispered in agreement with her sister.

Kurusu Akatsuki looked up at the ceiling and couldn't help but sigh.

"Senior, I'm probably going to become rich."

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(Today is December 24th. Starting at 25:0 on December 00th, there will be a double monthly ticket event. The monthly ticket ban will be lifted and you can vote without any limit.)

(I'll post six chapters at this time tomorrow, then six more after class and dinner, back in the dorm. Every day from now on should be around 3-6 chapters. I hope everyone who has tickets will give me some!)

090. Toyokawa Shoko: You live here? (Six in One)

（月末加更：1/12、2/12、3/12、4/12、5/12、6/12）

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On an early summer afternoon, devoid of the cacophony of cicadas, I sat in the empty music classroom, holding a bento bowl filled with the youthful innocence and passion of a young woman. The girl preparing the bento could be seen practicing gymnastics on a yoga mat not far away. Facing the bright sunshine, her fair skin shone as dazzlingly white as porcelain, her slender figure twirling gracefully like a courting swan, dancing with grace and grace.

The classroom was so quiet that the only sound was the rubbing of her thighs and feet on the yoga mat.

Kurusu Akatsuki used chopsticks to separate the two evenly fat and lean pieces of barbecued pork in the lunch box, then picked up a piece of rice and calmly stuffed them into his mouth wrapped in barbecued pork.

No matter how the girl in front of him dances, he remains unmoved... This is probably what is meant by a heart as hard as stone.