94. Mass Publication

Yoimiya came to tell him that what he suggested had worked perfectly. At noon, this day, Yoimiya went to the Kamisato estate to meet Ayaka. And coincidentally, Ayaka was at home.

Actually, Ayaka was reading a novel she got from Ryūhei before hiding it when she heard someone wanted to see her.

"Please forgive my lack of courtesy for receiving you in this fashion." Ayaka said to Yoimiya.

"No, no. You don't have to trouble yourself."

Then, both of them talked about something. Yoimiya was always in the lead, talking to Ayaka about a lot of topics. But, Ayaka still spoke to Yoimiya politely after they had talked so much. And all of a sudden, Yoimiya dropped something that made Ayaka feel uneasy.

"*ehem*... Ayaka, do you hate me?"

After Yoimiya asked that, Ayaka couldn't help but be a little bit flustered.

"Eh…Ah… No, no. My apologies. Why do you think I hate you? On the contrary, I'm happy with you here, talking about a lot of things together."

"But, you're too stiff. And you are too polite. Even though I want to be your friend, you seem unapproachable."

"Y-You want to be my friend?" Ayaka certainly wanted a friend. But, she found it difficult when she used to hide her feelings. After all, she aspired to become somebody whom everyone could trust.

"If you don't want to, it's okay."

"I didn't say I didn't want to… But…"

"Let's say it this way. I'll become your friend no matter what! If it's no good, just forget what I said!"

"Wait… Please be my friend!" Ayaka said with determination.

And that was literally the story when Yoimiya visited Ayaka. A few days before, Ryūhei asked Yoimiya to do so because Ayaka needed at least a friend of the same age she could talk to, and it must be a girl as well.

"Somehow, she couldn't make any friends because she used to act like a proper young lady. It's a good thing that you're not really bothered with that. That was why I could trust you."

"Hehehe. You really care about her, eh?" Her mouth curled up into a smile.

"It's not like that, really." Ryūhei let out a bitter smile. He didn't want her to end up like him. "Anyway, you have my thanks, fireworks girl."

"Yoimiya… Yoi-mi-ya!!! Why do you always call me with such a moniker? What's more, that moniker seems like a demotion from the previous one."

"That means we're getting closer…as friends."

"Then, just call my name already!" Yoimiya pouted. "Right, can I buy Uno again? The Uno I bought is used by children, but I also want to play with someone."

"Alright. Wait a moment." Ryūhei immediately picked a deck of cards, and then gave it to her. "No need to pay. Consider as my thanks."

"Hmmm, thanks." After Yoimiya received it, she planned to go back. But then, she thought something before turning to Ryūhei.

"How about we play for a bit?"

Ryūhei didn't answer immediately. And thinking that the time was still around 8 PM, Ryūhei nodded.

"Well, sure. Just take a seat!" Then, Ryūhei's gaze turned in a certain direction. "Jiu, come here to play a card."

A few moments later, a little girl came while carrying Rimuru while Pikachu was nowhere to be seen. Well, it seemed Pikachu wanted to rest, so Jiu didn't bother it that much.

"Ehhh…!!! A slime?"

On the other hand, Yoimiya was surprised to see the little girl bring a slime. Not just that, she didn't see any elemental trait of the slime.

While Yoimiya focused on Rimuru, Ryūhei placed his index finger on his lips while glancing at Rimuru, asking Rimuru not to speak. He could let Miko know since they formed a contract. But not with Yoimiya.

"Is it alright to let this slime live here? I mean, there are a lot of people who come here every day, right? Won't it attack them?" Yoimiya asked him worriedly. After all, not everyone possesses fighting skills.

"How can that be? Don't compare Rimuru to other slimes. Rimuru is friendly, docile, and tamable."

Yoimiya seemed to see Rimuru's reaction from the corner of her eyes after hearing what Ryūhei said.

"Did that slime nod just now?"

"It's better if you sleep early, fireworks girl. You even have a problem with your eyes right now." Ryūhei replied. And this made Yoimiya sulk. She was kinda annoyed by his response.

Then, Ryūhei said again.

"You know, a slime's body is bouncy. So, isn't it normal for Rimuru to move as if he's nodding?"

"Really now…but, is it really docile?"

"Yup." Then Ryūhei moved his fingers, gesturing for Rimuru to come closer. Naturally, Rimuru jumped from Jiu's arms and landed on the table before him. Then, Ryūhei patted Rimuru's bouncy body.

"See?" Ryūhei said to Yoimiya.

"It…it can understand you?" Yoimiya was amazed by this. She didn't think that the slime was so intelligent that it could understand humans. "Can I pet it?"

Ryūhei nodded.

"Sure."

Then, Rimuru quickly moved by gliding his lower body which formed like waves to approach Yoimiya's direction. At first, Yoimiya petted him, then she picked him up and hugged him in her arms.

And because Ryūhei transferred his knowledge to Rimuru not long ago, he could see the elated appearance of the slime.

Well, what would he expect? Rimuru's body was pressed against Yoimiya's twin peaks while he had Ryūhei's knowledge. Including how Rimuru gained his own consciousness, it was natural that he was elated. What a lucky slime.

And then, Ryūhei, Yoimiya, and Jiu began to play Uno as Ryūhei started to shuffle with a riffle technique.

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October 12th. 8.00 AM.

That was the publication date and time of his manga. The manga he published were Bleach, Naruto, Kimetsu no Yaiba, Jojo Bizarre Adventure, Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken, Solo Leveling, Fairy Tail, Dr. Stone, Death Note, Detective Conan, The World God Only Knows, and Nozoki Ana.

Most of them were action genres, but Ryūhei decided to publish other genres such as time travel, mystery, and romance.

Well, one romance is R-18 though.

Other than that, Ryūhei also published the seventh and eighth volumes of One Piece and Dragon Ball, as well as the third and fourth volumes of Shokugeki no Sōma.

Thanks to his clone technique, as well as new drawing pads and a new printer, he could easily publish more manga much faster.

Ryūhei sent a new printer to Liyue Harbor since he got it and it was the clones who worked hard to draw the manga. That's why Ryūhei had to come to Liyue to send the latest manga to Inazuma.

When Ryūhei's eyes swept at the manga, he pondered while holding his chin.

'Can this Jojo Bizarre Adventure become a meme religion in this world? And this Naruto, I hope those Shuumatsuban ninjas read this manga. More importantly, what would that fox think if she read Tensura after knowing my Rimuru? Hehehe. It would be fun if I could see her expression.'

Ryūhei curled his lips upward when he thought about those. He was glad he could learn a clone technique similar to Kage Bulls– Bunshin no Jutsu. Otherwise, publishing a dozen manga in one go would take too much time.

After all, he didn't want to stop with just the manga. Anime, movies, games, modern electronic devices, and SNS were included in his future plan as well.

Honestly, If the price of novels in the system market weren't that high, he would have bought a lot of them since those novels were finished already. If he were to estimate, each novel per volume cost 5,000 points since a novel with 23 volumes costs 115,000 points. And Ryūhei couldn't buy it per volume.

That was why he preferred to buy a manga from the system market instead since manga only costs 1,000 per volume. Well, the downside was he could only buy the first volume, while the next volume would be unlocked as long as he got the points from people's reactions. Because of that, Ryūhei could only buy the top 2 novels on the list before adapting them into manga.

Well, it was a good thing that the Solo Leveling novel was rather cheaper. So he bought it instantly before buying the Tensura novel since he couldn't find the Tensura manga in the system market although he seemed to remember that he could get or choose the Tensura manga for free on the first day when the system activated.

Aside from the manga, Ryūhei also published the second volume of Journey to The West, Romance of The Three Kingdoms, and A Legend of Sword.

New manga and novels were already arranged neatly on the shelves with Shinobu and others' help. With that, Ryūhei opened the store while placing the board with the announcement of 12 new manga and new volumes of novels.

[The hidden achievement has been achieved. The host—

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Author's Note: I don't think I can upload a new chap tmr... cuz Genshin quests... sorry..