[system prompt]
[side quest: Nissho Taro's Affection]
[After this sudden attack, Nissho Taro's admiration for the Host rapidly increased. Seeing the wise and mighty Host use the temporary skill 'Combat Mastery,' he felt that the Host's abilities were no longer what they used to be. This rekindled a spark of hope in Nissho Taro's heart. Affection for the Host +5]
[Nissho Taro Affection: 102/100]
[Congratulations, Host, on completing the quest, Nissho Taro's Affection! Affection successfully broke through 100]
[Basic Reward: Free Attribute Point +1]
[Additional Reward: Free Attribute Points +10, Permanent acquisition of the skill 'Combat Mastery']
Seeing the current quest rewards, Harumizu was a little flustered!
Although he had intended to visit Taro today to increase his affection, he never expected such a result!
This was too exhilarating.
That kid Taro always gave him some extra surprises.
Harumizu, slightly excited, opened the system panel again.
[Free Attribute Points: 16]
[Exclusive Skill: Unknown (Can be unlocked with 25 Free Attribute Points)]
[Other Skills: Combat Mastery]
At this moment, Harumizu was even more eager for his Exclusive Skill.
Even a temporary [Other Skill] had such an effect.
An [Exclusive Skill] obtained only through main quests would surely be even stronger.
Even a practical person like Harumizu began to fantasize about the effects of the [Exclusive Skill].
"Oh, I shouldn't have added that Intelligence!"
The more he anticipated, the more Harumizu regretted his impulsive attribute allocation at the time.
But then he thought,
The passionate night with Kiko yesterday,
Such a blissful life,
He wouldn't trade it for any number of free attribute points!
Fortunately, his visit to Nissho Taro this time successfully triggered a [Sudden Quest].
And after completing that quest, he also completed [Nissho Taro's Affection] in one go.
The quest rewards were already very clear,
Which made Harumizu very satisfied.
Although he didn't know what surprises the upcoming [Exclusive Skill] would bring him,
Harumizu believed that,
It wouldn't be long before he could fully unlock it.
The familiar trio,
The three of them once again appeared in the same scene.
Unlike last time,
This time, kneeling before Harumizu was a black guy.
Fortunately,
The black guy's language was understandable.
"Tell me, why did you come to assassinate Taro!"
One person sat in front, facing him for the conversation.
Yuna and Taro stood behind,
Exuding a strong sense of oppression.
The black guy didn't even dare to look up, only muttering:
"I don't know anything, I'm a foreigner, you can't hurt me!"
"I'm a foreigner!"
From his previous life, Harumizu disliked such foreigners who claimed so-called "diplomatic privileges."
Before trouble, they'd arrogantly tell others:
"I'm a foreigner, everything should come to me first, including women!"
After trouble, they'd wag their tails and beg with the same rhetoric:
"I'm a foreigner, you can't hurt me, you have no right!"
At any time, hypocritical people deserved to die in Harumizu's eyes.
Harumizu stood up, walked to the black guy, and squatted down.
He lifted the black guy's head with his hand and said:
"Are you sure I can't hurt you? Do you know what kind of businesses the Sankou-gumi has? Or would you like to end up like your companions?"
Harumizu's voice was like a devil's whisper.
The black guy remembered his group before,
Now only he was left.
The fear in his heart magnified again.
Looking at the person in front of him unconsciously trembling,
Harumizu suddenly thought of someone,
Someone who might have disappeared in Shinjuku—Yamashita Kosuke.
That person he had met twice,
When he saw him at Higashikawa Club, he seemed to be trembling and fearful in the same way.
Seeing the other party's hesitation and fear,
Then it would be easy to deal with him.
Harumizu spoke again:
"Do you know how many people disappear in Japan every year under the Sankou-gumi's operations?"
"Even if you disappear, I don't think the police department would go to great lengths for a foreigner of your skin color."
"Prejudice in people's hearts is a big mountain, isn't it?"
Every time Harumizu spoke a sentence,
The black guy's body uncontrollably trembled once.
This time out, they had completely fallen.
After a moment of thought, the other party finally spoke.
"We were hired. The client ordered with Bitcoin, and we were only responsible for completing the mission!"
Hearing this, Harumizu smiled.
He turned back and said to Taro with a hint of teasing:
"Taro, did you hear that! Bitcoin, someone is already using Bitcoin to assassinate you!"
Since he had started talking, the other party was already prepared to reveal everything.
Especially with online employment like this, there was basically no possibility of trying to hide the buyer's identity.
Because such a thing was meaningless in itself.
Cryptocurrency, encrypted websites, even encrypted identities,
Even if he told all the information,
Even using all the resources of the Sankou-gumi to investigate,
It might still be untraceable.
The black guy also explained very clearly,
The people who hired them were obviously prepared.
They had previously understood Nissho Taro's preferences—he liked to learn foreign languages.
At the same time, they also knew that Nissho Taro had been resting at home recently,
So they prepared links and small cards for foreign language learning in advance,
And precisely pushed them to Taro.
Finally,
They just needed to quietly wait for Taro to take the bait.
Clearly,
Taro had indeed taken the bait, and even chose two foreign language teachers.
In fact, to take on this job,
Their boss's girlfriend even had to personally participate.
"Oh~ So that's how it is!"
Harumizu was now realizing things belatedly.
It turned out the other party wasn't a honey trap, but genuinely emotional.
This made him sigh at the attitude of these foreigners when doing business for others.
Short on staff, the girlfriend steps in.
Harumizu also thought of the scene he had witnessed then,
He couldn't help but marvel at how truly lucky that kid Taro was,
To find the boss's girlfriend when looking for an English teacher,
Truly impressive!
But that foreign woman was also really bold,
If they dared to let you teach,
You really dared to take off your clothes!
Harumizu could roughly guess some things now, and he had a general outline in his mind,
It was just annoying to think that these messy things would affect his main quest!
"Is there anything else you want to say?"
Harumizu spoke again, waiting for the man's response.
He had already decided to let this man go.
However, whether Taro would move or not was another matter to consider,
After all, Taro himself was an Association member.
He wasn't a delicate woman like Kiko,
He was someone who had fought his way through fire and brimstone.
If he had to move just because of one such incident,
That would too greatly affect the reputation of the Sankou-gumi.
But at this moment, Harumizu thought of something,
The destruction of most villains stemmed from overconfidence,
Life was insignificant in the face of reputation.
So he made a decision,
But the black guy interrupted Harumizu's thoughts.
"Nothing else! Please spare me. If we had known Mr. Nissho had a Sankou-gumi background, we wouldn't have dared to act so presumptuously even with a hundred guts!"
Accompanied by two "thuds,"
The black guy practically begged Harumizu for mercy in his broken Japanese, almost in tears.
"Our Sankou-gumi is not an evil organization."
"This time, we won't subsidize your medical expenses. The deposit your employer paid you should be enough!"
"Remember, next time you act in Japan, make sure to do your background checks!"
"Not all Sankou-gumi members are as kind as I, Fujiwara Shunsui!"
The black guy kowtowed and expressed his gratitude,
He knew there were only two ways to show respect in Japan:
One was bowing,
The other was kowtowing.
So at this moment, the black guy could only express his gratitude by continuously kowtowing.
Then Harumizu waved his hand at him, signaling him to leave.
Kojou Yuna's eyes lit up at this scene,
She hadn't expected Fujiwara Shunsui to make such a choice now.
Instead, Taro was the first to jump out and object:
"Are you just going to let him go? He dared to assassinate me, I must teach him a lesson!"
Harumizu, however, calmly said:
"His purpose is to make the remaining three foreigners shut up obediently!"
Only after the black guy had disappeared from sight did Harumizu turn to explain to Taro:
"Letting him go allows him to take care of the other three. If all four of them were beaten up like that, you wouldn't really think there aren't any international organizations behind these people, would you?"
"If this escalates to Tokyo, even if we have a legitimate reason, it would still be troublesome!"
"The three of us are pretty much in exile, so it's best to seek no merit but avoid fault!"
"Of course, Yuna-chan is suffering along with us two."
"So, what we need to do now is to be as low-key as possible!"
These words were half-true, half-false,
But they greatly pleased Taro.
Even Kojou Yuna, who usually looked down on Harumizu's Intelligence, was impressed by his speech,
And spoke directly before Taro:
"I never thought Shunsui-kun, this big idiot, could be so thorough in his considerations now!"
Although her words carried some strange emotions,
In Harumizu's eyes, this was a form of recognition for him!
[system prompt]
[Main Quest: Return to Tokyo Headquarters!]
[As Nissho Taro and Kojou Yuna's best friend, and even comrades who once faced life and death together, their mindsets have undergone the same change at this moment. They both inwardly hope that Harumizu will make the decision to return to Tokyo Headquarters! To wash away past shame, and even reclaim former glory!]
[This quest cannot be refused. It can only be abandoned if one of the three dies!]
Good heavens,
It was the first time Harumizu had seen a quest that couldn't be refused, and the priority of this quest was a bit too high.
So much so that the way to end the quest was death!
Even if it wasn't his own death,
This was not a result Harumizu could accept.
Harumizu knew that,
Yuna was typically cold on the outside but warm on the inside towards him,
Basically, she was always available when he called, and her efficiency in handling things for him was surprisingly high.
He constantly searched his mind for memories of Tokyo,
But these memories seemed to be locked,
Resulting only in a pang of pain.
However, now with the system prompt,
Harumizu was completely relieved!
Now what he needed to do was to increase his affection with Yuna-chan.
Because this interaction with Taro had made him realize another truth:
As long as the affection was high enough,
There would be many system [benefits] to enjoy!
For example, this temporary skill had now become "permanent,"
And the rewards after completing affection quests were getting better each time,
There was even talk of [Additional Rewards]!
Wasn't this just like a game's grand gift package?
Stable acquisition of rewards, random draw for surprises,
After transmigrating for so long,
Harumizu suddenly understood the true way to play his [love rent collection system].
After all, his biggest obsession in his previous life was to be a landlord in the south,
And then do nothing every day but enjoy romantic moments with his girlfriend,
Naked in bed!
It seemed this life, he was truly going to achieve it,
And in a comfortable and happy way.
His relationship with Kiko-chan explained everything.
"Taro, pack your valuables and move next door to us!"
"Don't bring all your messy stuff."
He originally thought Harumizu was going to argue with Kojou Yuna for a bit,
But he didn't expect him to tell him to move.
"Nani? Harumizu-sama, can I really move in with you?"
As a fervent fan of Fujiwara Shunsui, Taro naturally wanted to be as close to Harumizu as possible.
But all the houses near Harumizu's home were already rented out,
And to get closer to Harumizu-sama,
He had chosen to rent his house,
Of course, at half price!
Before,
He and Yuna didn't know that Harumizu had so many properties in Shinjuku!
His own was half price,
Once, after Harumizu had too much to drink, he had inquired about Yuna's rent,
It was ridiculously low,
Only one coin.
But this time, he was going to be one step ahead of Yuna and move into Harumizu's house!
"What are you thinking? Of course, you'll live next door to me. That way, if anything happens, I can be there immediately!"
Nissho Taro's expression instantly turned a bit sour,
His face clearly showed his unhappiness!
"However, the rent can be halved, but you'll have to pay two rents!"
"Then the rent still hasn't changed, has it!"
Harumizu didn't care,
This was the maximum he could do to maintain the total rent collected.
Although he didn't know if this counted as exploiting a bug,
But Nissho Taro renting two houses and paying for two houses shouldn't be a problem, right?
After all, Yuna always gave him a hundred-yen coin on time every month!
But what Harumizu didn't expect was that,
Taro's mood wasn't a big issue,
Instead, Kojou Yuna's expression was a bit grim!
[Quest Prompt]
[side quest: Kojou Yuna's Worries]
[The Host's conversation with Nissho Taro seems to have reminded Kojou Yuna of some unhappy things. It is hoped that the Host can be more considerate of her emotions.]
[Quest Reward: Unknown]
Seeing this system prompt, Harumizu couldn't help but crack a smile.
The only possibility he could think of was that Kojou Yuna was currently jealous of Nissho Taro,
Because Nissho Taro could move next door to him.
But what Harumizu didn't know was that,
At this time, Kojou Yuna already knew about his relationship with Kiko-chan.
Although Kojou Yuna had been instrumental in the whole affair,
But after it truly happened,
Seeing Harumizu beaming,
And at the same time not letting Taro move into his house,
Yuna knew that Shunsui-kun's feelings for Kiko-nee were genuine.
This inevitably made her feel a sense of loss.
In contrast, Harumizu at this moment,
After receiving the system prompt and looking at the somewhat downcast Kojou Yuna,
Only one thought arose in his mind:
"Hahaha, jealous, aren't you!"
"Let's see if you'll still be jealous when I make you live with Kiko-chan!"