Chaos Studios
Yuuji entered his company building, a massive structure that was almost completely empty.
If the citizens who passed by every day and were always amazed by the magnificence of the building discovered that inside there were only about three people, they would be extremely surprised.
In reality, while Yuuji waited in the elevator, he could sense several presences around him, around twenty in total spread throughout the building, but the truth was that they were all the same person.
Yuuji, despite no longer being here in person, had several clones that continued working every day, improving his skills related to manga.
In this time, which actually was not much, only about a week, several of Yuuji's abilities had risen to the level of an expert with decades of experience in the field thanks to this.
And since this ability of Yuuji did not work like independent clones, but rather like a hive mind, Yuuji not only had that experience at the same time, but also knew everything that had happened in the company during this period.
Taking into account that all these people were Yuuji, they only counted as one, then, besides him, there were only Ruri and Mona, not really counting Mona as a person, but as an AI.
Thus, with several clones of himself sharing information, probably the best business manager in the world, and a world level AI, it was not really necessary for Yuuji to come to the company to fulfill his mission.
"So, why are you here?" Ruri asked in the president's office when she saw the real Yuuji arrive, looking at him with a scrutinizing gaze.
"Isn't it my company? I thought I could come whenever I wanted" Yuuji said calmly.
"And school?"
"Come on, you and I both know school is basically a hobby, there is nothing they can teach me" Yuuji replied with a hint of arrogance.
That made Ruri frown, recognizing his behavior, but before she could say anything, Yuuji spoke again.
"So, how is the release of our first work going?"
Ruri looked at him with an expression that said "are we really doing this?", but after a few seconds, and seeing that Yuuji had no intention of leaving, she simply sighed before speaking.
"We delayed it after finding several spies from other companies trying to steal information from us.
It seems that, even though we are a new company, the simple fact that we are powerful in another area made them cautious.
We could have threatened them using the influence of the Yuuji, but we did not, instead, we decided to use the public as a force, trusting in its future success, deciding to release several volumes of Doraemon at the same time, winning over the public first" Ruri explained without changing her expression, with a monotone and bored tone. "It might sound familiar, because you are the one who said 'I do not want to use family influence unless necessary, I have another plan in mind', or maybe also because you are the one drawing almost a dozen volumes of a children's manga down there at the same time."
Yuuji looked at the sarcastic Ruri, but did not give importance to her attitude, instead, he stood up from the sofa energetically and said:
"Good, it seems the situation is getting complicated, it would be best if I skip school for a while and focus completely on work."
"How long exactly?" Ruri narrowed her eyes and looked at Yuuji with extreme suspicion.
"I do not know, a few months?"
As soon as Yuuji answered, his face full of confidence and calm turned pale.
"Wait, what are you doing?"
Ruri ignored him while dialing a number on her phone, a number that was answered instantly.
"Hello, Lady... yes, that is what he said... several months... pffft... sorry... yes, I will tell him right away... goodbye."
Ruri spoke quickly on the phone, in a conversation that lasted less than thirty seconds and where her expression changed several times, from seriousness to letting out an involuntary laugh while looking at Yuuji.
She put the phone in her pocket and looked at Yuuji again, who was watching her with an annoyed expression.
"Seriously? You called my mom?" Yuuji asked with a mix of indignation and disbelief in his voice.
"I did. Different personality and keeping distance, basically avoidance both emotionally and physically.
How many years have we known each other, young master? I know how you act when you have a problem."
"Fine..." Yuuji could only give in, in his childhood, the four people closest to him were his mother, his father, Sebastian, and Ruri, so no one knew him better than those four. "And what did she say?"
"She said you are not allowed to skip school, and that your real version has to go, she also wished you luck with your problems."
"Seriously? And if my problems are that I am being bullied or isolated, would it not be better to skip in that case?"
Yuuji did not really believe something like that would work, he just wanted to try his luck, but he immediately regretted it.
In front of him, the normally calm and composed Ruri smiled.
Yuuji only knew two situations in which Ruri smiled, the first was success, either her own or that of people close to her, every time someone achieved their goals, she smiled in such a way that it had earned her admirers all over the world.
The second, however, was teasing Yuuji, Yuuji never knew why, but Ruri somehow always seemed to know his secrets and use them to mock him.
Now, faced with that mischievous smile, Yuuji began to break into a cold sweat.
"So, young master, would you like to talk about your problems?" she asked slowly and annoyingly, at least for Yuuji.
"No, thanks, I have to go" Yuuji replied immediately, standing up.
"Come on, young master, considering that the last time you skipped for an entire month just because you thought someone liked you, to skip for several months, did you confirm it?"
"No comment."
"Well, if you really avoided someone for an entire month because you thought they liked you and it turned out to be a misunderstanding, that would be quite embarrassing."
"No comment."
"By the way, tomorrow we will make the official launch of Doraemon, the marketing campaign will start at the same time, a launch first, sell later technique."
"No comm... wait, what?" Yuuji stopped mid sentence.
He had already reached the door and was about to leave when Ruri's now serious voice reached his ears again.
"Tomorrow we will..."
"No, I heard you. Good, it will finally be released and I can move forward with that," Yuuji interrupted, satisfied to continue with the main mission. Of course, after that he did not forget to look at Ruri, who, with her secretary suit, her dark black hair tied in a high ponytail, and a pair of reading glasses covering her eyes, along with her neutral expression, looked completely professional again, and speak, "By the way, has anyone told you it is creepy how you switch between personalities?"
"They are not personalities, they are modes of behavior" Ruri corrected. "And yes, you tell me that often."
"'You' huh?" Yuuji murmured, but did not give it much importance.
Despite not managing to avoid going to school for several months, he was still satisfied with today, so, after saying goodbye to Ruri, he left the place.
Contrary to usual, he did not use Gate to reach the school quickly.
Of course, even if he did not get tired, the long distance would still make him arrive late to school, but this did not really matter, after all, having thought about skipping for a month and then going to the company, he was already quite late. If it were not because his mother forbade him from skipping, he would not even have bothered going.
That meant he would arrive late anyway, so why not use the method that was less bothersome?
There was no reason, he simply wanted to walk.
[Why are you trying to delay the inevitable?] the system asked.
"Be quiet, instead tell me if I have gotten any tickets lately." Yuuji, still annoyed with the system, ignored its words and quickly changed the subject.
[Rito, Yui, and Risa are now considered friends, so you have three tickets from the social side mission.
One legendary, one platinum, and one gold.
Additionally, for the feat of making the female protagonist chase you, you get another legendary.]
"I know I said it before, but is it not too easy to get tickets?"
[That is because I am a success system, with numerous routes and possibilities. In other systems, like a combat one or a romance one, it would be much harder. You should be grateful.]
"I would be grateful if you did not try to control my life. Instead of talking, just use the tickets."
[Royal Heart Ticket
Elite Item
Apparently, they sell even affection nowadays. Just think of the person you want to affect and rip the ticket, making them like you considerably more. Is it mind control? Nope, retroactive reality and probability bending. No unwanted side effects.]
[Inverted Spear of Heaven
Epic Item
JJK - The inverted spear of heaven is capable of dispelling any active ability effect it comes into contact with such as a fireball or a barrier, but does not work on basic energy applications and magic. Cannot dispell effects beyond its rank.]
[Excalibur the Sword of Promised Victory
Mythical Item
Fate Artoria - The Sword of Promised Victory that was crafted by the fae as the ultimate hope of humanity, one of the strongest weapons bound by 12 restraints unable to show its true power.]
[Divine Dividing
Mythical Item
DxD - One of the Longinus created by God. The Wings of the White Dragon Emperor house the soul of Albion, the Heavenly Dragon of Supremacy. These wings allow its user to fly and divide the magical power of enemies and add it to their own reserves to replenish their energy, excess energy is released through the wings.]
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