I really don't want to be reborn.

He knew that they would meet again soon.

(End of Volume 5)

Chapter One: New Year's Eve

"Clap clap clap!"

Punk music assaulted the eardrums of everyone in the bar, and the flamboyant DJ skillfully and indirectly controlled the atmosphere through music.

After an unknown period of time, the music quietly changed to dance music, the kind that mixes various styles and switches back and forth.

Ambiguity, confusion, madness, and depravity, coupled with the colorful flashing lights, make it difficult for anyone to remain clear-headed, especially with those few emphasized drumbeats in the middle, which accurately strike the hearts of men and women.

Unlike the uplifting and triumphant singing, or the mournful and melancholic evening chanting, the mixed melodies can only confuse people's minds, dismantle the inherent order in their minds, and unleash their desires without restraint.

"I hate this music. I haven't heard it in ages. It makes me a little nostalgic."

In a quiet corner of the bar, Kyosuke Kosaka muttered to himself, "That's why I suggested earlier that we just grab a quick hot pot or sing some karaoke instead of watching this chaotic scene here."

"Stop complaining. I was just curious about this place. Seeing is believing."

Kyosuke scoffed, "It's just a bar, what's there to be curious about? Akamatsu-sensei, have you really become as old as a rope?"

The man who came to the bar with him was none other than the famous manga artist Ken Akamatsu. However, it was rather unbelievable that this manga artist had never been to a bar before.

As a great creator, you always need to go to many places to gather material. How could you not have been to a bar?

Let alone bars and nightclubs that try to appear respectable, Mr. Kosaka has visited both legitimate and illegitimate brothels in the past.

How could someone like Akamatsu possibly understand Kousaka Kyosuke, who had entered and exited Tobita Shinchi seven times and still retained his virginity?

"What's so smug about this dead virgin?"

Akamatsu-sensei was clearly angered, and muttered under his breath, "So what if you have a girlfriend? What's there to be so smug about?"

"I forgot to mention, I'll soon be a virgin."

"This is terrible!"

Kyosuke Kosaka maintained a subtle smile, his gaze sweeping over the group of peers, even middle school students, who were dancing and gesturing wildly, and he felt a pang of emotion.

For a time, he also lived such a decadent life.

How should we evaluate that kind of life?

He didn't know how to put it, he just felt disgusted with himself at that time.

Under such decaying conditions, romance can easily transform into a cold and cruel beauty, both dazzling and wild.

It cannot last.

End of January 2006.

Heavy snow is falling tonight.

It's quite a coincidence that today is actually Chinese New Year's Eve, but the Japanese don't buy into that tradition. They insist on celebrating the New Year like the Westerners, so instead of staying home and making dumplings, Kyosuke had to make a trip to Musashino to attend a meeting.

It was a meeting about the anime adaptation of his light novel.

As a second-tier company, XEBEC's ability to create classics like "Martian Successor Naval Battleship" also relied on things beyond its capabilities—namely, its "connections."

XEBEC has close ties with StarChild, a subsidiary of King Record that specializes in investing in animation, and Shogakukan. As a result, StarChild often entrusts XEBEC with the production of the animations it plans and invests in.

Shogakukan also outsources some of its TV anime projects that advertise related toys and games to XEBEC.

Unfortunately, the company itself is not up to par, especially last year when "Negima! Magister Negi Magi" was ruined by Okouchi's affair and the female director's shoddy work, which made it infamous.

As a result, the promotional activities for the anime adaptation of "Blue Eyes Girl" this year have been repeatedly postponed.

Logically speaking, Kyosuke Kousaka shouldn't have entrusted his novel to such a company, but he shifted his perspective from that of a novelist to that of a businessman.

So, through his and Ken Akamatsu's connections, XEBEC, which had never had much contact with each other, got together with Dengeki Bunko Fujimi Shobo.

Leaving aside the details of the underhanded dealings involved, the final decision was that he would entrust the adaptation of the novel into an anime with XEBEC, and he himself would also be involved.

Actually, there were other reasons for his choice. In 08, another manga would also be adapted into an anime by this company. That manga was "To Love-Ru," created by Yabuki, which had very good sales.

Because of the influence of comics, even if someone makes a pile of shit, people will still eat it.

It's a high-profit business where you can practically make money while lying down.

Kyosuke Kosaka is now transitioning from a literary youth to a businessman, and can be said to be able to switch freely between these two modes.

Hopefully, the film, which is expected to be completed in June of this year, will be a comeback piece that helps the company escape its negative shadow.

"Oh my, you didn't see Da Yue's expression after you left. Tsk tsk tsk, aren't you afraid of offending him to death?"

"He's a businessman, and a typical one at that. Businessmen don't need to worry about offending anyone."

Kyosuke took a sip of juice and gave a super annoyed look: "Well, the main reason I argued with him was because he interfered without permission, which is not good."

Kenji Akamatsu didn't believe it and smiled somewhat ambiguously: "Really? I heard from Mr. Nishikiori that you seemed to have argued with him because of your idol. You're a fan of celebrities?"

Kyosuke was silent for a minute: "Liking female voice actresses doesn't count as being a fan."

Yes, your argument is just like the Japanese otaku's saying that "a voice actor without a hymen is not a good voice actor."

Regarding Toshiyuki Otsuki, anime fans have commented that "the success and failure of Otsuki's works are quite extreme" and "it's hard to tell whether they are good or bad."

In radio programs within the industry, he has been referred to by satirical names such as "Big Liar" and "Big Mischief Maker."

Kyosuke Kosaka jokingly refers to his senior as "Big Moon".

He has a bad temper, is easily angered, and prone to losing his temper on the spot, which has made Megumi Hayashibara cry several times—this is the main reason why Kosaka and he are at odds.

As mentioned earlier, Kyosuke Kousaka's favorite voice actress is Megumi Hayashibara, and his favorite character is Ai Haibara.

Anyway, Dayue is a really bad person.

In short, it's right to shut him up.

The two men slunk out of the bar. It was around nine o'clock at night, and they were discussing where to eat when Akamatsu, that old scoundrel, came up with a new idea: he wanted to ask Boss Gao to take him to do some poverty alleviation work...

"No, no, I don't have time tonight. I'm going back to eat dumplings."

Kyosuke doesn't go to help the poor.

Wildflowers can never compare to the fragrance of cultivated flowers.

He has a girlfriend, okay?

Kasumigaoka Utaha's birthday is the last day of January. Wasn't it agreed that on that day they would take her hymen, which she had preserved for seventeen years?

The hymen is neither more nor less than a day old.

Just right.

With this anticipation in mind, he bid farewell to his old, unreliable senior and boarded the train back to Chiba late at night.

At the end of January, a heavy snowstorm covered the entire city of Tokyo.

White feathers fluttered outside the car window, blurring the darkness and making it difficult to see clearly.

He was faced with a vast expanse of natural mosaic, but when he returned home, he was faced with a large bowl of artificial mosaic.

"Mom, what is this?"

"Aren't these the dumplings you've been wanting to eat?"

"Dumplings? I'd believe you if you told me they were tonkotsu ramen! What kind of dumplings are these...?"

Yoshino's mother wasn't angry at her son's complaints, or rather, she was already feeling down. Kousaka Kyosuke ate half of it in a hurry, but couldn't stand the strange taste, so he gave up and sat down next to her.

Mom sighed, looking rather down.

"what happened?"

"What else could it be? I miss Kirino."

Unlike the three people in her family, as a mother, she has no pride or reserve at all, and she speaks her mind when she misses her daughter.

"Don't we talk on the phone every day?"

"How can they be the same!"

After offering some words of comfort, Kyosuke Kosaka finally came up with a half-baked solution: "How about this? Why don't you go over there and take care of Kirino too?"

"what?"

"Anyway, Dad and I can take care of ourselves. I'll cover your living expenses over there. It's not worth much anyway."

"Not worth much money?"

His mother looked him up and down: "Oh my, where did this capitalist come from? What a big mouth! Let me see, let me see, Dad said you really do have the face of a nouveau riche..."

The nouveau riche grew impatient: "Enough with the nonsense, are you going or not?"

The mother walked towards the bedroom: "Think about it. I always feel that if I go to America, you two will most likely fight."

Sighing, Kousaka Kyosuke walked upstairs to his room.

After a few minutes of silence, he suddenly took a few more steps inside and arrived at his sister's door.

There was a pink sign hanging on the door with that guy's name written carelessly on it.

"cut!"

I gently kicked her door.

------

Thank you, Lianlian, for the hundred dollars. Today I'll repay you with eight thousand words.

Give me razor blades! Give me some motivation, sex, sex...

Chapter Two: A Half-Decaied Tree Facing the Wind, A Passionate Man on Horseback

“Kadima leader Ehud Olmert succeeded the ailing Prime Minister Sharon, and Hamas won power in the Palestinian Legislative Council elections.”

"In January, the Israeli and Palestinian governments refused to recognize each other and were hostile to one another. The mediation efforts of the United States and other Western countries were reduced, leading to repeated outbreaks of conflict between Israel and Palestine..."

In a corner of the classroom, Kyosuke Kosaka listlessly read the current affairs news in a magazine: "Oh dear, the situation in the Middle East is not good."

"What does this have to do with you?"