"Alice, you still haven't told me about that black-haired young man!"
Seeing Alice standing there excitedly in a daze, Kamisato Ayaka helplessly reminded her.
"Cough cough, I almost forgot!"
Alice coughed awkwardly before pointing in the direction they had come from.
"Head that way. At the very end, there's a small alley.
Inside the alley is a manga shop called Solace Book House. You'll understand once you go in."
"A shop opened inside an alley?"
Suspicion appeared on Ayaka's face.
What kind of store would open in a place like that?
Wasn't it afraid of going out of business?
Still, seeing Alice's serious expression, she kept her doubts to herself.
She decided she'd go take a look first.
If she couldn't find anything, she could always come back and ask Alice again.
Having made up her mind, Ayaka thanked Alice before taking her leave.
"I wonder why Lady Kamisato is looking for the Boss?"
After Ayaka departed, Yoimiya asked curiously.
She didn't doubt Alice's claim at all.
After all, at noon she had personally seen the Boss and Lady Guuji emerge from that alley.
So it was perfectly normal for Lady Kamisato to end up there as well.
"Hehe, maybe Lady Kamisato took a fancy to the Boss's handsome face and wants to kidnap him to be her husband!"
Alice joked in a good mood.
Before Yoimiya could respond, little Klee suddenly cried out in alarm.
"Mommy, if Brother Han Feng gets kidnapped, then what will you do?"
"You're not supposed to say that out loud!"
The moment she heard those words, Alice realized disaster had struck.
She hurried over and covered Klee's mouth.
Unfortunately, it was already too late.
Yoimiya was laughing so hard her stomach hurt.
"Hahaha! So the one after the Boss isn't Lady Kamisato at all—it's you, Alice!"
"I told you not to say nonsense. Now look, people misunderstood!"
Alice irritably rubbed her daughter's cheeks.
Was that something you could just casually say?!
Besides, she hadn't even made a move yet!
"Hehe! Mommy brought me to Inazuma to play!"
Klee scratched her head and giggled.
"Play what? Blow up Tenshukaku?"
Alice rolled her eyes beautifully.
Though it was only a complaint.
Soon after, she still pulled Klee along and started walking down the street.
Alice had visited Inazuma before, so she was fairly familiar with the place.
"W-Wait, you're not seriously planning to blow up Tenshukaku, are you?!"
Watching the pair leave, Yoimiya suddenly panicked.
If anyone else said something like that, she'd assume it was a joke.
But Alice?
Yoimiya genuinely wasn't sure.
After all, Alice's past deeds spoke for themselves.
And considering she taught her own daughter how to play with bombs, one could imagine just how chaotic her personality was.
If she really got carried away and blew up Tenshukaku, that would be disastrous!
And the Shogun wasn't even here right now!
Thinking of this, Yoimiya hurriedly chased after them.
Solace Book House
While Han Feng leisurely sipped his tea, Raiden Ei walked over holding her manga.
"Boss, may I ask where that woman Alice and Yoimiya went?"
Ei asked softly.
Yet a rare trace of nervousness appeared on her face.
Although most of her attention had been on the manga while reading,
she had still kept part of her focus on Alice.
Because of that woman's long list of "achievements," Ei simply couldn't help but pay close attention to her.
Sure enough, before long Alice had gone off together with Yoimiya.
The moment she saw them leave, Ei could no longer stay calm.
Originally she had planned to continue reading carefully, but after only a few more pages, she hurriedly finished.
"They went to Inazuma. Apparently they're researching some kind of giant firework. You can look forward to it."
Han Feng replied with a smile.
"Sigh… I knew that woman wouldn't behave herself."
Receiving the answer she expected, Ei let out another sigh.
Once she collected her reward, she planned to return to Tenshukaku immediately.
Then she'd send people to keep an eye on Alice.
Under no circumstances could she allow that woman to run wild in Inazuma.
"So? Was the manga good?"
Seeing Ei place the manga back on the shelf, Han Feng changed the subject.
"It was quite good. Much more interesting than Yae Publishing House's novels."
At the mention of the manga, Ei nodded.
She genuinely approved of its content.
"When Miko comes back later, I'm going to suggest a new light novel idea to her. It'll be called About Being Reincarnated as a Manga Shop Owner."
"Cough—your imagination is certainly unique."
Hearing this, Han Feng nearly spat out his tea.
If Yae Miko had said something like that, he wouldn't have been surprised.
After all, she was the sort of person who could get someone to write Reincarnated as the Raiden Shogun, Then Becoming Invincible Across the World.
But the fact that this idea came from Raiden Ei herself—that genuinely shocked him.
"Could it be that after reading too many shut-in novels, she's starting to get ideas too?"
Han Feng thought oddly to himself.
Still, he didn't dwell on it further and instead looked toward the system panel.
He was very curious about the rewards the two had obtained.
[Customer Raiden Shogun finished reading Gabriel DropOut and obtained reward — Melon Bread.]
[Melon Bread: Satania's favorite food. Eating it brings happiness.]
[Customer Raiden Ei finished reading Gabriel DropOut and obtained reward — Special Laptop Computer.]
[Special Laptop Computer: Contains most of the games from the previous world. An absolute blessing for shut-ins and gamers alike!]
"Melon bread and computer games?"
Surprise flashed through Han Feng's eyes.
The first reward wasn't particularly unexpected.
After all, Gabriel DropOut was fundamentally a modern comedy manga.
Getting melon bread as a reward was fairly reasonable.
It was practically a staple item in anime culture anyway.
The only unusual part was its ability to bring happiness.
But the computer games…
Han Feng had considered the possibility before, though he hadn't expected it to actually happen.
Was the system really trying to cultivate a gaming-addicted girl?
"Still… the 'Fall of Raiden Ei' does sound pretty entertaining."
Imagining Ei in the future—
ignoring governmental affairs while hiding away in either the Plane of Euthymia or Tenshukaku all day playing games—
Han Feng suddenly had the urge to laugh.
Maybe in the future, the Resistance wouldn't be rebelling because of the Vision Hunt Decree anymore—
but because they wanted Raiden Ei to stop being addicted to gaming?!
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