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"Insider Information Girl… No, Stock God!"
Days later, Asakura, who was brewing a Magic while checking his phone in the Clubroom, looked at the curve on the screen and couldn't help but show a surprised expression.
Most of the industries related to the Togawa Conglomerate showed varying degrees of decline, with the metaverse project company experiencing the biggest crash. The Nakiri Family's food industry and the Shichijou Family's lifestyle and entertainment-related businesses both saw good gains. The Sanzenin Family's related stocks were also quite stable; although the fluctuations were small, they were steadily rising. The Suzuki Conglomerate, after dispelling rumors, had initially shown some signs of improvement, but then the conglomerate's young lady inexplicably got involved in a murder case, causing the situation (along with the Suzuki Family's stock market) to become confusing.
What was interesting was the Shinomiya Conglomerate. From the overall market, it showed a slight decline, and while it looked similar to the Sanzenin Family, giving a stable impression, Asakura always felt that those slight declines were like a hidden hand exerting force, perhaps the first domino in a chain reaction.
Because he had made a fortune and avoided potential disastrous projects, Asakura always felt a sense of indebtedness to the young lady who had guided him.
Next time he saw her, he would pay her a consultation fee.
However, a young lady who knew such inside information about prominent families and also frequented such high-end internet cafes probably didn't lack his small amount of money.
Compared to cash, perhaps an attitude of gratitude was what such an elegant and graceful young lady valued more.
"…Is it really better to sincerely thank her? If I bring money, it feels like it has a vulgar feeling."
Asakura mumbled.
"What are you talking about, Asakura-kun?"
Yuigahama Yui looked at Asakura, who was talking to himself, and asked curiously.
"Yuigahama, do you like money?"
Asakura came back to his senses and asked in return.
"Huh? For money, generally, no one would hate it, right?"
The girl paused, then answered as a matter of course.
"Then if you helped me a great deal, and I wanted to thank you, how would you feel if I just paid you directly?"
Asakura continued to ask.
"Hmm, while it's not impossible, it just feels a bit… how should I put it? Business-like? Anyway, it feels very cold, like there's a sense of 'You and I are just a monetary transaction, there are no other relations, don't think too much!' It's like drawing a clear line."
Yuigahama said.
"He's a scumbag."
Gokou Ruri, who was practicing Magic nearby, chimed in.
"Don't look at me like that, I didn't say it."
Asakura felt a chill from the girl's gaze, then felt a bit troubled: "Is it really not okay to express gratitude with just money…?"
"In that case, how about giving a small gift?"
Asagumo Chihaya, sitting beside Asakura, asked calmly: "Is Takuma-kun trying to thank a boy or a girl?"
"It's a girl…"
Asakura was about to answer, but somehow his mind suddenly thought of Urushibara Ruka and Ryunosuke from Sakurasou (in his previous life's anime), so he became uncertain again, wrinkling his face and guessing: "Sh-should be a girl, right?"
Looks like it's just a stranger.
Asagumo Chihaya's expression subtly relaxed a lot. She smiled and gave Asakura advice: "If it's a girl, hairpins, small dolls, gift vouchers for dessert shops, and such can all be gifts to show gratitude. But remember not to give ambiguous things like flowers."
Saying that, she added with a charming smile: "Of course, if Takuma-kun wants to develop a more intimate relationship with her, that's another matter."
"Intimate relationships aside, it would be nice if we could just get along normally."
Although Asakura wasn't without other ways to make money now, those methods were somewhat crooked, and even earning money legitimately was time-consuming and laborious.
While stock trading wasn't exactly a righteous path, it was at least time-saving and labor-saving.
If he could cling to the Stock God's thigh, then he, like other protagonists in transmigration light novels, wouldn't have to worry about money anymore.
What? The Stock God was just lucky this time, and there might not be such an opportunity next time?
Impossible, absolutely impossible!
Someone who can talk about the situations of other zaibatsu families as if counting their own treasures—can that be an ordinary person?
Asakura was very confident about this.
"But speaking of which, I didn't expect there to be so many urban legends just within the island nation."
Yuigahama Yui was scrolling through her phone.
The program obtained from Ryunosuke also came with a matching mobile app. Asakura had already sent it to the other members of the Magic Club—that's right, considering the club needed to provide activity results to the Student Council, he also sent it to Muggles, including Yanami, mainly to have them help organize it into something like a club publication.
It's worth mentioning that after Asakura bought a desktop computer, he initially planned to put it in the Clubroom, as it offered the best privacy and convenience. However, he later found that while the cabin had electricity, it had no internet, whereas the Service Club activity room could run a network cable.
So, in the end, Asakura could only put the computer there.
This added another reason not to let the Student Council abolish the club or reclaim the activity room.
Currently, the data collection wasn't complete. Asakura always felt that the progress bar on the computer was slower than what Ryunosuke had said. It was probably due to the significant performance difference between his computer and Ryunosuke's professional equipment. He heard that that guy lived in a nearly abandoned student dorm like Sakurasou because the rooms there were relatively empty and could accommodate a lot of equipment.
However, the function of simply listing some urban legends and arranging them before sending them to everyone's apps had been debugged and could now be implemented—this also led to everything being visible without filtering.
"Most of them are scraped from 2ch and Reddit (similar to forums),"
Asakura put away his phone and said casually: "But there's one among them that I'm somewhat interested in. After the ball game tournament, there will be a long holiday, and I'll go investigate it."
"Do you want me… us to go together?"
Asagumo Chihaya asked.
"No need."
Asakura shook his head: "If that urban legend is real, it's better if I go alone."
Asagumo Chihaya's expression looked a bit disappointed.
Before Asakura could comfort her, Yuigahama Yui excitedly said: "Speaking of ball game tournaments, in anime, this is usually when someone with supernatural powers like Asakura-kun shows off and shocks everyone, right!"
"Unfortunately, my Snake doesn't enhance physical abilities like Ruri's Cat. Even if I apply it to myself," Asakura shrugged expressionlessly: "It would only turn a person into a lazy slob who hibernates in bed during winter."
Yuigahama: "…"
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