Reborn America, this is my time

Chapter 201 The Wind Rises

Four days ago, I was in Kyoto, the headquarters of Nintendo.

Hiroshi Yamauchi, who combed his black hair meticulously, wore his favorite brown sunglasses, and sat leisurely on the sofa in the office. The short-sleeved shorts and big sandals made the place full of midsummer feeling. In front of him, Hiroshi Imanishi He Arakawa is wearing a suit and leather shoes, showing caution.

Picking up the wine glass on the table and taking a sip, the refreshing feeling made him instinctively squint his eyes and let out a soft hum.

After a long while, after the rich sweetness passed, he asked: "Arakawa, what do you mean, Ethan Jones called you yesterday to urge us to settle Nintendo's sales proceeds for the first half of the year?"

"Yes." Arakawa nodded and said: "After receiving his call, I came back."

"Why?" Hiroshi Yamauchi asked: "You just need to call me for this kind of thing. I will have someone hand over the latest report to you."

The same way of operation as usual made Arakawa nodded, and at the same time he said: "But I think this matter needs to be discussed. Do you remember the phone call I made at the beginning of the year? I told you on the phone, Ethan Jones should be on the lookout."

Speaking of this, Arakawa stopped, and he carefully observed the surroundings with his eyes.

Hiroshi Yamauchi had a calm face, but Hiroshi Konishi nodded and smiled, as if responding.

Such a state also made Arakawa continue to say: "The final situation is also the same. Both Hollywood and Philips have launched fierce attacks on Ethan Jones. Whether it is Destiny Pictures changing partners, or MGM releasing new games, That hit him a little bit.”

These words made Yamauchi Pu's head slightly raised.

Leaning on the sofa, he looked at his son-in-law with a condescending gaze.

His eyes flickered, and he said, "So?"

"So I think Ethan Jones' unsolicited call is a signal."

"A signal that the battle has entered a fierce stage."

Arakawa Minoru looked at Hiroshi Yamauchi seriously.

Although Hiroshi Yamauchi's stern face seems to make the child stop crying, Arakawa is not afraid, after all, he is also a wealthy N-generation.In the case of not joining Nintendo as a married man, Hiroshi Yamauchi is his wife's father, his father-in-law, not the head of the family.

The calmness of the son-in-law made Hiroshi Yamauchi chuckle, and sent the empty cup in his hand forward.

Hiroshi Imanishi, who was sitting across from him, immediately stood up and poured wine for him.

Shaking the cup in his hand, staring at the amber liquid, Hiroshi Yamauchi asked, "Then do you think Ethan Jones has the upper hand or the lower?"

When this problem arose, Hiroshi Yamauchi glanced up for an instant, wanting to observe his son-in-law's reaction.

however--

"do not know."

Arakawa shook his head decisively.

"..."

Hiroshi Yamauchi was stunned for a second by the unconventional answer, and the shaking wine glass also stopped for a moment.

The golden liquid came out of the mouth of the cup, then suddenly fell down, wet the sofa.

Such a situation did not anger Yamauchi Hiroshi, but made him laugh out loud, "Hahaha——"

"Arakawa."

Hiroshi Yamauchi put down the wine glass in his hand, and said, "You came back because of this, right?"

"Yes." Arakawa said unabashedly: "I can't see the current situation clearly."

Half a year ago, when [-] had just arrived, Mina Arakawa, who reported the situation in the United States to his father-in-law Yamauchi, felt that the situation was clear. An article in "Fortune" magazine put Ethan Jones and the game of fate in the same place. The unparalleled gold-absorbing ability of the video game industry will cause countless capitals to flock to it in an attempt to get a piece of it.

The fact is also the same, the unwilling Philips united with the creative factory of America and launched a fierce attack on Ethan Jones.Whether it is cutting off the branch business of the fate game, disrupting the cooperation between Columbia and Ethan Jones, and causing a rift in the relationship between Steven Spielberg and George Lucas and Ethan Jones; or Preventing North American theaters from purchasing Destiny games in arcades; or confronting the new games released now, that is the best embodiment of fierce competition.

Although on the surface, the game industry in North America is already in full swing, but Minoru Arakawa always feels that something is wrong.Because there are not only game companies in North America like Mirov, which is controlled by Philips!In addition to Destiny Games, the company that can make games without the shackles of patents is Warner Communications!When Philips has united allies that can be united and waved its fists to bully him, where did Warner Communications die?They are watching a play!
And this kind of behavior is completely unreasonable!
"I always feel that the current situation is a bit weird."

Arakawa looked at his father-in-law seriously, and said: "Because I don't know why MGM fired the first shot in this war. If they didn't give up the movie business, they built Las Vegas They will return to Hollywood after the hotel, so it is a very correct thing for them to make a move to Colombia after receiving the cooperation invitation from Philips."

"Because it's a win-win for them—"

"Win twice!"

"For one thing, they can take advantage of the trend to get rid of the shackles of patents and enter the video game industry."

"Secondly, they can regain their leading position in the film industry."

"Both of these are very beneficial to MGM, so I can understand their approach, and I can understand Philips' plot, Paramount and Disney's following."

"After the former Philips acquired Mirov, it is impossible to easily accept the fact that it has failed; the latter's Paramount and Disney are also impossible to watch their peers enter the field of video games to make money. And they themselves are standing still.”

"But even if the combination of Philips and MGM makes sense, what about Warner?"

"In the past six months, Warner seems to have disappeared!"

"And this situation is completely inconsistent with commercial common sense!"

"Because Warner Communications' involvement in the video game industry is through acquisitions!"

"They bought Atari!"

"When tens of millions of dollars have been spread out, they can't sit back and watch the tigers fight!"

Arakawa Minoru expressed his thoughts with a serious expression and affirmative tone.

And his words also made Hiroshi Yamauchi turn his attention to his chief of staff, Konishi Hiroshi.

After catching the eyes of the boss, Hiroshi Imamishi also smiled and said, "So, Arakawa, do you think we seem to have missed some important information in this war?"

"Yes." Arakawa nodded vigorously, and said, "That's why I used Ethan Jones' call as a signal. According to normal circumstances, he only needs to wait another week before he can see us. Because in our In the agreement between the two parties, we have confirmed the time for submitting the report."

"But now he doesn't want to wait!"

"That could mean one thing."

"He may need to use overseas sales results to suppress those provocateurs in North America, even if this suppression cannot affect the sales of the machine, because this kind of overseas sales results will give arcade machine buyers and video game consumers in North America a feeling. Huge sense of superiority!"

"It's like someone in a class wants to keep taking the first place!"

"Academic performance is not what makes those people happy. The self-confidence that Lao Tzu is the best in the world is the key to providing them with a real sense of comfort!"

"And this kind of thing..."

"Just the heart of American pride, isn't it?"

"And when a business needs to portray itself to others in this way..."

"Then they are definitely in a very critical situation!"

"Unfortunately, we may not know where the crisis is!"

"Hahahaha——" Arakawa Minoru's words made Yamauchi Hiroshi laugh again.

Imamishi Hiroshi on the side also nodded with a smile on his face.

At this moment, they have fully understood the meaning of Arakawa Minority's excitement, or in other words, Arakawa Minority's words are very reasonable.Because the whole world knows that American people are the most confident people in the world, and their eyes don't grow on the top of their heads at all!It's on the buttocks!Because only in this way, they can better laugh at those tiny human beings who can't even see the taillights of their cars.

And where does the self-confidence of the American people come from?

For the general public, the answer to this question may be a difference in education.

For example, Americans have been educated to be winners since they were young.

Or, America has a tradition of telling optimism.

This habit will make them talk about 'I have a dream (I have a dream)' and 'I can make a difference (I can change the world)'.

But all of the above is bullshit!

The source of their confidence is actually that America has been winning!
When America has won again and again in the past decades or even hundreds of years, let alone a person, it is a dog that is so confident!

But this situation changed dramatically during the Cochin War.

When the anti-war demonstrations in San Francisco ignited North America, and the Iron Fist of Saigon became a world-famous painting, the word "confused" was born in response to the situation. The culture of hippies is actually a microcosm of social trends, and when the public in North America fell into a dark cloud , How to improve self-confidence, how to continue shouting that we can win, how to make the people believe in America again, that is a headache for all high-level officials.

And at this time, a new industry suddenly colonized the outside world?

Then this is the best publicity point!
And when leading companies in emerging industries take the initiative to put on this coat...

Either they want to achieve greater success, or they want to withstand a huge crisis.

The former doesn't apply to the current Fate game, but the latter... that's really a perfect fit.

It was precisely because Arakawa realized this that he hurried back to his country.

Because he didn't know what crisis the game of fate was warding off.

I don't even know who is posing a threat to the game of fate.

Faced with his consideration, Hiroshi Yamauchi raised his chin at Hiroshi Imanishi, and after receiving the boss's explicit instructions, Hiroshi Imanishi said: "Arakawa, you have a quick mind and a strong overall view. The matter is also very detailed, and all of what you said is indeed possible."

"but--"

Imamishi Hiroshi stretched out his voice, and said, "This is not the reason for you to come back."

"Why?" Arakawa couldn't understand.

He said loudly: "If we find out what crisis the game of destiny has encountered, then we can decide our actions based on the content of the crisis! If they really need our dividends and our sales, then we Just break their cooperation! The loss of tens of millions of dollars and the collapse of overseas sales will make Ethan Jones fall into a worse situation!"

"What if not? He is not in the crisis you imagined?" Imamishi Hiroshi asked.

"Then give it up." Arakawa spread his hands in a very bachelor.

At the same time, he also focused his attention on the old father-in-law.

The behavior of not letting go of any opportunity made Hiroshi Yamauchi nod in satisfaction, "Very good, very good."

Staring at the son-in-law who may become Nintendo's successor, Yamauchi Hiroshi said: "If you come here because of these, then I will be very happy, because not succumbing to others is the only reason why our Nintendo can survive until now. But at the same time, if You came here because of these, so I will be very disappointed, because I told you at the beginning of the year that the straw that broke the camel's back was the last straw."

"We don't need to be personally involved in the struggle that's happening in North America."

"All we have to do is watch them fight."

"Look at their bruises all over their bodies, and see their vitality being severely injured."

"Because the companies that can have the last laugh in an industry are seldom the companies that set foot in the industry at the beginning. As a person who eats crabs, they will definitely be the targets of all latecomers. It is rarely a rapidly growing company, because the sudden expansion of the company can certainly make them a lot of money, but it will also cause countless problems to suddenly erupt in an instant."

"..." The old father-in-law's words caused Arakawa to open his mouth.

He wanted to say something, but couldn't make a sound.

After a while, he said: "Then we just give up like this?"

"No." Hiroshi Yamauchi continued to shake his head, "We will not give up."

"Instead, it's a great opportunity."

"?" Arakawa really didn't understand what the old father-in-law meant.

Hiroshi Yamauchi smiled and said: "Although there is a very popular saying in the business field, that is, business is business, but betrayal always has a price."

"Last year we followed Mirov and stabbed Ethan Jones, but it didn't work."

"So we were forced to sign a 20.00% share contract."

"We reselected this year, when we stood with them..."

"We're going to get something unexpected."

"Do you believe it?" Yamauchi Hiroshi looked at Arakawa Minoru with a smile.

But Arakawa shook his head instinctively.

This reaction was already expected by Hiroshi Yamauchi. He picked up his glass again and took a sip, then said, "We'll just give him the order for 20 electronic arcade machines."

"Ethan Jones will be very happy when that fact comes out."

"Then, if he still wants to talk to you about something, then you can tell him..."

"We Nintendo got sued by Philips."

…………

The old father-in-law's words brought Arakawa back to his senses.

Looking at Ethan with a smile on his face, he said, "Of course, Mr. Jones, before coming again, our president specifically told me to tell you about the lawsuit Philips has filed against us."

"What?" Although the tone was surprised, Ethan's face was full of clarity.

"Philips sued you? Why?" He asked casually.

In the next second, he said again: "COLOR TV GAME?"

"Yeah~COLOR TV GAME."

Arakawa nodded and said: "Because the COLOR TV GAME project is not led by our Nintendo, Mitsubishi who proposed the project has not obtained the patent authorization of Mirov, so it is indeed an infringing product. Therefore, when Philips After learning that Mirov paid for our light gun patent while we Nintendo violated their interests, they took us to court."

"Here are copies of documents related to the lawsuit."

When Ethan took the document from Arakawa, and briefly read it, the bilingual content made him smile. Philips, which owns business in the book, asked Nintendo to stop its infringement and asked them to recall all infringements. product, and Philips assumes all responsibility for any damages incurred.

And the compensation they asked for was 5000 million US dollars.

Of course, this kind of figure is good to look at, and it belongs to the range of asking for a lot of money to pay back the money.

"It seems that your company is a little careless in the choice of business partners."

Ethan said with a smile.

"We at Nintendo will never betray an ally."

Arakawa replied with a sincere tone.

"How many units of your COLOR TV GAME series have you sold?"

Ethan closed the document and handed it back.

"6 and 15 together have exceeded 50 units." Arakawa said.

"Oh—it's selling well—"

Ethan nodded and said with a smile, "Is there anything else?"

…………

"Then, we're going to tell him that we have great ideas for a new game they're coming out with."

Hiroshi Yamauchi continued: "We also want to obtain the agency rights of their new games."

"However, unlike before, we will not sign a 20.00% [-]% sharing contract with them in Destiny Games, nor will we agree with them on any guaranteed sales."

"Because that's not fair to us."

…………

"Oh, I think the current contract is quite fair." Ethan shook his legs and said, "The guaranteed sale will give you a certain amount of pressure to sell arcade machines better, won't it?"

"And the 20.00% five-sharing contract is also within your acceptable range."

"After all, you can make money from players."

"But Mr. Jones, our store also has a cost." Arakawa argued hard, "The property tax in our country is very high..."

There are three main types of real estate taxes in this book, namely acquisition, retention and transfer.The acquisition category refers to the taxes that need to be paid when purchasing real estate.The tenure category refers to the taxes that need to be paid during the period of holding the property.The transfer class refers to the taxes that need to be paid when the property is sold.

Under this kind of subdivision, the tax that needs to be paid by the store located in this book is the item of the retention category, and there are two main tax items for this item, one is the fixed asset tax, which is generally calculated at [-]% of the store's valuation The other is the urban planning tax, which is [-]% of the valuation.

That is to say, if the appraised value of a store is 1000 million yen, then their annual tax payment on retention items will be 17 yen.

This figure does not seem high, but it can still bring a lot of pressure to store owners.

When they own a store, it is impossible to leave it vacant. Either they run it themselves to dilute the property tax, or they pass it on to the tenants. In short, they cannot send money to the country stupidly.

But what does this have to do with Ethan?

I don't own any of your shops, so it's none of my business whether you pay taxes or not?
"Although the cost is high, the value is greater, isn't it?"

"You know, you are now the second largest economy in the world!"

Ethan smiled and said: "According to the current development speed, your country's economy will soon win a bigger peak, and may even surpass us to become the world's number one. In this case, your country's real estate industry It will become the most valuable industry in the world!"

"At that time, it will be no problem to sell the whole of Tokyo and buy the whole of America!"

"So you don't have to tangle with me on such small issues as taxes and fees."

…………

"No! Why are we doing this?"

After hearing his father-in-law's words, Arakawa Minority almost jumped up from the sofa.

Ben's narrowed eyes widened now.

Puzzled eyes suddenly shot out from the pupils.

And his question made Hiroshi Yamauchi laugh without saying a word. When Arakawa couldn't bear it anymore, Hiroshi Imanishi, Nintendo's chief of staff, said, "Arakawa, this matter is actually very simple."

"When Ethan Jones called your phone, on the surface, he was urging us to pay the bill, but in fact, he wanted to find out what the relationship between us was like."

"As you said, when several players with strong competitiveness suddenly appear in the North American video game industry, a stable cash flow is the most important thing."

"And our backstab will make him extremely uncomfortable."

Having said that, Hiroshi Imanishi stopped.

Hiroshi Yamauchi took up the conversation and said: "Although our attack at this time will make him suffer from the back and forth, this way of pain but not death will not make him fall into the abyss of failure."

"Since it can't be fatal with one blow, let's not make a move."

"Not only that, but we have to be very kind."

"Let Ethan Jones think that we are harmless to humans and animals, and after what happened last year, we have realized our mistakes and firmly want to stand with him."

"But it's impossible for him to believe it!" Arakawa retorted loudly.

"It's not important, right?" Yamauchi Hiroshi also raised his voice and said, "Believe it or not is his business! Whether to do it or not is our business! And! Does he have a choice now?"

"Kick us off and find another agency?"

"Do not make jokes!"

"Last summer was his best chance! But he missed it!"

"When the strong enemy in North America is around, he can't kick us away!"

"So as long as we don't tear ourselves apart with him, then he will only cooperate with us tacitly!"

"As long as we stay by his side, whether he guards us or not, we can control all his profits in our country! When he sweeps everything like Caesar, these things really can't make him fall! But when he When in trouble, this is the last rope that can strangle him!"

"Now all we have to do is wait!"

"Wait?" Arakawa smiled angrily.

"Father-in-law, you have said this word for a long time!"

"But you never act!"

"Yes! But so what?" The son-in-law's attitude made Hiroshi Yamauchi's eyes blaze, and he said loudly, "Arakawa! Do you know why there are some long-lived old people in this world?"

"That's not because they have good genes!"

"It's because they can bear their temper!"

"If you want to live longer than others, then you have to forget time!"

Hiroshi Yamauchi's scolding made Arakawa's mouth wide open.

Shock and confusion were written all over his face at this moment.

And after panting for a while with his chest rising and falling, Yamauchi Hiroshi's eyes gradually eased.

"Wait a little longer."

"It won't be long this time."

"Because those Americans can't be more tolerant than us."

Such words made Arakawa take a deep breath.

Get up and bow.

Turn around and say goodbye.

…………

"Mr. Jones, I will bring your request to our president."

At the door of the game of fate, Arakawa Minoru leaned towards Ethan at the bottom of the stairs and said.

"Okay, I'll wait for your news."

With his hands behind his back, Ethan nodded with a smile. Under his gaze, Arakawa boarded his car.

With his departure, Ethan went upstairs again and got into his sister's office.

When Evelyn found out that the door of her office was pushed open from the outside again without reason, she knew who it was, and without raising her head, she asked directly, "Hiroshi Yamauchi's son-in-law is gone?"

"Yeah." Ethan sat down on the chair in front of his sister's desk.

"How did it go?" Evelyn asked.

"It's pretty pleasant." Ethan replied.

After a brief conversation, the only sound in the huge office was the sound of Evelyn's fingers flying.

The clicking sound was the light-white fingers tapping the keyboard.

The sudden dead silence was caused by the girl turning her head to look in front of her.

When Evelyn, who was wearing thin-rimmed glasses, moved her gaze away from the Apple monitor and focused on Ethan, her intellectual face was full of curiosity.

"Do you need a mirror?" she asked.

"how?"

"You should see your own face."

"Is it ugly?"

"At least for now it doesn't represent happiness."

The joke made Ethan laugh at himself.

He immediately shook his head, staring downcastly at his hands.

After a while, he said, "It's the same as I thought."

"Nintendo has made the choice that is best for them."

When Ethan found out that MGM dared to post unscrupulously to bully him, he knew that there must be problems on the book side, because Nintendo cannot be willing to be lonely.

When facing Philips, they dared to backstab directly, and when he was strong, Ethan Jones, they dared to turn back directly. This not only proves that they have great ambitions, but also proves that they didn't put it in the business contract at all. Take your promise to heart.

But the latter is also normal.

Because the contract is only useful when the strength of the two parties is equal.

And in Ethan's heart, he knew that when Nintendo's heart was still ready to move, calling them to pay the bill was the best choice at the moment.On the one hand, it can use overseas sales to attack its peers in the industry in public opinion, and on the other hand, it sells a flaw to Nintendo to see if they turn against it.

If they turn back, that's actually a good thing.

It's like taking the initiative to pierce an abscess for better recovery.

But if they can't stand it...

That would be very uncomfortable.

What's even more uncomfortable is that they deliberately showed submission.

"Is this what you mean by pleasure?"

Evelyn poured a glass of water for Ethan, "So why did you continue to cooperate with Nintendo last year? Because they paid a lot of money? Or is our cooperation with them no longer inseparable?"

"All right."

Ethan spread his hands and said: "20.00% of the selling price should be the highest price we can get so far, and, since we have already authorized "Pac-Man" to them, another partner Use "Star Wars" to attack "Pac-Man"..."

"That's a big loss for us."

Ethan admitted that the continued cooperation last year was out of interest considerations.

Cooperating with Nintendo can maximize your own interests, it's that simple.

Moreover, when making this decision, he also took into account the integrity of the author.

If Nintendo really broke his face with him, then they would definitely be able to make a direct copy of the code of "Pac-Man", change the name, change the skin, and sell it pirated.

In that case, the loss of their fate game will be even greater.

Therefore, continuing to cooperate is actually inevitable.

As for saying what Nintendo might betray again?
This Ethan was actually mentally prepared.

But what if you are prepared?
Because trouble is like a pile of poop when you are constipated. Only when it reaches your butt, you will know how uncomfortable you are.

"Since we chose this matter, we can only accept it."

Evelyn leaned back on the table, propping it up with her hands.

"Moreover, Nintendo is willing to settle the payment with us with a guaranteed sales volume of 20 units this time! When they transfer 7000 million to our account, even if they betray us later, we will suffer losses due to the cash. It gets less when it arrives, doesn’t it?”

Ethan laughed at his sister's optimistic words, "Yes." He nodded and said, "From this point of view, they really paid a lot of money to gain our trust..."

"So, be happier?" Evelyn tilted her head and smiled.

Without giving Ethan a chance to reply, she turned around and turned off the Apple computer on the table. After stuffing the five and a quarter floppy disks into her bag, the girl also grabbed Ethan's arm and pulled him up. .

"Go away~"

"what?"

"It's time to get off work!"

"No! It's four o'clock in the afternoon, okay?"

"I said I'll get off work after work." Evelyn pushed Ethan towards the door. "There is a new French restaurant in San Jose. I heard that their Burgundy beef is very good. I want to try it."

"...All right..." Ethan, who understood his sister's thoughts, accepted the invitation with a smile.

As Evelyn said, as long as Nintendo can get the money, it means that the cooperation between the two parties is still on the right track, and the truth is...

Nintendo is going faster this time than ever before!

Ethan met Arakawa Minoru on July 27th, and by July [-]th, Destiny Games had already received an eight-figure dollar bill from Nintendo in its corporate account at Wells Fargo Bank.

When the figure of 7000 million is quietly lying on their account...

What betrayal is not betrayal?

This horse-riding one has the green and green fragrance of dollars?

Ethan directly pressed down his previous worries!
As long as Nintendo can keep making money, they are doing well!

"Special code!"

"It's still cool to collect money!"

"It would be even better if I could collect money without working!"

After kissing the bank statement twice, Ethan began to think about how to spend the money.As for paying taxes?That's totally impossible, right?

And just when he was thinking about whether he should buy something from the outside world, the sudden knock on the door almost scared him half to death, "Who is it?" He shouted angrily.

"The boss is me!" Ballmer yelled and pushed the door open.

Ethan's eyelids twitched when he saw the furious behavior.

Before he could ask, Ballmer handed a newspaper in front of him.

"The boss is not good!"

"Rockwell suddenly published a statement in the newspaper today, stating that they have already held 5.00% of Alan Bradley's outstanding shares! Now they are officially proposing to acquire Alan Bradley!"

"..." Hearing the words like a machine gun, Ethan was stunned.

At this moment, he even wanted to ask Ballmer what nerves he was having!
What kind of company is Alan Bradley?He doesn't know at all!

In this case, Rockwell's acquisition of them has nothing to do with Ethan Jones!

But after he lowered his gaze and scanned the newspaper in front of him...

The 6502 that can be recognized at a glance made him jump up instantly!

"Sxxt! The major shareholder of MOS?" He looked up sharply after seeing the report clearly.

"Yeah!—" Ballmer yelled back.

The words of affirmation made Ethan's complexion change suddenly, and he picked up the receiver on the table and wanted to make a call, but when he was about to dial, he found that he couldn't remember the other party's number at all. After being stunned for two seconds, he He pressed the handset firmly on the phone directly.

"MFxxk!!!"

"Give me the Chuck Paddle Company!!!"

"Ah, no!!!"

"Go and call the driver!!! We are special and go to Mountain View now!!!"

When Ethan was preparing to leave in a hurry, Minoru Arakawa in Vancouver got a message from his New York classmates. After hanging up the phone, he directly dialed the transoceanic phone number.

After Hiroshi Yamauchi, who was in his sleep, was woken up by his subordinates' shouts, after listening to the phone call, he also lay down on the window sill in the house, looking at the bright moon in the sky, his face full of years was full of relief.

"got windy."

he murmured.

After a while, the corners of his mouth raised involuntarily.

"Hahaha--"

"Ha ha ha ha--"

"Hahahaha-"

Excited laughter soared into the sky, resounding through the sky.

(End of this chapter)