In mid-August, the sumr vacation was already halfway over.
After the banquet that night, Shinra stayed overnight at Old Master Mori's mansion. The next day, he returned to Chiba with Uncle Li.
The main reason was that Old Master Mori had a very tight schedule and had to fly to another country the next day. Although Shinra had received special permission from the Old Master to stay as long as he wanted, in the entire mansion, apart from him and the service staff, there was no one else he knew. It was boring to stay alone, so he simply went back ho.
In addition, regarding the strategic developnt report Shinra wrote earlier, Old Master Mori would convene a board eting later to discuss it, and there was a high probability that a part of it would be implented.
As for why only a part and not all of it would be implented... that was because so of the remaining key industries had to be handled by their own people.
Although the Mori Conglorate bore the Mori na, in reality, the conglorate did not consist solely of mbers of the Mori clan; there were also external mbers.
As the saying goes: Outside the party there are no parties, that is imperial thinking; inside the party there are no factions, that is strange indeed.
In any organization of sufficient size, there can never be only one voice. Especially in an international conglorate like the Mori Conglorate, the forces involved could be described as intricate and complex, and these people were not necessarily of one mind with the Mori Conglorate.
As the proposer of the plan, Shinra could secure a certain share, whether in the internal projects of the conglorate or the internal projects of the family.
It was just that because Shinra was currently too weak, his share in the conglorate would be handled by his great uncle on his behalf, while the family side could be handled by him personally, since he had the Old Master's support.
Or rather, Shinra had to handle it personally. The essence of this project was actually the family's cultivation of Shinra.
After all, an SSR-level talent had finally appeared among the younger generation of the family, and he was the direct grandson of his own younger brother. Old Master Mori would never allow Shinra to waste his ti.
In fact, when Old Master Mori made this arrangent, there was considerable opposition within the family. The vast majority of the opposition felt that Shinra was too young to shoulder such a heavy responsibility.
Then, all these voices were suppressed by Shinra's biological grandfather, the Second Master of the Mori family... Er, rather than suppressed, it would be better to say they were scolded into silence.
Compared to the steady and prudent Old Master Mori, Second Master Mori's temperant was much more fiery. Having been a soldier in his early years, he couldn't tolerate any nonsense. He knew clearly that the opposition in the family claid Shinra was too young for the responsibility, but in reality, they just felt that if Shinra took more, they would get less.
But these good-for-nothings didn't consider that without Shinra, they wouldn't even have the chance to take anything.
Therefore, after scolding them, Second Master Mori very bluntly laid down the law, saying that if they didn't support it, the second branch could go it alone.
Second Master Mori's original words were: "Giving you little punks a sip of soup, and instead of being grateful, you want to kick aside the pot to eat the at? Go eat sh*t!"
It was only because they were relatives that there were many things Second Master Mori couldn't say. If this were outside, Second Master Mori would have long since launched a saturation strike centered on the family mbers with a radius of the genealogy book.
Even with half his vocabulary sealed, Second Master Mori still scolded the opposition within the clan until they were bloody (figuratively), so much so that as the clan head, Old Master Mori had to step in to smooth things over for the sake of internal unity.
Then, with one brother playing the bad cop and the other playing the good cop, the matter was settled.
And Shinra, the person involved, was actually the last to know the news.
Ridiculous.
Fortunately, considering his studies, Shinra currently only needed to review the work progress every so often and grasp the general direction; he didn't need to do everything himself.
And for a cheater player in Earth OL, this work was a piece of cake, with no pressure at all.
Overall, it felt to Shinra like playing a business simulation ga. He was responsible for setting goals, and then soone would help achieve them.
However, compared to a ga, the situation in reality was more complex and diverse. His instructions wouldn't be directly adopted and applied like in a ga; they required further etings and discussions to confirm their rationality before being implented.
It is worth ntioning that because Shinra's strategic developnt plan was adopted, the Miura family's electric company was also held by Mori International, and Shinra himself truly beca the direct superior of Yumiko's father.
Now Yumiko really has beco the subordinate's daughter.
...
"Phew... Work is done. Next is the daily exercise session." Shinra closed his laptop and went to the gym next to the study.
Although called a gym, it was actually just a storage room for sundries before. After Shinra obtained the ability 'Current Control', he cleared it out to use as a gym.
After all, Shinra's way of exercising was different from normal people. Normally, people exercise by training muscle groups heavily, combined with various supplents to achieve fitness results. So radicals even bring frequent bad news to the fitness circle due to improper drug use.
Shinra, however, didn't rely on exercise or drugs at all. He relied on electricity!
In previous attempts, Shinra discovered that when an external current passed through his body, an '↑' symbol would appear in the Physique column of his system panel.
This was the first ti Shinra had seen this symbol since the car accident. It also ant that Shinra had mastered another thod to improve his physique besides adding wish-power points.
Before this, Shinra had tried to improve his physique through external ans, but whether due to problematic exercise thods or because ordinary exercise was no longer effective for his current physique, Shinra had tried everything and failed to make the '↑' symbol appear in the Physique column of the system panel.
After obtaining the 'Current Control' ability, Shinra connected to an external current through a transforr, ensuring his own safety.
During this period, Shinra would keep staring at his system panel. As long as a '↓' symbol appeared in the Physique column, he would imdiately stop the test.
Shinra's original intention was to see where his limit was through this thod, but he unexpectedly discovered a new path to improve his physique.
Although 'getting stronger by being electrocuted' sounded even more wicked than the Power of Nine Dragons, that was the situation.
In addition, Shinra also found that through electric shocks, his control over the current would also be correspondingly improved, and the effect was even stronger than simply discharging electricity.
After many attempts, Shinra finally established a unique training thod for himself: getting shocked while discharging electricity. With this two-pronged approach, Shinra's control over 'electricity' could be said to be increasing day by day.
Even old electricians couldn't compare to him.
He dared to touch live wires that old electricians wouldn't dare touch!
How could that not count as being better than an old electrician?
After testing, Shinra found that the 110V voltage in Japan posed basically no threat to him. Apart from making him feel a bit numb, there were no adverse reactions. It wasn't until it was increased to 220V that Shinra felt obvious pain.
Currently, the voltage Shinra used during body training was maintained at around 220V. However, Shinra could clearly feel that as his training ti increased, the pain brought by the 220V voltage was gradually weakening.
In the case where the Physique value did not improve significantly, this phenonon indicated that Shinra's control over the current was gradually strengthening.
Because only by controlling the current could he limit the damage of the current to his body.
In a sense, Shinra had preliminarily developed a cultivation thod unique to him.
Although a bit primitive, it was a leap from 0 to 1, from nothing to sothing.
Precisely because of this, Shinra had been living quite a fulfilling life recently. Almost every day after finishing his tasks, he would dive into the gym and not co out until his spiritual power was almost consud.
Today should have been the sa, but because he had a date with Mai-senpai, Shinra could only simply electrify himself for a while to warm up. As for further training, he would have to wait until he returned from the date.
Speaking of which, a hidden benefit of 'Current Control' had to be ntioned: even if Shinra didn't shower, he could keep his body in a fairly clean state.
After all, it was hard to imagine what kind of bacteria and viruses could remain active in such a high-intensity current environnt.
However, clean as he was, Shinra was still accustod to rinsing his body with water in the bathroom after every workout.
Changing into clean and tidy clothes, Shinra put his keys, wallet, and phone in his pocket, then went out for the appointnt.
This seed to be the first ti Shinra had gone out in days.
Yukino had stayed at her family ho since the end of the last training camp and hadn't returned. As for Sakurajima Mai, due to work reasons, she finally had free ti today to date him.
Because of the hot weather, neither Shinra nor Mai really wanted to go out. Compared to going shopping, they preferred to sit in a cool place to read and chat, so the two decided to have the date at Mai's house.
Taking a taxi, Shinra quickly arrived downstairs at Mai's apartnt.
Just as he walked into the apartnt building, Shinra saw Miss Mai, whom he had only seen on his phone recently.
"Miss Mai actually ca downstairs personally to pick up, I'm so happy..."
"What strange things are you saying now?"
Seeing Shinra, Mai's expression beca sowhat joyful, but one point needed correction: she wasn't waiting for him.
"Although it's true I ca downstairs, it wasn't actually to pick you up."
"Taking out the trash?"
"No."
"Picking up a package?"
"Generally speaking, aren't they delivered to the door?"
Now it was Shinra's turn to be puzzled. Since she wasn't picking him up, and it wasn't an activity requiring going downstairs like taking out trash or picking up packages, why was Mai downstairs?
"To pick up a friend." Mai revealed the answer.
"So it's not a world for two?!" Shinra's pupils quaked.
"It is a world for two, but we have to wait until she leaves."
Actually, Mai didn't want their world for two to be disturbed either. But because she had agreed with the other party to et up during the sumr vacation, and due to work reasons, it had dragged on until today. Since she had to shoot a comrcial tomorrow and had no ti, they could only clash.
However, it was also a good opportunity to introduce her new friend to Shinra, to show this guy that she wasn't unable to make friends before, she just didn't want to.
"Who is she?" Shinra's tone at this mont was exactly like a wife discovering her husband's affair—resentful, yet mixed with sadness and helplessness.
Mai found Shinra's dramatic performance sowhat amusing and quickly replied, "My new friend, a junior at school. Like you, she's in her second year of high school."
"A student of Minegahara High School?"
"Yes. Speaking of which, it's related to you."
"Related to ?"
"Mm, we t through the scholarship you established. Her na is Futaba Rio."
Because of 'Eidetic mory', upon hearing this na, the corresponding image imdiately appeared in Shinra's mind.
"It's her." Shinra rembered this girl. Last ti when he went to Minegahara High School to deal with Mai's Adolescence Syndro, he had t her in the cafeteria.
At that ti, because the student als were sold out, Shinra used a teacher's al card to treat her to lunch. Because of the al card, she seed to have mistaken him for a teacher.
Their interaction wasn't much; at best, it was a passing acquaintance. If Shinra hadn't kept 'Eidetic mory' on at that ti for fear of ignoring Mai's existence again, he probably wouldn't have rembered such a person.
Even though her figure was indeed sowhat exaggerated.
"You know her?" Mai hadn't expected Shinra to know her.
"Sort of. I treated her to a al before," Shinra replied.
Hearing this, Mai narrowed her eyes. He even treated her to a al? When did that happen? How co she didn't know?
"When was this?" Mai never hid anything regarding such matters and asked directly.
"That day I went with you to Minegahara High School to handle scholarship matters. At noon, because the student als were sold out, I saw her standing pitifully at the food window, so I used the teacher's al card to get her a bowl of ran."
"If you really count it, I knew her earlier than you."
"Is that so..." Mai's expression relaxed slightly. So it was just because of that.
"What did you think?" Shinra asked back playfully.
"I thought you were acting on lust again."
Mai's worry was not unreasonable. Although Futaba Rio usually dressed 'plainly', her assets were substantial enough.
n, they always like big ones.
Mai herself was actually considered big, but compared to Futaba Rio, it was insignificant.
That was a true 'baby-faced big-breasted' girl.
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