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"No problem, leave it to me. Come over later this afternoon and give me the things you bought. I will mail them to your home tomorrow."
Waver looked at Kirino, who was holding a Meruru booklet (the one given by Old Xing), and nodded in understanding. He casually handed the note to a Macedonian soldier beside him.
"That's really too much trouble for you."
Saori and Kuroneko quickly bowed to thank Waver.
"Well, you're Kyousuke's friends after all, so these are just by the way. We would have bought a lot even without you guys anyway."
The Macedonian soldier who took the note made a few notes on a notebook according to the list on the note, and then he shouted to the others in the booth: "Assemble!"
""oh!!""
The Macedonian soldiers who were originally busy working in various places in the booth immediately ran to the open space in the aisle in front of the booth and lined up.
"Let's assign tasks. Group A, go over here and buy these... Group B, go to the second floor..."
The Macedonian soldier standing in the front began to assign corresponding tasks to everyone, and no one said a word except himself.
"Anyway, for the sake of His Majesty the King and the Master Strategist, let's all do our best! Disband!"
““Oh!! Long live Macedonia!!””
Next, except for the two groups that stayed at the stalls, the rest of the Macedonian soldiers dispersed in small teams to shop for goods. Their neat and uniform movement pattern attracted the attention of people at the nearby stalls.
PS: This is the second update. There will be another update in the evening_(:з」∠)_
Chapter 111 Kyosuke: The cafeteria is open for dinner~
"That's amazing! This is the first time I've seen such a well-trained [Floater]."
Black Cat couldn't help but admire the northern shadow of the Macedonian soldiers as they watched them leave.
"what is that?"
Kirino heard this word for the first time, and as a newbie, she raised her own questions.
Saori, the good-natured person, explained, "To put it simply, it means that everyone works together as a team to buy the popular doujinshi that they like in the most efficient way. It's called that because the long-distance communication method is very similar to the long-distance operated weapons floaters in the mecha animation. However, this is the first time I've seen such a large floater team."
"Yes, I have seen them before, but it was only today that I realized they are so large."
As veterans of the jihad, Kuroneko and Saori had seen the floaters in uniform (official T-shirts from Grand Strategy) active in the venue more than once before. However, because there were so many people participating in the jihad and the venue was too large, they only felt familiar with the scattered Macedonian soldiers. Now that all the Macedonian soldiers were gathered together, they would certainly find out how large the actual number of the floaters was. In addition, the exhibition had not officially started yet and there were not many people, and the Macedonian soldiers' neat and uniform movements would certainly give people a great shock.
"With their help, we don't have to worry about the books of those popular teams. In this way, we can also go around and pick up bargains."
Kyosuke stretched himself, and after entrusting the matter to professionals, he felt relaxed. He began to lead a few people to wander around the exhibition. It was not long before the opening time, and basically all the stalls had already taken out the doujinshi for sale. Kyosuke and his friends walked aimlessly while looking at the different doujinshi on each stall.
"I'm really sorry to bother you Kyousuke this time. I was so busy every time I participated in the holy war. In order to buy the doujinshi, I basically didn't have time to stop and rest except in the queue. This is the first time I can participate in the CM so leisurely."
"So why don't we just come to Weber-san's place right from the start? And with their help, we don't have to get up so early."
Kirino still felt resentful towards Kyosuke for waking her up so early in the morning.
"So you are so content to accept their help?" Kuroneko frowned and looked at Kirino, "They are just helping us out for the sake of senior."
"What? You sound like it's something great."
Kirino also realized that there was something wrong with what she said, and she pouted and complained quietly.
"It's nothing, actually. Those guys just want to cast a wide net to buy goods." Kyosuke seemed unconcerned. "Otherwise, why would that guy attend the exhibition at all?"
"what?"
"Didn't you notice?" Kyosuke picked up a medieval knight book and flipped through it. "The things on that stall are all sold at a loss. If he didn't find a place to make up for the losses, how could that guy, with his shrewdness, agree to let his boss come over to set up a stall and follow him here? You can see that after the holy war, those high-priced popular books displayed in the second-hand shops were mostly sold by Weber. This guy has been making a profit for half a year even if he makes the difference. Otherwise, why do you think he agreed so quickly?"
"Hmm... Is this the adult world?" Saori looked embarrassed, "It feels so realistic."
"Well, that guy was just driven crazy by his boss, but he's a nice guy. ... I want this, thank you."
Kyosuke pulled out his wallet, took out two banknotes from it and handed them to the stall owner.
"Hey, what did you buy?" Kirino snatched Kyosuke's notebook, "You are not allowed to buy perverted things."
"This is a fan fiction for all ages. What on earth are you thinking about?"
Kyosuke curled his lips and flicked Kirino on the forehead.
Would I tell others that I have asked Kong Lao Er to help me buy some restricted books?
"I think Kirito-kun is a little too harsh on Kyousuke. If he continues to be so oppressive, Kyousuke might become like the one in the previous book."
Hearing Saori's words, Kirino couldn't help but think of Alexander's stressful figure just now. She quickly stuffed the notebook in her hand back into Kyosuke's hand, and then rubbed the goose bumps on her arms desperately with her hands.
"Saori, stop talking."
"Sorry, sorry."
Saori scratched her head and laughed, not showing any guilt at all.
"Well..."
Kirino looked at Saori with red eyes. Kyosuke gently put his hand on her head and comforted her: "Don't worry, I am a normal person and I won't do that kind of thing. So you don't have to be like this."
"That's your business."
Kirino was very upset that Kyosuke treated her like a child again. She waved her hand away and walked ahead.
"Hey, be careful, don't walk around at this time!"
Kyosuke hurriedly took the change from the stall owner, put it in his wallet without even counting it, and chased after Kirino.
"What are you doing?"
"It's almost ten o'clock. It's very dangerous for you to do this." Kyosuke pulled Kirino to the right side of the stairs on the second floor, "Wait here for a while and leave after the opening."
“Is there any event for the opening?”
"Yeah, there's a show called Dead Rising."
Kyousuke said cheerfully with a malicious smile.
"Well, I can only say that this is a reserved program for every session." Saori leaned on the railing and looked at the entrance of the exhibition. "I am a part of it every year. This time, watching it from an outsider's perspective is also a different experience."
"You are just gloating over other people's misfortune."
The black cat complained coldly.
Kirino didn't like the situation where she was the only one kept in the dark, "What are you guys talking about again?"
"You'll know when you see it. Look, it's starting."
Kyousuke pointed down.
I just heard the broadcast of the exhibition staff starting to play the entrance instructions: "The venue is about to be opened, please enter in order, and don't run."
Then Kirino saw a staff member carefully walk to the exhibition gate and press the button to open the gate, and then he dodged to the side as fast as he could, as if something was chasing him from behind.
“Is it necessary to be so exaggerated?”
Before Kirino could finish her words, she heard a thudding sound coming from afar, as if something was moving underground.
"What's going on? Is there any construction going on somewhere?"
Saori explained Kirino's confusion, "This is the opening sprint. Although one person's footsteps are not loud, but if thousands of people run together."
"Wait a minute, didn't you just say not to run?"
"It's like everyone holding hands and running a red light. In this case, if one person starts running, the others will follow."
Just as Saori's words were explained on the spot, countless people began to pour into the venue from the gate, and the originally empty exhibition hall suddenly turned into a sea of people.
PS: Three updates are done. Let me tell you about the update plan for this month and next month. Because I am temporarily unemployed during this period, I have to spend a lot more time writing than before. And now I have no salary and I rely on writing to make a living, so I will write more. So the current plan is to update twice a day, 2k or 4k per chapter, and there will be an extra update every two days on weekdays, just like these two days. I hope everyone can continue to support Mi-chan. _(:з」∠)_
Chapter 112 Mordred: Determined to break up Sayuri's marriage
Kyosuke's description of the entrance as a zombie siege was not an exaggeration at all. At least in Kirino's opinion, the crowd in front of him was really nothing but crowded. Especially when they were about to take the escalator from the second floor to the first floor, the magnificent scene of the hall was in full view.
Facing the scene where the wide passage was flooded with people, Kirino couldn't help but complain: "It really feels like a heat wave is coming just by looking at it."
"Huh? You haven't applied the cold patch yet?"
Kirino rolled her eyes at Kyosuke who was standing next to her, "Of course I did, but that crowd looks hot."
Kyosuke glanced at the crowd below and felt that what his sister said did make some sense.
"Well, there's nothing we can do about it. After all, we can't let Lu Bu rush down and use his unparalleled skills, right?"
Saori, who was standing one block away from Kyosuke, felt a little strange after hearing Kyosuke's complaints, "Hey? Kyosuke actually likes Lu Bu? I thought a guy like Kyosuke would like Zhao Yun more."
"Well... I'm just more familiar with the guy named Lu." Kyosuke didn't say much, he quickly changed the subject, "Let's go to Eriri's stall first and take care of the white-haired guy's commission. After that, it's our own free time."
Kirino wasn't very interested in Kyosuke's suggestion, "Hey? Do you want to go together? Wouldn't it be fine if you just go find the golden retriever alone?"
"Saori and Kuroneko have helped Eriri before, after all. It wouldn't be nice not to go and say hello now that they're here. And you can see there are so many people here. If we act separately, we won't know how we'll meet up later."
"Cut~"
"Ah, I am somewhat interested in the stall of [Kashiwagi Eri]. Although I have always collected her books, I always asked other friends to help bring them to me. I have never been there myself. Xiaotongtong, please consider it as fulfilling one of my wishes."
"...Okay, I get it."
Kirino knew that she had no choice but to go, so after Saori handed her the stairs, she went down.
As mentioned before, Eriri's booth is not actually very big, but there are quite a few people here. Compared to Lao Xing's booth which seems to have few people but many books, Eriri's booth obviously has a feeling of having more people but few books.
This doesn't mean that there are many people lining up to buy books, although the line of customers has been very long in less than 20 minutes since the opening. As long as it is inside the booth, it feels too crowded. In this booth, which is not much bigger than Lao Xing's, there are 5 people squeezed in. Eriri's family of three plus Xiaomo and Mashu are not less than one.
If it were just that, it would just be a little crowded. The biggest problem is Mordred, the naughty kid who makes trouble everywhere.
"Hey, this is your notebook--um..."
Mr. Spencer was about to hand a fan book to the customer in front of him, but was elbowed back by Xiao Mo who was standing next to him.
"Here, this is yours."
After Xiao Mo stuffed the fan fiction book into the hands of the customer whose mouth was twitching, he turned around and looked at Mr. Spencer with a smug look.
"You can't even hold a book steady, why are you still making trouble here? You should just go backstage and do the hard labor."
Mordred's ridicule made Mr. Spencer look a little ugly. He was about to retort when Sayuri spoke first, "Honey, what are you doing there with Mo-chan? Come over and help! Everyone is so busy, why are you the only one left?"