Chapter 451 The furious little aunt (thanks to the tired leader)

After sending Shiyu home, Kato Yusuke also returned to his apartment.

Lock the mountain bike in the garage, walk up the stairs with slightly rusty handrails to the second floor, and arrive at the first room at the end of the corridor.

Open the door and enter the hallway, take off your shoes and walk into the living room.

Under the interference of the black cat, he placed the sports backpack on the ground beside the bed and began to clean the cat litter box.

During his absence, the black cat didn't know what he did. There were more pine cat litter scattered around the litter box than usual, as if on purpose.

Because it was already evening, no matter how careful he was, he could not cover up the noise of the vacuum cleaner. Considering the situation of disturbing the residents, Kato Yusuke had to squat on the ground and clean it with a small dustpan and a broom.

"Xiao Hei, are you rolling around in there?"

"Meow??"

The black cat tilted its head, a question mark appeared on its face, as if to say "Are you going to scold me again?".

Kato Yusuke gently scooped up its furry head and poured the clean cat litter swept into the dustpan back into the litter box.

Just as he was thinking about the necessity of an automatic cat litter box, the cell phone in his trousers pocket suddenly rang.

「Kosaka Akane」

After pressing the answer button, the lazy and casual Yujie voice came into my ears from the receiver.

"it's me."

"Good evening."

"where are you now?"

"at home."

"Are you free? Let's chat."

"..."

"What's wrong?"

"No, I just think it's rare for you to speak in such a gentle tone."

"Hmm~?"

Akane Hongsaka's tone was slightly raised, and she paused and said: "Don't be stupid, you have relieved me of so many stresses, so this level of sweetness will still be given to you."

"...Am I a Cowherd?"

"Why, isn't it? I was still wondering when you would realize this, but it turned out to be much later than I expected."

The words were filled with a teasing smile.

Kato Yusuke stood up with his knees up and sat down on the swivel chair next to him.

"I don't dislike the contrast in you, but according to what you said, you seem to have forgotten that this episode is not free, Miss Kousaka."

Akane Hongsaka let out a coquettish laugh and continued following the conversation: "What's the rush? I'm going to talk about this next. I'm here to give you money, okay? Boy."

The sudden turn caused the conversation to pause.

"...You're probably not joking, right?"

"Of course. Having said that, it still depends on our conversation below."

The meaningful tone made Kato Yusuke finally confirm something, so he asked: "Have you decided to buy the copyright of "Chainsaw Man"?"

"Not bad, so let's talk about the price."

"So the gentleness just now was used here?"

"I'm not lying. I'm serious about coming to give you money. Just be grateful~"

"As long as you decide, we can make an appointment to sign the contract."

"Let's not rush this." Akane Kurisaka's voice suddenly became charming, "I have thought about the price. I can add 30 million more than the previous quotation. What do you think? Little brother~"

Add the 30 million to the 50 million last time, and the total will be 80 million.

Kato Yusuke also put on a gentle tone and replied with a smile: "I don't think it's possible, little aunt."

"Let me tell you, do you know what the highest copyright fee in the industry is this year? Don't be so ungrateful. It's time to accept it as soon as it's done."

"I'm sorry, but I still stick to my original idea, and the Immortal River has already agreed to my proposal for a supplement. According to this situation, the release of the single volume will not be too far away."

"...But it will take a long time. At least you won't get much royalties this year, and I can give you cash. Don't you want to restart the studio plan as soon as possible? This is very cost-effective, right?"

"I'm not that anxious. I told you, I'll just wait another year."

A brief silence.

There was a slight cough from the other end of the phone, and a charming and pretentious voice like an ancient courtesan rang out the next second.

"Are you really not going to lower the price no matter what? Uncle~"

“You really won’t lower the price no matter what, little girl~”

"What if I'm willing to wear a vacuum kimono to serve you?"

"I will worry about it for a while before I seriously reject you."

"Although it is impossible for me to do such a thing, I still want to ask, what if it is a JK uniform?"

"You know I'm still at the stage where I can take off the real JK uniform, right?"

"Tsk, troublesome brat, what else did you say you like?"

"Unfortunately, even if you cosplay the character in "The Cardinal of Gotanda" you won't be able to do it."

As if frustrated.

——Crack.

Akane Hongsaka hung up the phone without saying a word.

Ding bell~

An email is delivered to the mobile phone.

[Kosaka Akane: Don’t let me see you, or I’ll kill you.]

Kato Yusuke stared at the content on the phone screen and laughed it off.

"The Cardinal of Gotanda" is the first debut work created by Akane Benisaka after dropping out of college.

As a debut novel, its work sold 1 million copies within half a year with only three volumes released, and it was decided to be animated in the blink of an eye. The results are not bad.

It’s just that something unexpected happened later, which caused the work’s reputation to not be very good. The person involved was obviously very concerned about this...

While thinking about this, he opened Line's software interface, turned off Shinjoka's "daily class" reminder, and then switched to the chat interface with Shiyu-senpai.

After hesitating for a while, he finally gave up on sending a message to greet me.

--Ding!

A familiar crisp sound came from the window.

Kato Yusuke got up and walked to the kitchen, found a mug in the cabinet, used the coffee machine to manually extract two cups of coffee with milk, and then walked to the balcony with the mug.

A crescent moon hangs in the sky, like a silver hook with pointed ends, shining gently on the city.

On this somewhat chilly night, the figures on the road had already entered a certain house, with bright or dim lights on, faintly floating in the night.

The smell of smoke wafted from the balcony next door, and a tall figure was supporting his arms on the railing, smoking leisurely.

"Good evening, Mr. Yoshida."

"Oh, oh, good evening, Kato."

Kato Yusuke took the initiative to say hello and handed over a cup of coffee in his hand, "I made an extra cup of coffee. If you don't mind, help me drink it."

"You say that every time, right? But thank you."

Yoshida took the mug and said sheepishly: "I'm sorry, did I just wake you?"

"Won't."

Kato Yusuke shook his head, put his arms on the railing, looked into the distance, and said casually: "Want to come and chat for a while?"

"Ah, just do as you say."

As the relationship between the two became more and more familiar, they would occasionally meet and chat like this on the balcony.

Usually it is based on the sound of a zippo lighter. Yusuke who hears the sound will decide whether to come or not depending on the situation. The same is true today.

The content of the chat is not fixed. Most of the time, we talk about random things in daily life, such as the recent changes in the apartment and announcements from the town council.

In addition, the two parties will occasionally communicate on specific topics, such as Ms. Goto, which has become a fixed topic, or office romance.

The two of them just started chatting.

What made Kato Yusuke not know how to react was...

Even though the two had talked a lot about related issues before, Yoshida still couldn't muster the courage to invite his favorite boss.
To be continued...