The only male protagonist in variety comics

Because it was related to Kasumigaoka Shiu, Yuuki Rito went out of his way to collect information about the Rouge Club. Naturally, he did not simply use the Internet to search like ordinary people, but actually used the power of Bunko and even the Tenjoin Foundation to collect information about this club. related information.

Unless it is a non-existent guy, or an existence with hands and eyes that are all-powerful and whose status is higher than that of the Tenjo-in Foundation, with the power of the Tenjo-in Foundation, more or less valuable things can be collected.

The Rouge Society was investigated clearly in a very short period of time.

Yuki Rito was a little surprised. It turned out that before this, the Rouge Club was able to maintain its mystery in Bunko. It was not that Bunko couldn't reveal its mystery, but that Bunko respected its partners and didn't do so.

There really isn’t much privacy in this internet age.

The absolute leader of the Rouge Society is Akane Benisaka. This is her pen name and code name. Her real name is Akane Kosaka.

Nowadays, compared to his real name, Akane Benisaka's name is more well-known.

A few years ago, this was the name of a book《The name of the author of the light novel"The Cardinal of Gotanda".

Back when Sword Art Online and other excellent light novels had not yet appeared, Gotanda's Cardinal, a female-oriented work published by Rokushosha, a niche publishing house outside the three major libraries, spent more than half a year. The three volumes sold a total of one million copies.

Although now, this result is only very good, not completely top-notch, but at the time, it was an unprecedented high sales volume in the Six Holy Society and even the entire light novel industry.

Akane Hongsaka felt grateful that it was the Six Holy Society that brought her to that point, so according to the publisher's wishes, she did not agree to the request of the three major libraries to transfer the copyright of her work to them and then animate it.

From the perspective of Rokuseisha, they do not want to give up their excellent works to others, but from Akane Benisaka's perspective, they actually agree to the requirements of the three major libraries in order to achieve better development.

Akane Hongsaka knows this, but she is more emotional than her career, and is grateful for the Six Holy Society's help to her.

The work of getting Gotanda's Cardinal animated was entirely handled by the Rokushosha. Even if this light novel is good enough, sales of millions are not enough to make the superior capitalists put down their arrogance and negotiate and invest in the small Rokushosha. The Six Holy Society did not obtain much funding.

Therefore, from the beginning, animation has only played the role of filling the gaps in the broadcast schedule. The painting, music, dubbing, plot distribution, everything is a shoddy product, and it is a complete shit job.

The failure of the animation caused a chain reaction, and even fans of the original work gave up on the original work because the reality did not match the ideal.

The Cardinal of Gotanda, who was brilliant for a while, fell into the abyss.

After being hit by this, Akane Kurisaka seemed to be a changed person, using contracts to protect his works. Once the publisher did not abide by the contract, he would transfer all the copyrights of the works to other publishers regardless of favors.

Rokuseisha, and even many other small publishing houses, have become victims of a series of actions carried out by Akane Kurisaka, who has changed his temperament. The three major libraries are not among them, because the three major libraries, as the industry leaders, will not I agree with Akane Benisaka's contract. Her works are indeed excellent, but they are not to the point where the three major libraries have to bow their heads, even the three major libraries that were once far less powerful than they are now.

While Hongsaka Akane was creating, he looked for talented people among the people, brought them under his command, established the Rouge Society, and identified capable companies, using honorable or dishonorable means to seize talents.

Judging from the time, Akane Benisaka wrote Gotanda's Cardinal during her college years, and her temperament changed drastically because of this female-oriented light novel. Unlike other works that were later made into multimedia by Akane Hongsaka, this work has no other works. Any subsequent development, but it can be determined that it has a transcendent status in Hongsaka Akane's heart. If you want to annex the Rouge Society by conventional means, it is recommended to use this as an entry point.

Sitting in a room in the core area of ​​the library that visitors are not allowed to enter, Yuki Rito smiled as he looked at the information in his hands and the final conclusions and suggestions put forward by the department responsible for collecting information.

From a character who lacked professionalism and only devoted himself to work out of interest to a character who now has a strong and twisted careerism and almost wiped out his own interests, Akane Benisaka is a bit extreme.

Yuki Rito, who was temporarily aroused by Benisaka Akane's experience, raised his head and looked at the department leader who had been waiting beside him.

"How long will it take to hand over to me the contents of the three volumes of the light novel Gotanda: The Cardinal, the animation, and the information about the Six Holy Shrines?"

"immediately!"

The middle-aged man in his forties with some gray hair showed his prepared confidence and excitement. He waved to his subordinates waiting outside the door. Soon, three old but well-preserved light novels were handed over. , the laptop playing the animation, and another stack of documents were brought to Yuuki Rito.

"If you think it is necessary, we can also find the former president of the Six Holy Society, the editor who was responsible for Akane Benisaka's light novel Gotanda's Cardinal. I think you don't need to wait too long. Currently he is in China."

Listening to this middle-aged man, even when abroad, he only spends some time flying. Although Liu Shengshe is a niche, he is also the former president of a large company, and he seems to be casual. It’s as if you’re on call.

Seeing Yuuki Rito’s question, the middle-aged man who stood extremely upright explained.

"Liushengshe has been secretly fully acquired by our Fantasia library a few days ago. Because the funds required are not large, we did not ask for your instructions. I am very sorry! The current president of Liushengshe is the son of the former president. If we use some small means, we have the ability to make him lose everything. The former president, who is well aware of this, will not go against our opinions and has contacted us before. He said he would cooperate with all our actions, but he didn't know yet that we were investigating Akane Benisaka."

Why do you feel like the current Fantasia Bunko is like a villain?

However, this feeling is not annoying.

Looking at this unexpectedly foresighted and equally efficient middle-aged man, Yuki Rito grinned.

"Your name is?"

"Akira Hyōdo, currently the director of the Information Technology Department of Fantasia Bunko"

"I remember that the Information Technology Department does not have a clear function of collecting intelligence. It is the job of the Strategic Planning Department to deal with relationships with other competitors, and it is the responsibility of the Human Resources Department to collect information down to the individual level. I think in the existing An additional intelligence department has been established outside each department, responsible for collecting valuable information on companies, individuals and products, analyzing and applying it, and cooperating with the work of other departments. You will also serve as the director. Is Minister Hyodo confident to take on more work?"

"yes! It will definitely live up to your expectations!"