"I'm not sure about the effort, but he definitely put in a lot of energy."
Tanaka Masao thought this to himself, but what he said was,
"These are all my personal interests, so I don't feel like it's hard work."
Upon hearing this, Eriri clicked her tongue and couldn't help but retort,
"To treat this as a personal interest, you're truly beyond help."
Eriri's retort was met with two pairs of rolling eyes.
Tanaka Masao & Sawamura Sayuri: "Drawing doujinshi is also your interest, isn't it?"
This indiscriminate attack directly affected two and a half people present.
Why two and a half?
Of course, it's because the author is Xiao Hei…
Ahem, of course, it's because Tanaka Masao doesn't produce doujinshi; he's merely a porter of doujinshi.
Facing their gazes, Eriri's cheeks flushed, and she muttered softly,
"Drawing… drawing doujinshi isn't bad either."
…
After a brief interlude, Tanaka Masao and Sawamura Sayuri returned to discussing business.
Regarding the publication of the doujinshi, Sawamura Sayuri expressed her willingness to help.
Tanaka Masao could entrust this matter to her, and Sawamura Sayuri could cover the initial printing costs.
When the doujinshi is released, after deducting costs, the two of them would split the profits equally.
Tanaka Masao readily agreed to this, as he couldn't even afford the initial printing costs, let alone the subsequent sales.
Entrusting everything to Sawamura Sayuri also saved him a lot of trouble.
After discussing the manga publication, at Sawamura Sayuri's warm invitation, Tanaka Masao stayed for a while longer before bidding farewell and leaving.
He still had to return to Chiba Prefecture.
…
"Tanaka-kun, come visit again next time."
After seeing Tanaka Masao off, Eriri and her mother returned to the living room.
Eriri sat on the sofa, picked up the manga manuscript from the table, and was about to continue reading.
However, as soon as she picked up the manuscript, Sawamura Sayuri took it away.
"Mom, what are you doing?"
Eriri was very confused.
Sawamura Sayuri, with a lecturing demeanor, said,
"You're still young; you can't handle this manga. Let Mom read it first."
After speaking, Sawamura Sayuri didn't give Eriri time to react. She picked up all the manga manuscripts, went directly back to her room, and locked the door.
After two and a half seconds of stunned, Eriri finally reacted and complained loudly,
"Mom, how could you do this! I want to read it too!"
…
Meanwhile, Tanaka Masao, unaware of the little drama at the Sawamura household, had already returned home by train.
Meeting Eriri today was a pleasant surprise.
Perhaps in the future, he might also have the chance to meet Kasumigaoka Utaha and Kato Megumi.
"Wait, the name of the school I attend is Sobu High University."
When he first took over the memories, he didn't think much of it, but now this familiar name…
Perhaps due to the rules of this world, the original school became Sobu High University.
He himself was also an adult university student.
But other changes were not significant, which immediately made him think of an anime: Oregairu.
Upon closer recollection, there were indeed some very famous beautiful girls in his former grade.
The unreachable flower, the ice beauty Yukinoshita Yukino.
Of course, that familiar Shizuka-chan was also present.
It was just a bit regrettable that Hiratsuka Shizuka didn't teach his class.
Tanaka Masao tried hard to remember again and found that because he was too much of a homebody before, he didn't know many people.
So he didn't know if there were other people from other anime.
However, this was undoubtedly a multi-anime world.
Tanaka Masao decided that he must go out and explore more in the future.
After gaining a new understanding of this world, Tanaka Masao began to study his system again.
Today, he had gained about ten points of Depravity Value from Eriri and her mother.
The previously grayed-out system store had also changed.
Tanaka Masao clicked on the yellow shopping cart in the store.
The store interface was very simple, with only two items.
"Random Talent x1 Price: 100,000 Depravity Value."
"Random Item x1 Price: 10,000 Depravity Value."
He had obtained both of these from the novice gift package.
The former gave him a good talent, while the latter gave him a tool to help him earn Depravity Value.
"System, why are there only these two items in the store? Are there no others?"
"Host, of course, there are other items. As the system upgrades in the future, there will naturally be a variety of items."
Tanaka Masao nodded, not surprised by this.
Although the current two items were both random, randomness also implied infinite possibilities.
This indicated that the system had a good stock, and there would definitely be specified talents and items in the future.
Of course, randomness could also mean that the system had too much junk and was too embarrassed to sell it directly, so it used randomness.
If he got junk randomly, he could only blame his bad luck, not the system for lacking inventory.
Now, what Tanaka Masao needed to do was wait for Sawamura Sayuri to publish his manga and see how much Depravity Value he could earn.
As long as it exceeded 10,000, he could continue to exchange for random items, achieving a virtuous cycle.
If it couldn't exceed 10,000, then he would only be able to earn Depravity Value through other methods in the future.
Having organized his thoughts, Tanaka Masao washed up and went to bed early. Tomorrow, he planned to explore Sobu High thoroughly.
…
Late at night, in the Sawamura family villa.
Because her husband was a diplomat and often traveled for work, Sawamura Sayuri was sleeping alone again tonight.
On a quiet night, being alone in her room always made her feel lonely.
Before going to bed, Sawamura Sayuri usually read a book to pass the time.
"Tonight, I'll read Tanaka-kun's manuscript. I'll give him a good appraisal and see what the quality is like."
…
At the same time, Tanaka Masao, who was sound asleep, was suddenly awakened by the system's notification sound.
"+1"
"+1, +1…"
The sudden and continuous influx of Depravity Value left Tanaka Masao a bit bewildered.
"Why are there so many system notifications all of a sudden? Who is it?"
Currently, besides himself, the only ones who had interacted with system products seemed to be the two Sawamuras.
It's just that these system notification sounds were really a bit noisy.
When more people read the book in the future, such frequent message notifications would definitely give him a nervous breakdown.
Tanaka Masao researched how to turn off the notification sound, otherwise, he wouldn't be able to rest in the future.
Just as he found a way to turn off the notification sound, a very urgent notification sound rang out.
"+1, +1…"
"+10!"
After the last system notification sound, the system quieted down without Tanaka Masao needing to do anything.
"This…"
The system was quiet, and Tanaka Masao was also silent.
He looked at the tens of Depravity Value he had gained in one night.
"Becoming rich overnight is just around the corner. The items produced by the system are truly useful."
Having turned off the system notification sound, Tanaka Masao finally fell back into a dream.