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Chapter 51 - YGS [51]

When the customers in the shop who had read the manga were all becoming impatient, eager to know how "Yu-Gi-Oh!" would end—

Luya smiled and reassured them:

"Everyone, don't be anxious…"

"The continuation will be out very soon…"

"There's nothing we can do by rushing it now…"

"I promise, tomorrow everyone will be able to read the next part of the story."

With Luya's promise, the customers finally stopped fussing.

For the people of Liyue, whose entertainment was usually limited to listening to music, bird-watching, or reading, both dueling and this manga were completely novel things.

So they were instantly captivated, unable to pull themselves away.

And for the wealthy of Liyue, who had few entertainment options, Yu-Gi-Oh! dueling happened to fit perfectly.

After two days of promotion, another portion of the rich circles of Liyue had already learned about Yu-Gi-Oh!.

And yesterday, with Keqing visiting the shop, Yu-Gi-Oh!'s fame in Liyue grew even further. As a member of the Liyue Qixing, even during her off-hours, Keqing was closely watched by the upper class.

As the matter of the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga was settled, Xingqiu also returned to normal and remembered that the 700 packs he reserved yesterday still hadn't been collected.

"Boss, the packs I reserved yesterday…"

Xingqiu's words reminded the other customers who had also reserved packs yesterday.

"Boss!"

"And my 20 packs!"

"Me too, I had 30!"

Luya brought out the box of packs… the number displayed on the box showed there were 1988 packs left.

Because the shop had been upgraded yesterday, the daily generation had increased from 1500 packs to 2000.

If everything sold out today, it would bring in 40 million Mora.

On top of that, because the card [Conqueror of Demons – Xiao] had been produced, today's revenue was likely to rise even further.

However, Luya hadn't yet decided on the price of [Conqueror of Demons – Xiao].

He wasn't sure of the success rate of forging the card. If the success rate turned out low, he planned to price it higher.

So Luya decided to use up the remaining 19 sets of materials first before setting a price for [Conqueror of Demons – Xiao].

Even so, customers in the shop had already bid the card's price up to 500,000 Mora per copy…

A clear sign of people's love and passion for Xiao!

Luya first took out Xingqiu's 700 packs and Keqing's 300 packs.

Keqing was still engrossed in reading the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga.

So Luya didn't disturb her…

Watching Keqing so focused on reading, even more serious than when she was working, Luya found this side of her very cute.

He placed Xingqiu's 700 packs in front of him.

But Xingqiu didn't rush to open them. Instead, he took out the reservation slips from yesterday.

He helped Luya distribute the packs to the other customers…

Luya had been fretting over how abstract and hard-to-read Xingqiu's handwriting was.

Now that the owner of the handwriting himself was helping, the problem was solved. Though with careful reading and some guessing, it was still possible to figure out what the characters said.

Still, his handwriting was like something out of Cthulhu Mythos—an indescribable thing that hurt your sanity just by looking at it!

Perhaps Xingqiu might even pull a card of that sort…

With Xingqiu's help, every time an order slip was completed, he crossed off the customer's name on the list, giving the act the feel of crossing names off the Book of Life and Death.

Together, Luya and Xingqiu quickly delivered all the reserved packs from yesterday to the customers.

This batch alone sold 300 packs.

However, a small number of customers who had reserved packs didn't show up… and hadn't paid any deposit. About 100 packs in total…

Luya decided to set those 100 aside, and if the customers still didn't show up by closing time, he would sell them off.

With wealthy customers like Hu Tao, Xiangling, Xingqiu, and Keqing around, he had no worries about selling.

In just ten minutes…

With Xingqiu and Keqing's pre-orders alone making up 1000 packs, plus about 300 sold from the reservation slips yesterday, and another 100 or so sold to walk-in customers—

Out of 1988 packs, only about 600 remained, 100 of which were still reserved.

In other words… 

Another 500 packs sold, and today's sales would basically be finished!

And all this in less than an hour of business… Three-quarters of the main product was already gone.

By the time Luya was almost finished selling the packs, Keqing, Hu Tao, Xiangling, and the others had also finished reading the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga.

They reacted exactly the same as Xingqiu and the earlier customers.

They were eagerly looking forward to the continuation…

"Ah!"

"Shopkeeper! I don't want to wait even a moment for the next story…"

"Hurry and update, without the book to read, I feel so miserable!"

There was nothing Luya could do. For the people of Liyue, with so few entertainment options, this was a powerful temptation…

Just then, a merchant dressed in Inazuma attire walked up to the counter holding a copy of the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga.

He asked, "Boss!"

"Can I buy this book from your shop?!"

The merchant pointed to the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga in his hand.

"I want to take it back to Inazuma! I'm willing to pay 20,000 Mora per copy, and buy 50 copies!"

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