Reborn In Tokyo After Picking Up Sayu Who Ran Away From Home

   Chapter 384 New Ideas

   "Sorry, Shi Yu-senpai, I haven't used that thing."

   Hearing Kato Yusuke's answer, Shi Yu didn't ask any more questions, and just replied in an understatement, so that people couldn't see the inner thoughts.

   snoring snoring.

  The black cat gradually became relaxed, laying lazily on Kato Yusuke's shoulder, enjoying his massage with a comfortable face, and licking his fingers with his little barbed pink tongue.

   After some comfort, the black cat no longer cares about someone tricking the cat into the bathroom to "kill".

   Kato Yusuke brought Xiaoyu dry to feed the cat, and at the same time asked the girl, "What are you doing today? Senpai."

   Shi Yu nodded affirmatively, thought for a while and said, "If I want to say, I'm basically coming here to see you, and by the way, I want to ask about your future plans."

   "I'm going back to school on Monday."

   "Well, I heard about this from another Kato classmate, but I want to ask something else, the previous studio... What are you going to do?"

   "On hold for now."

"for the time being?"

"Um."

"why?"

   "Something happened and the funds are not enough now."

   Shi Yu raised his eyebrows slightly, but immediately returned to normal.

   "That is to say, you haven't given up making games, have you?"

   Kato Yusuke responded with a nod, then said, "No, but it won't restart anytime soon."

   "Because you have to pay the money back to the Sawamura family first?"

   A brief silence.

"Yes."

   "How much do you owe her family?"

  “…?”

   "Although I heard her mention this, but the exact number is not clear, it's fine if you don't want to say it."

   Kato Yusuke shook his head at this, "It's nothing, it's just that I asked her family to borrow 20 million."

   "This way..." Shi Yu blinked her eyelashes lightly, her eyes looked inexplicable, and then she asked: "You said, the budget for "Clannad" is 12 million, right?"

"Um."

   "The money from the Sawamura family plus the money for making games is 32 million, right?"

  “?”

   "Hey, Kato-san."

   Shi Yu raised the hair in front of his face and asked him, "Are you interested in changing a creditor?"

  “…”

   Kato Yusuke frowned at her and remained silent.

   "Perhaps you don't know yet, "Love Metronome" has now sold 600,000 copies."

The    girl coughed lightly, and whispered casually: "...Or else, can I borrow it from you? You can return it to me after the game is released."

  “…”

   "You're welcome, it's not that I can't afford it."

   Another moment of silence.

   "Sister Shi Yu."

   "What's the matter~ Kato-kun?" Shi Yu asked with a smile, but didn't mention his specific savings at all.

   In fact, although the current cumulative sales of "Love Metronome" is indeed 600,000 copies, Immortal Chuan Bunko also paid her the royalties.

   However, after deducting taxes and other expenses, there are only about 30 million left in her hands, and these are her current net worth.

   Kato Yusuke looked at her with deep eyes, "What if the game I made can't be sold?"

   "It doesn't matter that way." Shi Yu smiled gently, "I didn't tell you to pay it back with money, after all, there are many ways to repay your kindness."

   She paused when she said this, with a strange light in her eyes, wondering what she was thinking, and then continued to speak.

   "In short, I won't make much demands, just simply charge some 'interest'. You should be relieved after listening to it."

   Kato Yusuke didn't answer, waiting for her to give the answer on her own.

   rustling.

   Shi Yu moved his body, slowly approached, and sat beside him.

   A good-smelling cosmos fragrance drifted away.

   "All you have to do is..."

   The girl put one hand on the carpet, put her face close to his ear, and blew her warm breath and words into it.

   "Be my...slave..."

   I haven’t finished speaking yet…

   "- woo meow!"

   The little black cat suddenly let out a sharp cry, stood up abruptly from Yusuke's shoulders, arched his body, and bared his sharp teeth fiercely at her who approached without permission.

"ah!"

   Shi Yu was startled, her body instinctively retreated, just leaning on the bed.

"Feel sorry."

   Kato Yusuke apologized and took the cat to another seat to sit down in case of an accident.

  The black cat calmed down, but there was still a low roar waiting for the opportunity in his throat, and a pair of green eyes stared at Shi Yu.

   And Shi Yu also looked at the cat with lingering fears, and watched the black cat become honest again under the comfort of Kato Yusuke, and ate the dried fish again leisurely.

   She couldn't help laughing angrily, "...This cat is too fierce, like a vicious dog. Compared with Xiao Hei, I think the name Boqi is more suitable for him."

   (In Japanese, "啵奇 (ポチ is a name commonly used for dogs, similar to the English habit of "the parrot's name is Polly".)

   Kato Yusuke's movements stopped. He frowned and thought for a while, then slowly raised his head.

   "Sister Shi Yu."

"Um?"

   "Do you know anything about comic submissions?"

   "…Huh, why are you asking that all of a sudden?"

   "I want to submit a work."

   Shi Yu couldn't help frowning slightly, feeling a little puzzled by this sudden turn, but still thoughtfully replied:

   "Sorry, I don't know much about this, but there is a manga branch in the Undead River. Do you want me to ask for you?"

   Kato Yusuke nodded and said, "If it is convenient."

"It's not that it's inconvenient." Shi Yu stood up from the ground and said in an indifferent but meaningful tone: "Seeing that you are willing to cheer up is better for me than anything... Then I Go to the balcony and make a call."

After   , she walked out of the balcony, leaving him a beautiful back.

   Kato Yusuke was speechless.

  The black cat had been on him enough, and jumped off his shoulders, and ran to drink water.

   After about fifteen minutes.

   - clack clack.

   After finishing the phone call, Shi Yu returned from the balcony and sat down on the bed.

   "I asked, the price of the original manuscript for serial comics is 9,000-15,000 yen per page, and the color page is 1.5 times that."

   "If you want to submit a manuscript, just send the manuscript to various comic publishers, and the relevant personnel will notify the author whether the manuscript has passed the review."

   "According to the emphasis of each publishing house and the different audiences, the requirements for the collection of comics are also different, so it is best to choose a publishing house that matches the style of your own work."

   "As for more specific matters, I'll see Miss Machida after school on Monday. Is there anything else you want to know?"

   "No, not anymore."

   Kato Yusuke shook his head in denial, and Shi Yu asked again.

   "So why did you suddenly want to draw manga?"

"In order to make money."

   "Making money... You don't need to do that kind of thing? Like I said earlier, Kato-san just needs to focus on being me... Well, it's fine as an advisor and a helper, I can lend you the money~"

   Saying so, Shi Yu folded her legs together, supported one cheek with one hand, and put the weight of her upper body on her thighs, showing the graceful curves of a girl.

   Kato Yusuke glanced at her, and faintly saw the shadow of Aksaka Zhuyin from the girl, but didn't say anything, just simply rejected the proposal and said nothing.

   Borrowing money from Shiyu is a more complicated thing than owing Yingri's family money, and he has no intention of doing it if he knows something.

  Money has a price, human feelings are priceless.

   There are some things he feels he can't give, so he doesn't want to consume others.

   The girl in front of her is neither Akasaka Shuyin, who has a fixed view, nor Shinjoka, who has a love of fish and water because of profit.

   is not someone he can play with his feelings.

   Shi Yu stared at him for a while, trying to find a change in the smooth and graceful face, but found nothing.

   then lowered his eyes again and asked, "...but why is it a comic? If you want to make money, wouldn't it be faster to continue selling doujinshi?"

   Kato Yusuke frowned slightly, "Because someone will make trouble."

   "Someone...trouble...?"

   "Miss Takasaka came here once two days ago."

   "Miss Takasaka?"

   "It's Akasaka Zhuyin."

"-Eh?"

   Shi Yu was stunned for a moment, then his expression immediately became serious, "Wait a minute, what do you mean by this? Why did that person come?"

   Kato Yusuke thought for a while, but still briefly told her what happened. He didn't mention the affair between the two, but explained why he couldn't draw the book.

   Shi Yu listened to him quietly, his face changed for a while, and he fell into contemplation.

   After a while, he nodded slightly and let out a breath.

   "Why don't you listen to me? Kato-san."

   She said, "I told you to stay away from that person a long time ago, but you are still thinking of working with her. Didn't you completely put yourself in?"

  Boom, boom, boom, boom.

  The girl shook her legs, as if feeling extremely irritable.

   "The other party is that Akizaka Zhuyin, what are you thinking?"

   "And there seems to be a lot of vague parts in your words, what is this? Is it possible that I am more worthy of your guard than her?"

   "Could you please explain it to me carefully and well?"

   Her voice was light and fast, and it was hard to tell whether she was talking to someone or just talking to herself.

  's words contained concern and blame for him at the same time, and there was also a hint of taste in them.

   A pitch-black aura rose from the girl and gradually filled the room.

   Kato Yusuke watched her cradling her chest with her arms and shaking her legs, then got up and walked to the kitchen.

   Shi Yu didn't notice this, and was still complaining to himself.

   "...and in Hokkaido before, do you know how much preparation I did to meet you first?"

   "Not only did I buy a ticket for that night to find you, and I spent the whole night alone in the terminal, but I even bought tickets for all the return flights the next day, and you didn't even let me in."

   "Why do you treat me so much? Am I so annoying to you?"

   "It really **** me off."

  —咻咻.

   The sound of the kettle's "hihhh" sounded in the room, and it died down immediately.

   "Have something to drink, Shiyu-senpai."

"…Eh?"

   Shi Yu raised his head blankly, and what caught his eye was a steaming soup bowl.

   "This, this is...!"

   "It's almost time for lunch, I only have these here. If you don't mind, eat a little." Kato Yusuke said with a bowl.

  “…”

   Shi Yu blinked twice, hesitantly reached out his hand and silently took the soup bowl.

"…thanks."

   "No, I'm going to prepare instant noodles. Seafood tonkotsu, black garlic oil tonkotsu, spicy tonkotsu, what do you eat?"

   "Then, just seafood tonkotsu..." She replied in a low voice.

   "Okay." Kato Yusuke returned to the kitchen again and started making instant noodles.

   Shi Yu was holding the bowl, looking at his back, the branches were growing in his heart, and suddenly he felt less angry.

   He then took a sip of the soup bowl.

   "Ah, it's so hot... Kato-san."

   she muttered, deliberately omitting the word miso soup.

   "Hey, drink it well... I didn't expect Kato-san to be so good at cooking. If you want, you can be a little white face at any time."

   "That's a quick flush, just heat the water."

   "Oh, I would be so happy if I could drink such delicious miso soup every day..."

   Kato Yusuke looked up at her.

   I saw that the girl who was complaining just now was sipping soup with a quiet and well-behaved face.

   This guy is really coaxing.

   He thought silently, and immediately said: "I still have a lot of unopened ones here. If you like to drink, you can take them away later, Sister Shiyu."

  …

   returned to the low table with two Nissin cup noodles.

   Shi Yu had finished the instant miso soup in the bowl, and set his eyes on the cup surface in front of her.

   The two sat down on the carpet and chatted while eating.

   "All in all, I understand the reason why you can't draw a book, so have you thought about the content of the comics you want to draw?"

"Um."

"What is your name?"

   "The Chainsaw Man."

   "What type?"

   "The blood of youth."

   "The one with the eighteen bans?"

   "Class B."

   "Yes, then which publishing house are you going to submit to?"

   Kato Yusuke thought for a while and replied, "If there is nothing unexpected, it should be Shueisha's "Jump"."

   "Is that so..."

   Shi Yu rolled a small amount of instant noodles with a plastic fork and put it into his mouth, chewing while thinking.

   "But didn't that woman ask you to make a game? Wouldn't she be able to make a fuss if you draw cartoons?"

   "I don't know, but the cost of comics is not high, and it is worth a try."

   Shi Yu nodded his head thoughtfully and slowly, his brain turned rapidly, and then he shouted: "I said, Kato-kun."

  “?”

   "About Shueisha, don't rush to submit it, we will discuss it after I learn more about things from Miss Machida, okay?"

   "Okay." Kato Yusuke didn't have any problem with this, and agreed.

   After eating instant noodles.

   Shi Yu, who was in a better mood, stretched out comfortably and let out a light sigh.

   "Well, I was fed such delicious food by you. Even if you push me down on the spot, I am ready to be ravaged by you."

  “…”

  See Kato Yusuke pretending to ignore it.

   She stretched out a finger teasingly, trying to poke his face, but he avoided him without a trace.

   "I'm going to clean up." Yusuke said, picking up the two leftover garbage and bowls, and walking towards the kitchen...

  …

   (end of this chapter)