Assassination

"Little Fox, are you that amazing?"

Hyakka picked up the Little Fox and rubbed its snow-white fur against it.

The Little Fox revealed a proud expression. "Eek!"

"Awesome my ass."

Shuya sneered, and the Little Fox immediately fell silent.

After the meal, Haruno took out a game console and played with Hyakka -chan, intending to comfort her wounded heart.

Haruno doesn't play games often; he spends most of his time studying voice acting.

Hyakka -chan and Yukino don't play often either, but their skill levels are about the same.

Shuya played with them for a while, and then the three girls went to take a bath together.

The bathroom in this villa is quite large.

In addition to the shared bathroom, each room also has its own private shower facilities.

Shuya didn't think much of it; he could afford it, he just wasn't interested.

He went back to his room to take a shower.

He felt quite dirty after running around all day.

After leisurely finishing his bath, Shuya went to the living room and turned on the big TV to watch the news, but he didn't see any new information yet.

After watching for a while, the three of them came out of the bath.

Shuya glanced at them; their pajamas were quite conservative, probably because they were taking into account the presence of men.

Haruno called out, "Shu-chan, let's go to sleep."

"Okay, do as you please."

Shuya nodded to them and watched them go upstairs.

It looks like Hyakka- chan will be sleeping with the Yukinoshita Sisters tonight.

Shuya checked his phone to see if he had received a call from Great Hua before going to sleep.

The next day, Shuya woke up at four o'clock and exercised in the villa's garden.

He didn't specifically inform Shizuka Hiratsuka, and the two of them didn't agree to exercise every day.

Occasionally, there will still be instances of absence.

Since Shuya had promised to protect Sonoo Hyakka, he naturally wouldn't leave so easily.

He practiced silently, Yukino joined him at five o'clock.

The two engaged in practical combat exercises.

A moment later, Yukino suddenly asked, "Inoue- kun, how is Rena's situation?"

Shuya said, "I asked my friends in Great Hua, and we're waiting for news now."

"Really? I hope for good news."

Yukino offered him a word of comfort.

I hope so.

Shuya nodded.

Yukino hesitated for a moment, considering what to say, when she saw Haruno walk over to join the training.

After the three finished their cultivation, they woke up Hyakka to have breakfast together.

Hyakka was supposed to work today, but she took the day off.

Now is definitely not the time to work.

Haruno has no scheduled activities today, Shuya had a voice acting role, but he declined.

Shuya spent the whole morning with them.

Everyone could see that Hyakka Jiang was only forcing a smile; her face clearly showed her distress.

In the afternoon, Hanazawa Sakura suddenly sent a text message asking Shuya to watch TV.

He opened it immediately after seeing it, and Hyakka and the others gathered around.

"Mom, Dad?"

Hyakka Jiang was surprised.

On television, the two bowed deeply and then announced an incredibly surprising piece of news.

Just as the popular voice Yusho Sakura, who was at the height of her career, announced her retirement from the voice acting industry, she will retire next year.

Reporters on the scene, industry professionals, and fans watching the live broadcast were all in an uproar.

Countless people were outraged.

Finally, to Shuya's surprise, Yusho Sakura also mentioned that her last leading role in an anime was in a new anime directed by Inoue Hikoo, and asked everyone to support it, saying that she would do her best to complete the final voice acting, and so on.

Shuya stunned.

This promotional campaign had a strong resemblance to advertising cereal for funeral parlors, but the results were phenomenal.

Everyone immediately knew that Inoue Hikoo was going to release a new film.

Yusho Sakura was indeed very shrewd, but unfortunately, she made one wrong step and ended up in this situation.

It's a real shame that Shuya.

"Mom has actually been considering retiring."

Sonoo Hyakka noticed Shuya's expression and said softly.

Shuya, "Why? Isn't she at the peak of her popularity?"

"Yes, but Mom works so hard."

Hyakka Jiang sighed, "The high-intensity work every day is bad enough, but I also have to deal with stalker harassment, disgusting gifts from perverts, and every single day someone calls the agency asking for my mother's address and phone number, demanding to meet her."

"Strangers often strike up conversations with my mother, take photos of her without her consent, and even... the most frightening thing is that my mother has received many death threats."

"Even without what happened now, Mom would probably have chosen to retire anyway. She would most likely have announced it at next year's live stream. What happened now is like a catalyst."

Sonoo Hyakka revealed the horrifying truth.

This is the price of popularity.

Just like those sasaeng fans who illegally broke into Shuya's house back then.

The troubles of celebrities.

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Yusho Sakura's retirement caused the whole incident to begin to fade in popularity.

The ensuing battle mainly turned into a war of words between fans.

Inoue Hikoo was also Yusho Sakura's move, but since it had come to this, he took the opportunity to start promoting Sakura anime and scheduled it for October.

It's certainly a pity that Yusho Sakura retired at the height of her career, but for outsiders like Shuya, it's nothing more than a topic of conversation over tea.

Of course, I would never dare to mention it in front of Hyakka Jiang.

The Yusho Sakura couple had many chores to handle and were looking for a house, so they were too busy to take care of their daughter and let Hyakka Jiang continue to stay at the Yukinoshita Family.

Shuya also went along.

During this time, he was very careful not to trigger any lucky pervert incidents, but he couldn't resist the nagging little devil Haruno, coming over to deliver things.

Shuya is now very open and doesn't reject her various flirting attempts.

He felt that Haruno liked him, but Haruno hadn't admitted it, so they were in a very ambiguous stage.

She knew that Shuya thinking about Rena.

But Haruno didn't care and seemed to be enjoying this dangerous relationship.

... What an interesting woman.

On the last day of August, Shuya and Haruno, who were about to start school the next day, stayed in their room playing a secret, forbidden game.

It's impossible to describe exactly what was done.

After some playful banter, Haruno washed her hands and went back to her room.

Shuya knew that this kind of relationship was very unhealthy.

But the girl doesn't care, so why should he?

I can just marry her, since the Earth Federation practices polygamy anyway.

Shuya didn't seem to care much.

As for Rena... he hasn't figured out how to deal with her yet.

He was still somewhat self-destructive.

September 1st marks the end of summer vacation.

Shuya and Hyakka rode together to school in the car belonging to the Yukinoshita Sisters.

There's not much to say about going to school.

It's just that Shuya and Yukino were seen going to school together by their classmates, which led to rumors.

Neither of them cared.

Yukino felt that instead of wasting time dealing with them, she should absorb more of the knowledge passed down by the Snow Woman.

Her behavior became increasingly aloof.

At school, Shuya noticed that the Yellow Hair guy had stopped looking at Yukino much; it seemed he had given up?

He had no interest in getting involved.

Yukino never mentioned him, so he must be an unimportant person.

After class, Shuya and Yukino parted ways, and Shuu continued his promotional activities in Akihabara.

Thanks to Yusho Sakura's promotion, the world is filled with curiosity about Cardcaptor Sakura.

People paid even more attention when they learned that Inoue Hikoo was going bankrupt again.

In fact, everyone was just waiting for him to go bankrupt.

Actually, even without the oatmeal from Yusho Sakura's funeral parlor, Inoue Hikoo was probably going to announce the news soon.

After she gave the order, Inoue Hikoo's publicity plan proceeded smoothly.

Shuya's work also became busier.

Animation production has started quickly, and the first episode was recorded yesterday.

Despite her difficult situation, Yusho Sakura remained dedicated to her work and never made a mistake.

This spirit deeply moved Shuya.

Shuya had heard a saying in his past life, "Being an actor is a profession where your parents die today, but you have to go on stage smiling the next day."

Yusho Sakura embodies this spirit.

Shuya didn't have a role in yesterday's recording, but he did go for a visit.

As Shuya guessed, Yusho Sakura will play Sakura, Hanazawa Sakura will play Tomoyo, and Haruno and Hyakka will play Chiharu and Naoko.

Anyway, everyone in the firm gets a share.

For the other roles, they all cast big names, whose acting experience is longer than Shuya's.

Shuya was very excited to watch yesterday's recording.

Being able to participate in the creation of a masterpiece from a past life is truly a wondrous experience.

Shuya put Rena's matter aside for the time being.