374. Would Some Big Shot Add Me to Their Reading List? *Sobs* / 375. A Wild Bunny Girl Appears!

Then, the people I contacted by phone were all normal people.

As Shuya asked about each item one by one, thinking that there might be no problem in the office, his gaze fell on several large piles of magazines in the corner.

Chapter 401, page 374: Anyone want to add me to their reading list? sobs

"What are those?... Hmm, our past magazines? Why are you looking at them?"

"... Um?"

Hirai Ryuji suddenly froze.

He tapped his head, looking troubled, and said, "Yeah, why did I suddenly take it out to look at it? I haven't had any time these past few days!"

"This..."

Shuya was secretly delighted.

Finally, a discovery has been made.

After thinking for a moment, Hirai Ryuji said uncertainly, "It seems... a few days ago, I suddenly felt nostalgic for old magazines, so I looked up a lot of past issues."

"Then after a while, my enthusiasm waned, and I completely forgot about the magazines, just leaving them in a corner like this?"

Hirai Ryuji was initially puzzled, but the more he spoke, the more normal his expression became.

It seemed that his previous reasoning had successfully convinced him.

Shuya didn't remind him, but simply said, "Thank you, I found what I was looking for. May I take these magazines out to look at?"

"That's possible, that's possible..."

Thanks.

Shuya nodded, took a pile of magazines, and left his office.

Hirai Ryuji watched his retreating figure with a puzzled expression, but didn't ask any further questions.

"Inoue- kun, have you found a clue?"

When Yukino saw him carrying so many magazines, she immediately came over to greet him.

"That's right."

After moving the magazines to the rest area, Shuya told Yukino what had just happened.

She nodded. "... I didn't expect you to actually find a clue. Let's take a look together."

"Um."

He and Yukino sat down and flipped through the magazine together.

But they hadn't been looking at it for long when some officials told them to go back to taking pictures.

They had no choice but to put their things down temporarily.

Around 8 p. m., they successfully finished taking photos, and their work for the day was finally done.

Hirai Ryuji must have noticed that Shuya and Yukino don't come often, so he took this opportunity to take a lot of photos, which is why it dragged on until so late.

Even after the photo shoot, neither of them intended to leave; they stayed in the rest area studying magazines.

Hirai Ryuji ignored them and continued working as usual, only asking the gentry to bring them two cups of coffee.

"So, did you find anything?"

"No."

Shuya asked Yukino, but she just shook her head.

They've been watching for over an hour.

It's past nine o'clock at night now.

They weren't looking quickly because they didn't know where the clues were hidden.

If you have no clue what to do, you can only look at it word by word.

Don't assume that fashion magazines are all pictures; they contain many articles that explain clothing combinations and makeup techniques in detail.

There's quite a bit of text.

Some issues also feature columns that seem unrelated to fashion, such as answering readers' relationship questions, horoscope readings, and daily fortune telling. These are all new ideas that suddenly came to Hirai Ryuji.

Reading every single word carefully is a huge amount of work.

"Shu-chan, Yukino- chan, are you still going to watch? We're about to leave work."

Hirai Ryuji sneaked over.

"Huh? Sorry, we haven't finished watching yet."

Shuya the Way.

"Excuse me, could you give us a little more time?"

Yukino apologetically.

"Uh---I have an appointment later, so I can't stay with you guys..."

"We don't need you to come with us. We'll close the door for you after we're done watching."

Shuya the Way.

Hirai Ryuji scratched his head. "Then you might as well take it back and keep an eye on it. There's no need to leave it here."

Yukino asked, "... Is it really okay?"

"Sure, of course. It's not like it's anything precious... Well, some issues are quite valuable though. Just don't lose them."

"It won't get lost, don't worry."

Shuya said, "Then we'll take it? We'll return it to you after we've finished reading it."

"Good."

After finishing speaking, Hirai Ryuji asked, "Should I call you a car? It'll be hard for two people to carry all that."

"No need, I can call it myself."

"Oh well."

After finishing speaking, Shuya called his men, and soon a car arrived. He and Yukino quickly loaded all the magazines into the car.

After returning home, they didn't even bother to rest or take a shower before flipping through magazines again.

When I came to my senses, it was already six o'clock on Sunday morning.

Shuya and Hirai Ryuji have been running a fashion magazine for several years now, with a considerable number of issues published, resulting in a large amount of text.

I spent the whole night meticulously researching and reading, and still hadn't finished.

If he hadn't been physically strong, he wouldn't have been able to persevere.

However, even though his body can still handle it, his mind can't take it anymore; he feels like he can't even read anymore.

Yukino rubbed her head, which was covered in writing, and said, "... Let's rest for a while. We can't keep pushing ourselves."

She exclaimed, "Looking at it like this, I feel like my makeup skills have evolved dramatically!"

Yukino doesn't usually wear makeup; she looks beautiful even without it.

She had no interest in studying these things.

As for clothing choices... she looks good in everything.

After seeing so much uninteresting stuff, she felt like her head was about to explode.

If even she's like that, it goes without saying that Shuya has absolutely no interest in makeup.

"I feel like I could be a beauty vlogger."

Shuya's eyes were dead.

"It's already this late... Hmm? I don't think I showered yesterday?"

Yukino's face immediately turned ugly. She couldn't bear this fact, so she got up, quickly went upstairs, grabbed a change of clothes, and rushed into the bathroom.

She didn't take a bath, so she came out quickly.

Shuya didn't really care about taking a shower, but Yukino forced him to go to the bathroom, otherwise she couldn't accept it physically.

Instead of continuing to read the magazine, she chose to make breakfast to relieve her fatigue.

Shuya finished washing up and came out; a simple breakfast was already prepared.

The two continued reading magazines after they finished eating, and by noon they had finally finished reading all of them.

However, they still couldn't find anything wrong.

This conclusion instantly silenced the atmosphere.

Yukino leaned back in her chair, her eyes vacant.

Shuya lay face down on the table, covering his head with a magazine.

After a long silence, Yukino sighed:

"Are we going in the wrong direction?"

"Maybe... Besides, after looking at so much data, our brains are already stiff, and we can't analyze anything anymore."

Even extraordinary individuals are not omnipotent.

Yukino nodded deeply. "That's right, we need to find a way to narrow down the scope further."

Surely not every magazine has a lead?

She said.

Shuya said, "I'll call Uncle Hirai and see what he thinks."

After he finished speaking, he called Hirai Ryuji.

"Hey, Hirai. Hirai, I have a question for you."

"What?"

Shuya cut to the chase. "Of the magazines I took yesterday, which issues were you particularly interested in?"

"Care about? Of course, it's the issues with the highest sales!"

Hirai Ryuji answered without hesitation.

Sales figures...?

Yukino nodded thoughtfully; this was indeed a very good direction for a breakthrough.

"Uncle Hirai, could you give me the sales figures for each issue?"

"Sure, wait a moment, I'll have someone send the information to you."

Thanks.

Shuya thanked him and then hung up.

The documents arrived shortly afterward.

Shuya and Yukino compared the data with the relevant issues and selected a batch with particularly outstanding sales figures.

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Chapter 402, page 375: A wild bunny girl has appeared!

When a list of magazines with exceptionally high sales was compiled, Shuya and Yukino felt a special connection.