"Ryo-nii, I've really recovered."
Takashi stood up and even held Nyanko-sensei high above his head to show that his strength had really returned.
Uchiha Ryo: "In that case, I'll head back first."
Takashi: "Aren't you staying at home, Ryo-nii?"
Uchiha Ryo shook his head. "I promised an 'onee-san' I'd help take care of her child, so I won't trouble you and Aunt Touko."
Bringing little Hana over to stay would indeed allow Aunt Touko to take care of her, but with Takashi's youkai-attracting constitution, Enyun would probably have to follow little Hana at all times.
Back in his room, he dragged Enyun-chan off the bed.
"Are you coming back with me, or should I summon you back after I get home?"
Enyun: "Either is fine. But I have an important question I want to ask you right now."
Uchiha Ryo: "Speak."
Enyun-chan looked at the phone on the bed.
"Can I spend real money?"
Uchiha Ryo narrowed his eyes. "You want an allowance?"
"Mhm, mhm, mhm!"
Uchiha 'Capitalist Mode' Ryo looked at Enyun-chan seriously.
"Tsk, tsk, I can, but you have to work.... As the saying goes, 'with great ability comes great responsibility,' and 'he who works, gets more.' If I just give you an allowance for no reason, you'd look down on yourself, wouldn't you?"
The cat sensed the malice, but she was the high-level ninja cat, Enyun-chan. It was just a little work!
A scroll suddenly appeared in Uchiha Ryo's hand. As the scroll was unrolled, Enyun-chan saw many human females.
Ever since he discovered that cats could also farm affinity, Uchiha Ryo had wanted to do this. But just randomly throwing Enyun at them was a bit inhumane. So... since Enyun herself wanted to work for money, then everything was fine.
Enyun-chan: "What... what do I have to do?"
Uchiha Ryo sat on the bed and tossed the scroll onto Enyun.
"To be honest, I really want to get stronger quickly (save up enough G-Points for the Eternal Mangekyo), so I need you to go and raise their affinity."
Enyun-chan put away the scroll and nodded.
"I'll do my best..."
Uchiha Ryo thought to himself. For every 10 G-Points Enyun-chan farmed for him, he would give her 100 yen. He was truly a kind and reliable boss.
Enyun-chan: "Then to what level do I have to raise their affinity before you'll give me money to spend?"
Uchiha Ryo smiled. "After all, I'm not some demon. No matter how much affinity you raise, you can come and settle the score with me that night."
Enyun-chan: "It's a promise!"
The white cat on the bed put the mission target scroll and her phone into a sealing scroll, then jumped out the window.
So, what's next.... Uchiha Ryo thought for a moment. Since I've taken a sick day anyway, I might as well go back to Shuchiin and check things out.
He'd go to Shuchiin first, then go pick up Shirosaki Hana from elementary school in the afternoon.
But since it was during school hours, the school gate wouldn't be open. He'd just have to climb in.
On the sports field of Shuchiin's middle school division, Ishigami Yu was lying on the grass, bored, looking up at the sky. Ah... my phone was confiscated by the homeroom teacher for playing with it in class, and that woman Iino took my game console.
"Honestly, she's not cute at all. That detestable woman who's only good at studying."
Ishigami Yu was cursing, and then he felt the sunlight in front of him get blocked. It seemed someone was standing there.
Uchiha Ryo: "Yo, what are you complaining about?"
Ishigami Yu: "Senpai? Didn't you go to Toyogasaki for school?"
Uchiha Ryo also sat down on the grass. "I just took a day off. I was bored, so I came over to take a look."
It's a pity little Kei is still in class, so I won't bother her.
Ishigami Yu: "Took a day off? Senpai, you didn't skip school, did you?"
"Am I, Uchiha Ryo, that kind of person? I, your senpai, am a model student! By the way, what class do you have this period? Why aren't there any other students in P.E. class?"
Ishigami Yu continued to stare at the sky.
"This class... if I remember correctly, it's math."
Uchiha Ryo: "...."
Skipping math class to lie on the sports field. As expected of you, Ishigami Yu!
Ishigami Yu sat up, a confident smile on his face, just like a hot-blooded manga protagonist.
"Don't worry, senpai. According to my precise calculations, the spot I'm lying in now is a blind spot from the classroom windows. No one will find out, no matter what I do here."
Uchiha Ryo: "...."
With this level of calculation ability, you really don't need to attend math class.... But Uchiha Ryo suddenly remembered that in the original story, Ishigami Yu had been suspended for half a year, and yet he was still able to advance directly to Shuchiin's high school division with poor grades.
If Ishigami Yu could put his full effort into studying, perhaps his talent would be no less than Shirogane Miyuki's.
Ishigami Yu: "Ah, I'm out of games to play again...."
Forget it, I'll just continue to slack off. But speaking of games.
Uchiha Ryo: "How do you feel about galge, Ishigami-kun?"
Ishigami Yu giggled. "Uchiha-senpai, you've come to the right person. When it comes to galge, I'm a veteran. Whether it's all-ages romance-captures, or erog...."
Uchiha Ryo waved his hand, then suddenly said.
"What do you think, if a galge with a lot of randomness, where the dialogue and plot are like a Roguelike game, were to appear now?"
Ishigami Yu thought for a moment. "Putting aside the huge amount of capital and manpower needed to make such a game, if there really was such a galge with strong randomness, I would definitely play it! After all, our future is full of randomness. A fixed plot and fixed options definitely don't have long-term replayability."
Uchiha Ryo smiled. It seemed he hadn't found the wrong person.
"Ishigami Yu, do you want to join my game circle? To make a galge together?"
Ishigami Yu was stunned. "Senpai, why would you think of making a game?"
Uchiha Ryo smiled. "It was just a whim. And many of the members in the circle still have a chance to grow. So this game might be their stepping stone to success."
If Kasumi Utako didn't make a game, she probably wouldn't become as popular as she was in the original story just by relying on her novels. The same went for Kashiwagi Eri. And of course... the current Kessoku Band.
Uchiha Ryo believed that he was a naturally kind Uchiha, so for the sake of their affinity... ahem, for the sake of their future, he had to give them a boost by making a game.
Ishigami Yu didn't answer right away.
Although they were both otaku, Uchiha Ryo still admired an otaku like Ishigami Yu. And even though he was an otaku, when it came to making games, Ishigami Yu would first consider it from a business perspective.
The second son of the country's top toy manufacturer, Ishigami Yu. In fact, his family had tried to enter the vast online game market a few years ago, but they didn't continue to pursue it because it didn't show much promise.
Don't be fooled by Ishigami Yu being an otaku. As the second son of an entrepreneur, he still had a good head for business.