Kamiya sat up from the big bed in the master bedroom.
It has been a week since he broke into Dajiangshan, and overall it has gone smoothly.
Because of his seven-game winning streak at the Shogunatei, his final killing of Yamao, and his ability to single-handedly eliminate the resurrected ghosts and undead in the palace, the name "Ghost Shogun Inujiro" was established in Oeyama Castle.
Any sensible monster in the city will have a rough idea of the popularity of this foreign dog monster.
There is some truth to what Golden Bear Boy said. After all, Dajiangshan is a force that speaks with its fists. As long as you can fight well enough, you will be respected by other monsters.
Using his identity as a ghost general, Kamiya has recently begun to explore the internal armament situation in Dajiangshan.
I roughly got some useful information——
There are a total of fifteen ghost generals in Dajiangshan, not counting Kamiya himself.
There is no Aragami among the ghost generals, and twelve of them have C-level strength. The strength of Yamao who was killed before is probably at the bottleneck of C-level breaking through B-level. This level is the top level of combat power at the level of ghost generals in Dajiangshan.
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Among the twelve C-level ghost generals, eight are from the ghost clan.
In today's big country, there are many kinds of strange stories, and the number of ghosts is not dominant. But from the perspective of the high-level composition structure, the basic market is still controlled by the ghosts.
"Comparing Dajiangshan's forces with my own, Dajiangshan's side has the upper hand in terms of the number of C-class monsters. But I can mobilize enough Aragami here. Dajiangshan's only known ones are the Golden Bear and the Star Bear.
Well, even if we fight head-on, my side may not lose."
If this were the case, even if Kamiyagawa and his shikigami suddenly launched an attack inside Oeyama Castle, it would be enough to turn the monster city upside down.
But there are still uncertain factors, such as the S-class snake god entrenched in Ibuki Daimyojin Shrine.
And if I have to say it, there is Ibaraki-dōji. So far, Kamiya has not obtained any information related to Ibaraki-dōji from Oeyama.
"According to my current understanding, the expansion of Dajiangshan has a tendency to go south. If you really go south, you will hit Dreamland head-on in a short time. When the two forces officially conflict, then my work behind enemy lines will be almost done.
It’s over.”
The members of the ghost clan are quite aggressive, as can be seen from the Golden Bear Boy.
The only difference is that Star Bear, a beautiful and alcoholic one-horned female ghost, has always had a vague attitude towards expansion.
However, Xingxiong's relatively soft dovish attitude does not have many supporters among Dajiangshan's top management. It is impossible for her alone to change Dajiangshan's internal ecology.
Therefore, after this period of latent observation, Kamiyagawa has been able to determine that as long as Paradise is exposed to the forces of Dajiangshan, there will definitely be a battle between the two sides.
And it's inevitable.
Perhaps it is the nature of most ghosts to plunder regardless of the cost?
"Before a formal conflict occurs, I have to take necessary actions. There may not be as much time as I originally expected. Protecting my own power is the first priority."
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Leave the master bedroom and push the door to the corridor on the second floor.
"Squeak!"
Kuchan, who was conscientious about his duties, was waiting at the door with a small wooden basin as usual.
After getting the owner's permission, Shushu eagerly entered the room and started cleaning it meticulously.
Kamitani went down the stairs and was going to the kitchen to find something to eat.
This time he entered the ordinary world and stayed there for two days at a stretch.
Although his consciousness was offline for two days, there was no problem with his body in the real world, except that he felt very hungry when he woke up.
The benefits of condensing the power of ghosts and gods into the body are very obvious, whether it is for combat or daily life.
"If this continues, will I become like Kaitan? I don't need to eat much, and my basic rest time will be greatly reduced? In this way... in a sense, it's not impossible."
Kamiyagawa became so ruthless that he even exploited himself.
Belong to the evil dragon and eventually become the boy who slays the dragon.
I was the chosen worker.
I found two bentos in the refrigerator in the kitchen, one with beef fried dumplings and one with fried chicken and rice. Judging from the dates, they were both newly purchased.
Kamiyagawa has been in the permanent world for the past two days, so this was probably bought by Bunche Yaofei after get off work or by Xiaolu on the way home from school and stored in the refrigerator.
The two of them also knew that once Kamiya returns from the ordinary world recently, apart from simply taking a shower, the other important thing to do is to find food at home.
Lunchboxes are not particularly delicious food, but they are convenient and filling.
There’s nothing wrong with keeping some at home at all times.
I can only say that the apprentice and the secretary are very considerate, and they have their own master and master in their hearts.
After heating both lunch boxes, the hungry Kamiya sat down at the dining table and started eating.
While eating, he saw a small pile of information placed on the corner of the table.
There is also a note on it, written in Juanxiu handwriting: [Master, please take a look.]
It was Bunche Yaofei who stayed here to report on the recent affairs of GENIE Animation Studio.
Just take it and look through it.
Xiao Wenche has been very busy recently, and there are a lot of things to deal with at the GENIE studio.
The first season of "Miss Mary" has ended on TV and has achieved very good results. The average ratings of the last episode even exceeded 5%.
TBS has even begun discussions with Wenche about reserving the TV rights for the second season.
Then there is the report on the online broadcast of the series, and the report on the sales of Blu-ray DVDs.
The situation is very good.
Especially for DVD sales, although it has only started for a few days, according to Wen Che's calculations, the profit income achieved in this area is enough to completely recoup the initial investment of "Miss Mary", and there will be considerable profit after that.
of estimated sales.
In addition, the peripheral income of the series has also begun to bear fruit.
The order for the figure has been arranged, and a contract with Lawson Convenience Store regarding character-linked desserts has been initially signed.
"Although I don't know much about peripheral income, just looking at the report, Xiao Wenche's work is very good. In Fu Bao's words, this is the feeling of making a lot of money!"
In fact, Zashiki's important opinion on the family's financial fortune was actually "Er, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh".
But the old father knew what she was expressing.
Continuing to flip through GENIE's report, I saw quite interesting content on the last page of Kamiya——
A company that produces "Pachinko" proposed to acquire GENIE Studio for 200 million yen.
There is a very strange phenomenon in Japan. Pachinko, also known as gambling machines, is closely related to the ACG industry, which should be out of reach.
Examples of animation, animation, and games linking up with "Pachinko" are common, and the trend is increasing year by year.
For a long time in the past, the target users of "Pachinko" were the elderly and housewives who had money and a lot of free time.
However, as the economy continues to slump and business restrictions continue to be introduced, "Pachinko" merchants need to expand new customer sources.
So they focused on the ACG industry and introduced a simple and crude marketing method - bundling popular IPs.
This initiative went extremely smoothly in Japan, attracting a large number of young people to become pachinko consumer groups.
Money can make all the difference. Although it will bring infamy for promoting gambling to make shady money, there are still many IPs that have embraced the "Pachinko" industry in order to raise funds. There are many unpopular works in the animation industry that rely on sales.
An example of making money from the copyright of "Pachinko" and then filming a sequel.
Although it sounds a bit darkly humorous, some small animation studios that own the copyrights of unpopular masterpieces and are at risk of bankruptcy due to various reasons will really be resurrected and rejuvenated by the capital injection of Pachinko.
It feels like a good family is forced to go to sea.
Even pachinko manufacturers, who have made a lot of dirty money and are rich, will directly take action and acquire some studios.
This situation developed later. In the ACG game industry, in addition to selling IP licenses, some game companies that hold IP will even directly sell it, without middlemen making the difference, and set up their own "Pachinko" departments and manufacturers.
Ensure that fertilizer and water do not flow to other people's fields.
Typical examples are KONAMI and CAP.
Mysteriously, new information has been released about a game series that has not been continued for many years. It turns out that the "game" finally launched is a brand new Pachinko. It's not like these two major game companies have never done such a cool operation.
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"So "Miss Mary" is gaining momentum, will pachinko come here just because it smells like it? In addition, the character of "Miss Mary" in the series has the bonus of good luck, Pachinko seems to be particularly interested in this IP
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Kamiyakawa was a little dumbfounded.
But being noticed by pachinko, who has a keen sense of smell, this also shows that his drama is really popular.
As for the acquisition proposal from the pachinko manufacturer, Wenche Yaofei directly rejected it.
joke!
Our studio is really booming, how can we sell it to the gambling industry at a low price!
The linkage with Pachinko is not considered too much. There is indeed a lot of money coming from the gaming industry, but it will affect the reputation of GENIE Studio. Cross-border copyright linkage is within the normal scope of convenience stores, desserts, drinks, and cafes.
If you proceed, the money earned will be enough for the subsequent operations of GENIE.
Anyway, the most important purpose of the studio is to spread faith among shikigami.
"In this way, Hotaru's early investment in "Miss Mary" can also bring her very good profits." Looking at GENIE's financial report, Kamiya also thought of Onitsuka, whom he had not seen for a while.
Although with the little miko's temperament and financial resources, she probably wouldn't care too much about the return on investment.
But the dividend is still paid.
Kamiyagawa felt that he finally stood up in front of Onizuka!
At the end of the GENIE Studio report, there are some follow-up work plans.
Including the establishment of the second season plan of "Mary Mary", and the consideration of launching a new series or animated movie with the whale as the protagonist.
Based on the current income of the studio, these things can be accomplished.
Mr. Miyake, Kamiya’s official writer, has recently retreated to the Living Fish Hotel and devoted himself enthusiastically to the creation of new scripts.
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After finishing the meal and reading GENIE's recent work content, Kamiya came out of the restaurant satisfied.
When I walked to the corridor, I saw Kanoya sitting at the entrance changing his shoes.
On the floor beside her were a schoolbag, a bag of fresh ingredients, and a lunch box.
Xiaolu took off her shiny uniform leather shoes, carefully put them away, and put on her home slippers. During this period, she suddenly felt something, her small nose twitched slightly. Then she looked back with bright eyes:
"Master! Are you awake?"
"Well, welcome home."
"Master, Master, I went to the strategy room to do some shooting today! I even hit the bull's-eye!" Xiaolu grabbed his schoolbag and trotted to Master's side, as happy as a puppy. Then he thought of something and rummaged through the bag.
A stack of information came out, "Also, Master, the information you asked for has been sorted out by the countermeasures room, and I brought it back by the way!"
The information Kamiya recently requested from the Countermeasures Room was about Ibuki Daimyojin.
I had already taken a lot before, and what Xiaolu brought back from this trip were some new additions.
Because Shen Gu has basically stayed in Changshi for the past two days, and Wen Che is very busy with things in the studio, the job of bringing materials naturally falls on the young apprentice.
Anyway, Xiaolu has already become familiar with the countermeasures room in Tokyo, so running errands is no longer a problem.
The master and apprentice went to the living room.
Xiaolu kept chattering about things in the past two days, whether it was in her school or her practice, including her shikigami.
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In front of Kamiya, this girl always has an overly strong desire to share.
Although the apprentice was a bit talkative, as the master Kamiya didn't bother her, he just listened with a fatherly smile.
The daily life of JK, the exorcist, also sounds quite interesting, as it is also a part of resting after returning to the living world.
It wasn't until Xiaolu got tired of talking and took the ingredients she brought back to the kitchen that Kamiya regained his composure, frowned slightly and turned his attention to the pile of information related to Ibuki Daimyojin.
Regarding the information about Ibuki Daimyojin, he had already learned about it when he came back from the palace in Oeyama Castle last time——
It is mentioned in Japanese mythology that there is a mountain range at the junction of Gifu and Shiga prefectures called the Ibuki Mountains. The main peak of this mountain range is Mount Ibuki, and the mountain god on the mountain is the "Ibuki Daimyojin".
Moreover, it is recorded in "Japanese Records" that Ibuki Daimyojin is a giant snake god.
Currently, there are two shrines in Ibuki, namely Ifuki Shrine in Shiga Prefecture and Ifuki Shrine in Gifu Prefecture.
Much of the information currently available to Kamiya was also provided by these two shrines.
In Japanese mythology, there is a warrior named Wa Kenmei.
Wa Jianming was ordered to conquer the people and evil gods who disobeyed the imperial court, and won successive victories, but he only lost his halberd at Ibuki Mountain.
The thick mist spewed out by Ibuki Daimyojin in the form of a big snake seriously injured Watanabe, and then Taken died.
And since Ibuki can defeat the legendary Takeru, it must be extraordinary.
According to the information Kamiya now knows, there is indeed a certain connection between the snake god of Mount Ibuki and the Yamata no Orochi he had guessed before.
According to various sources, some say that Ibuki is the incarnation of Yamata no Orochi's sub-spiritual spirit, while others say that Ibuki is actually the descendant of the Yamata no Orochi god.