"Why are you guys ign me?!"

  When Masa and Eriri were about to leave on a motorcycle, they looked at the figure of a young man before them, eared annoyed and flustered, trying to stop them from leaving.

  Yet, this guy wasn't the only ohat was annoyed!

  The two of them were also annoyed by this guy!

  They just wao go bad have fu why the heck did you stop us?!

  Still, even uhe angry gaze of the young man, the two didn't say anything and just stared at him in silenbsp;

  "Wh-what's with that gaze!? Why are you guys looking at me like that?!"

  Masa frowned for a moment and asked, "Who?"

  "..." Eriri and the male.

  "Aki Tomoya! Don't fet your childhood friend's name, bastard!"

  Yes, this was the inal protagonist of the story and the inal childhood of Sawamura Eriri.

  With a quite handsome face, slightly higher than average height, short bck hair, and gsses.

  Frankly, if Tomoya could hide his hobby instead of deg it everywhere, telling the world that he was an otaku so passionately, like a politi's speech during the ele, then Masa believed that this guy could get a girlfriend easily, yet—

  "So, what's wrong, Tomoya-san?" Masa asked calmly. Yes, he khis guy from elementary school, including Okumura, but it didn't mean that everyone could bee a good friend all the time, right?

  After all, unlike Masa or Okumura, who just wao enjoy the 2D works, Tomoya was aist and a purist.

  Tomoya felt that his love for 2D was bigger than anyone else's, and for it, he would even sacrifice everything, whether it was his studies or money from his part-time jobs, and because of that, his grades were on the lower side, but he wasn't stupid since if he was stupid, then would he be able to enjoy all of his 2D works every day without studying?

  If he had studied, there was no doubt that his result would have beeer.

  However, unfortunately—

  heless, due to Tomoya's view, they had a different dire.

  Masa and Okumura were fih being ers, and they just enjoyed whatever they liked with their friends, but Tomoya looked down ohinking that they were just like those among the crowd, ers.

  Yet, Tomoya probably had a right to be arrogant, especially when he was quite a famous blogger known as "TAKI," who often did a review on 2D works.

  Because of that, in the past, wheried to ihis guy, Tomoya refused, telling them that he wao do something different, which made them speechless, but her of them cared much since if Tomoya didn't want to join, then they didn't care and they just had a bst, having fun, ign Tomoya, who was staring at them with envious gaze, yet uo join.

  Frankly, while Masa khis might be rude, he felt that Tomoya was too half-assed. It wasn't that Tomoya had an exceptional talent for being a creator, yet somehow, Tomoya didn't want to bee a simple er.

  So, what could Tomoya do?

  The best and simplest way was to mooch the exceptional creatather them, and use them to make money.

  Masa, as the capitalist, and his friend in the middle school, who moved to Osaka in the past, often did this in middle school and made a lot of mohose creators were simple guys who needed someoo help them with many plicated matters. In other words, what they offered was a service, but Tomoya thought of them as money-grubbers who just used others for their greed.

  Yet, now, what is the differeween them and what Tomoya was about to do?

  Love 2D work?

  If the products couldn't be sold no matter how great these works were, it was shit!

  Money = popurity = god-tier work.

  After all, passion and love 't fill one's stomach, right?

  However, Tomoya, who had that fiery spirit of youth, probably couldn't uand that as his life had been smooth instead of full of struggles.

  Still—

  "I don't need you! I need yirlfriend, Tenma!"

  Masa stared at Tomoya, who could say those words brazenly, then looked at Eriri with a bzing gaze.

  However, Eriri was just fused since she didn't remember anything.

  "You... did you fet that I invited you to py a game with me?" Tomoya was so hurt when he saw Eriri's rea.

  "Did you?" Eriri thought for a moment and quickly realized. "Ah, right! You did! But I refused yht?" She recalled that Tomoya came to her and asked her to bee an illustrator to make his game, so why should she?

  She didn't have a lot of free time, so instead of spendiime with Tomoya, wasn't it better to speime with her boyfriend?

  More importantly, she didn't want Masa to misuand her, but then again, whether it was her or Masa knew well that Tomoya had a secret crush on her.

  However, Eriri's body had been turned into Masa's shape, and her heart only beloo Masa.

  Moreover, she didn't feel good about Tomoya's fervent love for 2D, who kept shouting to everyone his love as if he was afraid that no one knew how much he loved 2D.

  Somehow, the word "love" became so cheap in this guy's mouth.

  Still, Masa was calm and didn't say much, and he only watched this with i.

  "How could you say that?! This game will definitely enter history! It will move many people and bee the most pame of all time! If you join this project, then your popurity will be even higher than now! No, you might even bee a god-tier illustrator, Kashiwagi Eri!"

  This time, Masa frowned and asked, "Do you want to threaten Eriri by exposing her identity, Tomoya-san?"

  "—?!"

  Tomoya felt his body shudder and shook his head rapidly. "No! No! I have hought of that!"

  If there was someone who couldn't be provoked in this school, then there was no doubt that it was Masa.

  While no one was sure, oen saw him with the police ford yakuza, and those who tried to trouble him somehow disappeared and pletely vanished.

  This wasn't a joke since, as Masa became popur, many troubles came to him, such as a stalker, those who tried to rob him, and bad iions towards him.

  This was why many people started to bee civilized when they saw him, but then again, if they saw Masa's appearahat had bee four times better, then... there was no doubt the world would be even crazier, and it was fortuhat he decided to retire.

  If Tomoya caused trouble for Masa, then—

  Still, Eriri showed a silly smile at Masa and g to him happily, thinking that this guy rotective of her.

  "Hmph~! Aren't you too possessive of me~?"

  "....."

  Masa just rolled his eyes.

  "..." Tomoya.

  Taking a deep breath, even though it was quite painful, Tomoya didn't give up. "Kasumi Utako or Kasumigaoka Utaha-senpai has decided to join this project! So, you also shouldn't miss this project!"

  "Oh? Utaha?" 2x

  This time, the expressions of Masa and Eriri turned unnatural as they remembered the past.

  "Did you bckmail her?" Masa asked with doubt.

  "Of course not!" Tomoya quickly de and said, "When I told her about this project, she decided to join me right away! With the bination of Kashiwagi Eri and Kasumi Utako, this will bee the best galgame in history! So, please join this project!"

  "I see." Masa nodded and asked, "So, Kashiwagi Eri will be the illustrator, and Kasumi Otako will be the writer."

  "Exactly!" Tomoya nodded with amazement and said, "As a businessman, you tell the potential of this galgame, right, Masa?"

  Masa frowned when Tomoya called him by his first name.

  'Should I erase his memory?'

  After all, Tomoya knew about Eriri's identity, which made it quite dangerous if he really went to the extreme by exposing her identity.

  Frankly, this guy was more trouble than beneficial to be with siomoya just wanted Eriri and Utaha to bee famous and achieve his ambition.

  'Still, the word "using" might be quite polite siomoya wao turn them into his sves.

  Masa's words might be quite eous, but whether it was money, ideas, illustrations, or anything else, Tomoya practically spent nothing and was just being taken care of by Eriri and Utaha.

  However, in the inal story, it was also because they owed Tomoya a favor and had feelings toward him.

  If there was no such a plot, then would they eveomoya, especially when they weren't paid, and Tomoya's ability was average, without much progress in character, ability, and even ziness?

  Still, instead of rejeg Tomoya's idea, which made Tomoya even more in denial and pressed them even further, Masa did the opposite.

  "So, what will you do?" Masa asked. He might be able to erase Tomoya easily, but was he such a spoiled guy who would use his power in every moment? Just using his mouth, it was easy for him to hahis guy.

  "I am gd that you asked!" Tomoya seemed happy and said, "I will be the director of this projed lead the two to create the best galgame in history!"

  "..." Masa and Eriri.

  The two weren't sure how this guy could have such fidence, but Eriri just snorted inwardly. heless, she didn't say anything and just let Masa ha since she knew well that she wasn't good enough to solve this type of problem.

  "As expected of you." Masa nodded and was amazed. "Even if you are someone who has never been on the side of the creator, you have the fideo lead two creators who have sold millions of sales of their works. You are amazing, Tomoya-san."

  "...thank you." Strangely enough, Tomoya felt unfortable with this praise, but he accepted it regardless, hinking that it was sarcasm.

  "So, how much will you pay them? The market value of the two isn't low, you know? If you don't pensate my girlfriend and my friend enough, then I will try my best to sue you in court!"

  "—?!"

  Tomoya was startled by those words, and he felt fear since he knew well that this ossible for Masa, but he was someone who had never given up. "My project isn't something that be valued by money! It is priceless! But I will try to pehem as best as I ."

  In other words, he just provided food, a pce, and other necessary things.

  As for the payment?

  Hahaha...

  "Even Kasumigaoka Utaha has decided to join this project, you know?"

  Tomoya quickly repeated this sihis was the only redemption point of his projebsp;

  Unlike in the inal work, where Utaha only sold 500,000 copies of her works, in this world, due to Masa's influence, she was able to sell more than a million copies, making her simply the most dazzling young writer among many.

  "I see." Masa nodded and said, "You have that much fiden this project, huh?"

  "If you don't mind, please join this projeasa! With your popurity and skills in the media, I am sure this game will shine even brighter!"

  "...." Masa and Eriri.

  How shameless are you?

  Not only did this guy want to use Eriri, but he also wao use Masa's popurity!

  "You...!" Eriri was enraged, but Masa stopped her.

  "Masa! But this bastard is..."

  "It's fi's useless to get angry with him; he won't uand anyway."

  While he thought so, Masa made up his mind to destroy this guy's ego thhly.