NOVEL WEB Chapter 154: What is happening?
Yes, for their future, Ishigami decided to work hard, and the first step of that was his acquisition of a company that would be held after school.
While speechless, his family had accepted the fact that he had acquired a lot of money in the stock market and wanted to use that money to acquire a company.
His choice was obvious, and all the preparations were clear.
At the same time, considering the company's situation, it should be easy for him to acquire this company.
"Eh? Is it okay? What are you going to do?" Chika was surprised and quickly asked.
"Buy a company."
If Ishigami remained silent, he was afraid that they would think that his family's company was bankrupt, so he just told the truth.
"Buying a company?!" 3x
Chika and Hayasaka were dumbfounded, but Kaguya was also surprised and then asked curiously, "What kind? Toy? Media?" Considering Ishigami's family business, she thought that they tried to acquire other toy companies or media to increase their copyright of certain works for toys and other derivative works.
"No, it should be food."
"Food?!" 3x
"What kind?"
Even if it was a strange choice, they didn't say much since they thought that his family must have a certain reason why they decided to buy a food company. More importantly, it wasn't uncommon to see a restaurant prepare toys for a kiddy meal, so a food company wasn't completely unrelated.
Moreover, as a toy company, his family also owned several copyrights of famous fictional characters similar to Hello Kitty, Gudetama, or Kumamon, and probably, having a food company could boost the popularity of those characters...?
Kaguya wasn't sure, though.
"Food processing. Meat like a sausage and ham."
"Hmm..."
"Is it hard to imagine?"
"Yeah, it is so sudden."
However, somehow, they felt that this type of business had a hard time failing as everyone needed food, especially the protein type, and frankly, as a high school student, they couldn't say much.
Regardless, as Ishigami had said previously, as he had the "Delicious" ability from Tsubame, which increased the taste of the food twice, which made it even tastier, having a food company was as good as guaranteed. It was simply impossible for him to fail since the most important thing for a food business was the taste.
The restaurant business might be good, but as he saw a chance to enter this business, he simply entered it.
"Let's go out on the weekend."
"Really?"
"Um."
"Yuu!"
Chika hugged Ishigami happily, but her hand subconsciously moved to his lower body stealthily so Kaguya couldn't see what was happening.
"....." Ishigami.
Yet, what Chika didn't know was that Kaguya noticed everything, yet she remained silent and didn't do anything, just staring at them with a peaceful smile.
'Kaguya-sama...'
Hayasaka only stared at her mistress in silence, then looked at Ishigami, wondering what she should do.
However, even if Ishigami noticed their strange gazes when school ended, he went home directly and went out with his father to see the company that he was about to acquire.
"...I never thought that you would buy a company."
"Is it bad?"
"Not really. I think this is a good choice."
Food, especially food processing, was a stable company, especially when Ishigami's Papa checked the company.
The company that Ishigami had chosen to buy was a good family food processing business that had quite a reputation in the country. Not only did it have several farms, slaughterhouses, logistics, food processing factories, and even sales channels. It could be said that his son was lucky to have found this company and bought it at such a low price.
Yet, in the current economy, it was hard for one to buy such a company, especially when other huge companies wanted to wait till the price lowered before they acquired it.
However, Ishigami had the cash, so why should he hesitate?
So, why should such a good company be sold?
If there was a reason why it happened, it was because the previous CEO, who was also the owner, passed away, and his children fought for leadership, which put the company in jeopardy.
Yes, the CEO was a good leader, but it seemed he wasn't a good father, as all of his children only cared about the money instead of preserving the company.
Regardless, Ishigami was interested in this company, but Ishigami's Papa thought deeper as he thought that this might be Ishigami's attempt so Ishigami wouldn't fight for inheritance with his older brother.
"Do you have the confidence to manage this company?"
"I do."
There was no hesitation; Ishigami believed that he could manage this company.
"Then, do it. I will support you. Anyway, even if this company fails, you can get more money on the stock market."
"...you said it so lightly."
Yet, Ishigami didn't deny it since the "Eyes of Wealth" could give him a lot of money.
So, then, the two went to the company that Ishigami planned to buy, talking, observing, and doing many other things. In that place, Ishigami's Papa didn't say anything and just observed his son, who had grown up somehow, making him melancholy, yet also happy and full of pride, watching him leading so many people with his charisma and leadership.
Nevertheless, Ishigami was busy with his first company; he knew that he was just trying to distract himself, trying to turn a blind eye toward something, but he knew that he couldn't remain in silence, especially the next day when he saw Shirogane, who greeted him.
"Ishigami!"
"Senpai."
Ishigami tried to observe Shirogane to see if there was something amiss in Shirogane's expression, but he couldn't see anything, and this surprised him since he could see Shirogan's perfect control over his emotions.
After all, they were all in high school, and everyone's emotions weren't perfect.
According to Ishigami's understanding, if Shirogane was rejected, he would be all gloomy, but if he was accepted, then he would be so happy that it was impossible to hide it.
Yet, Shirogane showed none of that, so Ishigami wasn't sure about the conclusion of Shirogane's confession.
'Should I ask directly?'
Only—
"Yuu!"
Chika suddenly leaped onto his back and clung to him.
Ishigami was startled, but fortunately, he was strong, or else he would have fallen on the ground, and, worst case, he might have had a concussion. Still, watching this silly smile, he could only show a helpless expression. "Senpai..."
"Hehehe..." Chika showed a silly laugh, but soon, Kaguya's voice was also heard. "Be careful, Chika-san. Don't run so suddenly and jump into him like that. What if you two are hurt?'
"It's fine. It's fine. He's strong." Chika showed a silly smile as she lifted Ishigami's arm. "Look, he might not seem like it, but his muscles are strong."
"...now that you mention it, you did say that you went to the gym." Shirogane was also curious and started to touch Ishigami's body. "You have abs!"
"..."
Ishigami felt a bit weird because Shirogane suddenly touched him. "Senpai... it feels weird if you touch me like that."
"Sorry, sorry. It's my first time seeing such muscles in real life."
Shirogane marveled, but Chika and Kaguya stared at the two in silence, especially when Shirogane tried to touch Ishigami's body all over.
"....."
What was with this weird atmosphere?
Also, could you be clear about what was happening between you two?!
Yet, even if Ishigami tried to observe the expressions of Shirogane and Kaguya secretly, he couldn't see anything, which made him helpless.
Only when the four were together did someone suddenly interrupt them.
"Ah, you four!
"Principal?" 4x
All of them saw the Principal of the Shuchi'in Academy, Adolphe Pescarolo.
"It's good that all the members of the student council are here."
Adolphe smiled and said, "The truth, there is something that I want to talk about with all of you. Can you share your time with me?"
"...." 4x
While they weren't sure, they knew a troublesome problem was about to come.
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It might be sudden, but the Kaguya arc ends today in P@atreon, and I will go to another world tomorrow under a different identity.
Please look forward to it!