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2.83% I Refuse to Become Scumbag in Tokyo / Chapter 20: Writer and Publishing House

Chapter 20: Writer and Publishing House

Shishio returned to his room and packed his clothes into the wardrobe since he still kept his clothes inside the suitcase. It had been a day, he had been in this dorm after all so he needed to tidy up his room.

After he had done all of that, he went to the bathroom to take a bath.

Unlike in the early morning when he was quite busy and in a rush, Shishio knew that there was a quite huge bathtub inside the bathroom, he thought to dip in the bathtub and relax for a while. He also thought to open his reward at that time since he really received a lot of rewards today.

Shishio was familiar with the location of the bathroom and in front of the door with blue curtains, with "male" large kanji letters written on it, he directly opened and saw someone inside.

"Oh, is it Oga-kun? Are you going to take a bath so late? Do you want to take a bath together?" Shirosaki asked with a smile.

"..."

Shishio knew that it was quite common for the people in this country to take a bath together since Kyoto, he also tried to take a public bath, taking a bath with everyone along with his father in this world. He felt weird at first, however, he didn't have anything to hide and he had a big weapon so he didn't need to feel afraid or anything.

"Yes, Shiro-san, but let's not get too close to each other, alright?" Shishio said politely, but rudely at the same time.

"Wow! You even ridicule me in a polite way! You're amazing Oga-kun!" Shirosaki was very excited at that moment.

Shishio pretended that this guy didn't exist and covered his waist with a white towel before he washed his body, after all, he shouldn't enter the warm water pool with a dirty body, right?

"..."

On the other hand, Shirosaki was amazed when he saw Shishio's body and weapon. He had to admit that Shishio's body was very amazing and it might be comparable to the first-class athletes. Then Shishio's weapon... Shirosaki believed that if those nymphos saw it, then they would flock around him without hesitation.

"Oga-kun, have you done a sport or martial art?'

"Yes, I have learned Bajiquan, Shiro-san," Shishio answered subconsciously while washing his hair. He had received "Bajiquan Mastery" before so he didn't lie, though, he really wanted to open this reward right away since, with this skill, he could protect himself and those around him.

"Wow, Bajiquan? Really? That's amazing!"

As a writer, Shirosaki often did research on various things and of course, he researched martial arts, including Bajiquan.

He knew that most of the bodyguards for those people with authority in China learned Bajiquan, showing how strong and dangerous this martial art was, however...

"But why did you learn Bajiquan? It isn't common to learn such a martial art, right?"

Even though Bajiquan was powerful, it wasn't common to learn such martial arts since most of the people in this country either learn kendo, karate, judo, boxing, etc.

"Well, there's a dojo in Kyoto. I feel that it is a bit unique so I try to learn and surprisingly I have a knack for it," Shishio said and entered the pool, however, he still put a distance from Shirosaki since the impact that Shirosaki brought him earlier was too big for him.

"I see."

Shirosaki nodded and didn't feel surprised after all it wasn't uncommon for young people to learn something unique and wanted to be special, but if Shishio was able to build his body into this state with martial arts alone, then he knew that Shishio was very powerful.

"Shiro-san, I have heard that you're a popular writer, is that true?" Shishio looked at Shirosaki curiously.

"Hehehe..." Shirosaki was a bit embarrassed and said, "Well, I am not that famous, but I have published several books so I have a name in this industry."

"Then I will buy your book at the bookstore tomorrow." Shishio was quite curious what kind of book this pervert could write.

"Huh? If you want to read it then I can lend it to you."

Shirosaki didn't think that it was necessary for Shishio to buy his book since he could lend it to him, especially when both of them were tenants of Sakurasou. He also had a good impression of Shishio since this guy was a sadist.

"Shiro-san, I want to support you as the same tenant of the Sakurasou and if the book is really good can you give me a sign?" Shishio asked sincerely.

"Shishio-kun..."

Shirosaki felt that his heart was very warm at that moment.

"But still, if I buy the bulk of your book then ask you to sign all of it, I wonder whether I can sell it double to your fans," Shishio said while rubbing his chin, thinking of a method to make money.

"Shishio-kun...."

Shirosaki felt that Shishio was really a natural sadist and very cunning. He wasn't sure why, but he felt that this guy might become big in the future, but he became more excited at that time.

"I was joking, Shiro-san, but still, I will buy your book tomorrow," Shishio said with a gentle smile.

"Thank you very much!" Shirosaki said without hesitation with a happy smile.

"But if your book is really bad then I will comment right in front of you without leaving without any mercy," Shishio said.

"Thank you very much!" Shirosaki said with a flush of excitement and thought that this guy was the best!

"...."

Shishio was speechless and felt that he had enough of playing around. "Shiro-san, which publishing house publishes your book?"

"Oh, I published it in Kodansha," Shirosaki said since he didn't think that it was something to hide. "What's wrong? Do you want to become a writer? Or do you want to work as an editor in that place in the future?" He thought that Shishio was interested in working in a publishing house or became a writer in the future, after all, Kondansha was the biggest publishing house in this country so he didn't think it was wrong for Shishio to have the interest to work in that place.

"Kodansha, huh?" Shishio rubbed his chin and asked, "I have read in some articles that Kodansha has a loss in the previous year, right?"

"That's true, but even if that company is at a loss, there are going to be a lot of banks that will lend it money," Shirosaki said since he didn't think that someone could shake the throne one of the biggest publishing houses in this country.

In truth, Shishio very was interested in the publishing house in this country since this country had a unique culture for books, and, even though he had already become a rich man, there was still a gap between him and those people who controlled the lives of millions of people.

Then both of them talked to each other for a while, regarding books, publishing houses downturn, and a lot more, after all, unlike, in the past, the glory of the publishing house had long past gone, but even so, this industry was still powerful.

When Shirosaki talked with Shishio, he knew for sure that the boy in front of him might really become a big person in the future, and somehow, he wanted to write something at this moment.

After both of them had enough, they went out and went back to their rooms since they had something to do.

Shirosaki was thinking about a new idea for his book, on the other hand, Shishio was about to open the reward that he had received.

Looking at the number of rewards that he received, he felt a bit dumbfounded for some reason since it was too much, right?


CREATORS' THOUGHTS
akikan40 akikan40

This novel will be very slow...

I won't write about his school life immediately and probably, I might start to put this novel to P*tre*n in the future, but I can't write so much of it, so for the details, let's see the future after I am ready.

Chapter 21: The Way of Household Husband

Name: Shishio Oga.

Body: 16 (normal adult has 10 points).

Skills: "Japanese Food Cooking Mastery", "Enhanced Memory", "Education Knowledge Mastery (nursery, kindergarten, elementary school, middle school, and high school)", "Patting Mastery".

Assets: 20 billion 515 million yen, investment company, Wagnaria chain restaurant, Royal Okura Hotel.

---

Looking at his status panel, Shishio had to admit that he was amazed and at the same time, he knew that all of those assets were real since he had a certificate as an owner of all of those assets. He took his phone and saw the phone number of his financial advisor.

"Claudia Hodgins."

Shishio closed his eyes and a memory of a tall middle-aged man appeared in his mind. He knew that this person was being employed by the system and his loyalty was without a doubt, but then, he didn't think that it was necessary to call him now since he was still very busy at that moment.

It wouldn't be too late to call him until he had settled down everything, especially since there were still a lot of rewards that he hadn't accepted until now.

<"Cooking Mastery", "Enhanced Vision", "Thunder Breathing", "Language Mastery", "Bajiquan Mastery", "Makeup Mastery", "Cinematography Mastery">

Looking at the number of rewards, he thought for a while and decided to accept the reward that didn't have a relation with martial arts.

'The first one is...'

<Will you accept Language Mastery?>

<Yes/No>

'Yes.'

Shishio then felt a lot of information entered his head again and strangely enough, it felt very comfortable. He laid on his bed and closed his eyes until the process was over and as expected, he was capable of talking in various languages on earth from English, Chinese, Spanish, Hindi, Arabic, Russian, Portuguese, etc.

Shishio was sure if this skill would be a great help if he decided to become a bureaucrat, though, with all of his assets, it was impossible for him to work under someone.

Shishio tapped his temple and thought if he received a "Programming Mastery", then he might as well build those famous websites directly.

'2005...April...'

Shishio closed his eyes and felt that he really needed to talk with Hodgins as soon as possible so he would be able to invest in the most popular online video-sharing platform, Y*utube, and famous media social, F*cebook. He remembered that Y*utube had just started in February, and felt that he should be able to eat 90% of the shares of this company with 10 million dollars. For F*cebook, it might be more expensive, since it had been a year since it was built and it might need more money to get some shares from it and he also knew very well that he couldn't get as much as shares like in Y*uTube in F*cebook's case, but it didn't really matter.

Then next year, he should be able to sell Y*uTube to G*ogle for one billion dollars, and for F*cebook, he didn't need to do anything, waiting for it to go on IPO in 2012. He thought it was a big bargain, thinking for a bit that he couldn't wait any longer, and took his phone to call Hodgins directly.

It was only answered for a few seconds.

"Boss, have you finally come to Tokyo?!"

His voice was full of excitement since he had been waiting for his boss to come to Tokyo. The only one who knew about Shishio's identity was him and the executives of the investment company. Even though he was only a young man in his 15, his net worth was something that the majority of people find impossible to reach in their lives.

In Hodgins's mind, Shishio was a combination of Warren Buffet and George Soros since most of his net worth was coming from both stock and forex.

"Yes."

However, before he was about to say something...

"Then do you want to come to the company? I will pick you up myself, where are you, boss?" However, when Hodgins was about to continue his boss's voice stopped him.

"Hodgins."

"Ye... yes?"

"Calm down, there's something that I want to tell you so be quiet for a bit."

"Yes, please tell me, boss."

"I want you to go to California to invest in Y*utube and F*cebook. If possible, you should buy as many shares as possible and leave the operation to the founders," Shishio said.

"Y*utube? F*cebook? Alright, I will send someone to investigate and invest in that company," Hodgins answered.

"Good."

"So is that all, boss? Don't you want to come to the company?"

"No, I'm still quite busy with school," Shishio said.

"....I almost forgot that you're in high school now, boss." Hodgins let out a sigh and always forgot that his boss was at high school. "Then enjoy your youth boss, I will help you to take care of the company until you have graduated. If possible, you should get a lot of lovers so you can have a lot of children in the future."

"...."

Shishio wasn't sure how to answer Hodgins's words. "I'm going to close the phone and take care of the rest, alright?'

"Leave it to me, boss," Hodgins said.

"By the way, Hodgins."

"What's wrong, boss?"

"Are you married?"

"Of course! I have a lovely wife and daughter, Boss! Ah, she's very cute, she's my angel!"

"...."

Shishio quickly stopped Hodgins and both of them talked for a while until he promised to visit the company in the future. He put his phone to the side and thought that his aunt's luck was very bad that she hadn't married until now.

---

*Sneeze!*

Chihiro wiped her nose and wasn't sure why she felt very annoyed at that moment. She clenched her fist and felt that she wanted to punch someone now.

---

Shishio then accepted the rest of the rewards from "Cooking Mastery", "Makeup Mastery", and "Cinematography Mastery".

The "Cooking Mastery" was obvious and he knew that he could cook all the dishes in this world easily.

The "Makeup Mastery" was even more amazing since, with his makeup, he could change his appearance to anyone, whether it was another person, elderly, woman, etc.

Shishio thought that he really had the possibility to become the best household husband in the world. The only thing that he lacked at this moment was a rich wife so he didn't need to work in the future or rather should he find a wife that was good at the business so she would take care of his business in his place?

Shishio thought that the possibility of being a household husband wasn't bad at all.

However, Shishio rejected that idea after he accepted the "Cinematography Mastery" since with this skill, there was a lot of information about how to make a movie, using a camera, giving an effect, making an interesting interaction, acting, etc on his head.

It was so amazing that Shishio felt that it was a pity that he didn't have a movie company.

'The lastly...'

<"Enhanced Vision", "Thunder Breathing", "Bajiquan Mastery">

Shishio looked at three rewards that he hadn't accepted and decided to accept both "Bajiquan Mastery" and "Thunder Breathing". For "Enhanced Vision", he really felt glad about the reward since it was better than "Enhanced Hearing", "Enhanced Smelling", "Enhanced Taste", or "Enhanced Touches".

Unlike those four that he mentioned above, the "Enhanced Vision" wouldn't cause trouble in his life.

If he received an "Enhanced Hearing" then he might have trouble sleeping.

If he received an "Enhanced Smelling" then he might smell a disgusting smell from a distance and the smell of girl perfume might be a bit too much for him.

If he received an "Enhanced Taste" then he might create the best dish, however, he might not be able to eat something peacefully.

If he received an "Enhanced Touch" then he might have become very sensitive and this thing was the most troublesome out of five senses since he was worried that he might have premature ejaculation because of this ability.

However, the "Enhanced Vision" wouldn't give him trouble since it only made his eyes better, well, his eyes might be more sensitive to the sunshine, but such a thing was a small matter since, with this ability, he could see something from a distance.

Then without hesitation, he received those three rewards and closed his eyes, accepting all the information that entered his head.


CREATORS' THOUGHTS
akikan40 akikan40

https://violet-evergarden.fandom.com/wiki/Claudia_Hodgins

By the way, I have realized that writing a slice of life story needs very long words for each chapter so each chapter will be very lively.

In the past, 900 - 1000 words were enough for one chapter (Start by Becoming Mangaka), but now, I have realized that it needs more than 1500++ words to make an interesting chapter and at minimum, I need to write 1200 words for one chapter right now, and this chapter is 1374 words.

Usually, I write 3 chapters for "Sis-Con" and 1 chapter for this novel, which means, I need to write at least 4800 words a day and sometimes, I wonder why I keep abusing myself, writing that many words, am I a masochist?

No one really knows for sure since I have never tried BDSM before, but anyway, please enjoy the chapter.

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