Takumi's eyes sparkled at the thought.
For him, uploading a few games was nothing. He quickly got to work.
He bundled together all the single-player games he had played in his previous life. While one game might not fetch many points, a bundle of them could.
He began uploading packs to the system store while giving his AI the task of developing new games in the meantime. That way, he could keep supplying Princess Kaguya with new entertainment.
And every time she claimed her daily sign-in points, they'd end up in his hands.
What a devious plan.
He gave the order to his AI and uploaded the first batch of games.
[Takumi uploaded Single-Player Game Pack] Description: Includes multiple single-player games. Price: 5 Points.
[Takumi uploaded Otome Game Pack] [Takumi uploaded...]
Several bundles were uploaded in a flash.
Kaguya stared at the screen, puzzled, before using her remaining points to buy two packs.
After purchasing, realization dawned.
Houraisan Kaguya: [????] [You did this for me?!]
She wasn't dumb. She immediately saw through Takumi's ploy.
Takumi: [To fulfill your every need.] [And I've already instructed my AI to create even more games.] [Rest assured, Princess—there'll always be something new for you to play.]
Everyone in the chat was speechless.
Fujiwara Chika: [Gasp!!] [That's evil! Don't fall for it, Kaguya! He's draining your points!!]
Bronya: [Good idea. I'll upload some too.]
Bronya proceeded to upload games from her own world.
Even Sagiri, without a word, quietly uploaded her collection.
Kaguya was breaking down.
Damn it! This cunning fox!
He was farming her daily sign-ins!
(?へ?╬)
Don't buy?
But she wanted to play them so badly… Games from other worlds!
She was trapped.
Fujiwara Chika was also stunned by everyone's hustle.
Well, if they were doing it, so would she.
Himeko: [Games, huh? I've got a few.] [I'll upload some of March 7th's collection.]
Even Himeko joined in.
Kaguya was now completely speechless.
She wanted to quit the group.
Even the usually quiet Megumi Kato quietly uploaded a few games.
Suddenly, the system store was filled with new titles.
If Kaguya wanted to buy them all, she'd have to sign in for a long time…
Could she resist?
Of course not!
Takumi was thrilled.
Beautifully done!
Princess Kaguya, keep signing in.
Contribute your points to society!
Houraisan Kaguya: [You guys are unbelievable!! (－＂－怒)]
She wanted to throttle them.
Takumi: [This is all to satisfy your cravings, Princess!] [You should be grateful!]
Houraisan Kaguya: [Screw you!!]
Takumi: [Got it~! Don't forget to buy more, okay?]
Just as Takumi teased Kaguya, Sima Weizhi popped up.
Sima Weizhi: [@Takumi, boss, if you've got time to chat, how about helping out with work?]
Seeing him idling in the chat ticked her off.
Since arriving in his world, she hadn't had time to relax at all.
Every day was packed with work.
She was only sixteen! A beautiful high school girl!
Takumi: [What now? Another issue?]
Why was she even in the chat instead of working?
Sima Weizhi: [It's ridiculous. These tasks could easily be handled by robots!] [Why am I doing them? (○｀Д′○)]
She was really upset.
Even with AI support, it was exhausting.
Just standing made her sleepy.
Takumi: [I don't want humans to lose their ambition.] [You're here to help build civilization—not to live in luxury!] [We're not at the point where machines can fully replace people.]
He had a point.
There weren't enough people. If robots did everything, what were they for?
He brought them to build, not to chill.
Sima Weizhi: [(?_?)] [Can you assign someone else? I want to quit!!]
Takumi: [Ah~ so you want to go to school instead, huh?] [Got it. I'll gather all the age-appropriate folks and enroll you all.] [There's a lot of tech and ideology from other worlds you need to study.]
Don't want to work?
Then go to school.
It made sense—they were school-aged.
Even Takumi was, though he could just absorb knowledge directly.
They couldn't.
Sima Weizhi: [Forget I said anything!] [Back to work I go!!!]
School? No way!
Studying alien tech and theories? No thank you.
Meanwhile, Muroto Kin hadn't slept for days.
She was utterly consumed by her research.
Weizhi worried she'd drop dead one day.
Yuu: [....] [Suddenly I don't want to move to your world anymore.]
After reading the exchange, Yuu wasn't so eager to immigrate.
She had a feeling she'd just be forced to work.
This wasn't paradise—it was a sweatshop.
Bronya: [Damn capitalist!!]
Fujiwara Chika: [Interested in immigration? Come work with us—for free!]
Houraisan Kaguya: [Why hasn't anyone strung this guy up yet?]
Everyone in the group started roasting him.
This ruthless boss deserved to be hanged!
Takumi: [Can't help it. We're short on managers.] [If the old man moves over, I'll let the Liyue Qixing take over management duties.] [Or maybe I'll bring in more people from other worlds to help.]
They were short-staffed. This was the only option.
So for now… endure. Reinforcements were coming.