Chapter 349: Figure x Rental
Time slowly passed, and 15 minutes flew by, arriving at the agreed-upon time of 9:30.
At this point, Kitahara Iori saw that no one had arrived yet, and he couldn't help but feel a little suspicious. Why hadn't anyone shown up at the appointed time? Was Yuma messing with him?
This thought inevitably popped into his head, but the next second, he heard Yuma's phone ring with a Line message notification.
Uchiha Fugaku glanced at it and said with a smile, "They're here."
As soon as Uchiha Fugaku finished speaking, before Kitahara Iori could say anything, there were two knocks on the door, and then the door was pushed open.
Kitahara Iori shot up to his feet and looked over awkwardly, seeing four beautiful girls in short skirts walk in.
"Hello, hello, we're not late, are we?"
The girl leading the group said with a smile.
Uchiha Fugaku recognized her; it was Mariko Kotori, Uchida Yuma's high school classmate.
"No, no, you're just in time, please come in, please come in."
Uchiha Fugaku said with a smile.
A hint of surprise flashed in Mariko Kotori's eyes. Uchida Yuma had really changed a lot; he used to never be able to say things like that.
Uchiha Fugaku's heart stirred. After Mariko Kotori and her friends entered, he heard the system's mission complete notification.
He subtly glanced at Kitahara Iori.
This guy's favorability towards him instantly increased when he saw the girls come in.
Without those bad friends and their influence, Kitahara Iori was actually quite normal.
He chatted well with the girls too.
After dinner, the group went to KTV to sing. Uchiha Fugaku didn't steal Kitahara Iori's thunder the entire time, because for him, although these girls were nice, they weren't top-tier, so he had no interest.
Kitahara Iori, however, was incredibly happy, flirting with one after another.
He basically exchanged contact information with all of them.
Kitahara Iori also sang quite well, and he was humorous and witty, leaving a good impression on the girls.
After the girls left, Kitahara Iori showered Uchiha Fugaku with praise.
He had to thank Uchida Yuma properly for having such a good time chatting with the girls today.
Uchiha Fugaku's goal was achieved. He brushed off Kitahara Iori and then they went their separate ways home.
Back at the dorm, Uchiha Fugaku wasn't in a hurry to pay back the money. The money he earned today could be used as capital to earn two more waves of profit through compound interest.
Buying figures for Imamura Kohei would also cost money.
Figures can be cheap or expensive.
To increase Imamura Kohei's favorability towards him, he had to buy expensive ones; buying cheap ones probably wouldn't have much effect.
Actually, the best way to increase Imamura Kohei's favorability towards him was to buy him concert tickets for his favorite voice actor, or to take him to meet that voice actor.
But that voice actor didn't hold concerts every day, and he couldn't wait until they did. He decided that buying figures would be quicker.
If the figures didn't work, he would think of other methods.
Over the next few days, whenever Uchiha Fugaku had time, he would go out and set up a stall.
He even skipped classes whenever possible, asking Yasumoto Hirotaka and the others to mark him present. If he got caught, there was nothing he could do.
He wasn't interested in classes; he hadn't truly reincarnated as a college student.
Nor would he honestly wait here until graduation.
He estimated that he might not even stay in this world for a year.
Even a year was a high estimate.
A week later, Uchiha Fugaku's funds had reached 800,000 Japanese Yen.
800,000 Japanese Yen was not a lot, but it was enough for him to buy figures and rent a house.
After returning, he paid back the money he borrowed from his roommates. The next day, he went to Akihabara, looked around, and bought a figure of the anime character from Ryoichi Kimura's clothes.
Then he messaged Imamura Kohei to ask where he was.
Learning that he was at Grand Blue, Uchiha Fugaku hurried over.
He also wanted to ask the owner, Toshio Kotesegawa, if that room was for rent, so he wouldn't have to go back and forth.
Half an hour later, he arrived at Grand Blue.
Behind the counter, Toshio Kotesegawa, wearing his unchanging pink apron, was wiping glass cups.
He didn't see the Kotesegawa sisters, who were probably in the back cleaning diving gear.
"Yo, Yuma, came to play with Iori?"
Toshio Kotesegawa greeted Uchiha Fugaku with a smile as he entered.
He had a good impression of this young man; he was polite and could hold his liquor very well.
"Ah," Uchiha Fugaku nodded, "Uncle, are they upstairs?"
"Yes, they're in the room."
Toshio Kotesegawa said.
Uchiha Fugaku stopped abruptly as he passed the counter and said, "Uncle, is that empty room on your second floor for rent?"
Without waiting for Toshio Kotesegawa to answer, Uchiha Fugaku continued on his own, "Oh, there's a roommate in the dorm who always plays games loudly in the middle of the night, making it impossible to sleep. I fall asleep in class the next day, so I want to move out, but I'm from out of town and don't know where to rent a place."
He sighed heavily.
Toshio Kotesegawa finally had a chance to speak: "Oh, that's not good if it affects your rest. Yes, Yuma, you can live in that room on my second floor. It was originally for Iori, but for some reason, he ended up in that partition."
"Really?"
Uchiha Fugaku deliberately showed a surprised expression and said.
Toshio Kotesegawa said with a chuckle, "Yes, yes, you can even stay for free!"
Uchiha Fugaku quickly said, "I have to pay, I have to pay. If it's free, then I won't stay."
Seeing that Uchiha Fugaku seemed sincere, Toshio Kotesegawa didn't insist. He pondered for a moment and said, "We haven't rented rooms to others before, so how about 2,000 Japanese Yen a month for you?"
Uchiha Fugaku exclaimed, "Uncle, isn't that too cheap?"
2,000 Japanese Yen was equivalent to 100 yuan in his previous life.
A 100-yuan-a-month apartment was impossible to find even with a lantern.
The cheapest would have to be over 400.
"Just a token amount is fine. If you live here, you can go to school with Iori and Chisa, and the three of you can look out for each other."
Toshio Kotesegawa said with a smile.
"Okay, Uncle, here's the rent. I'll pay for a year first!"
Uchiha Fugaku took out his wallet, counted two 10,000-yen bills and four 1,000-yen bills, and placed them on the table.
Toshio Kotesegawa casually took them and put them in the drawer without even looking.
24,000 wasn't much to him.
"Yuma, when are you planning to move in? You're done with your holiday today, and you have class tomorrow, right? I think you should go back and move now. Iori and Kohei can even help you move."
"It's okay, Uncle, I don't have much stuff. I can move it all at once. I'll come over tomorrow!"
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