My transformation into a beautiful girl started with a hemorrhage.

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Chapter 138 Youth

It's 12 o'clock.

Hui and Kouta had lunch at the hotel restaurant.

Then I took a nap.

Mao Aoki started calling to arrange for Kei and Kouta to go to the New Territories 13 Theater.

The New Domain First Theater is not far from the hotel.

The two quickly followed Mao Aoki into the theater.

The theater is not large, only able to accommodate about a thousand people. It is rectangular in shape and has many rows of bright lights that illuminate the entire theater. The seating arrangement is on a single floor, not a duplex layout.

Those attending the awards ceremony today are all well-known figures in the light novel field, along with some journalists and interested readers who are willing to pay for tickets.

Mao Aoki had other things to do, so she left after dropping Kei and the others off at the theater entrance.

Kōta led Kei inside to find their seats.

The theater was almost full at this point.

As a new author, Hui's position is towards the back, on the left-hand side in the middle-back position.

Kōta led Hui toward that place, but there were people coming and going.

Suddenly, a shout rang out.

"oops!"

A tall, thin man accidentally bumped into Hui as he walked past her, causing her to stumble.

However, Hui now possesses three times the physical abilities of an ordinary person. Although she is still young, the other party can tell at a glance that she is a sub-healthy office worker with poor physical condition.

So when he bumped into Hui, Hui was fine, but he almost fell down.

The man was tall and thin, wearing glasses. His face was sharply defined, as if carved by a knife and axe. His sharp and ruthless eyes radiated a domineering and arrogant air in the darkness.

"Baka yarou! Who is it? Is there anyone who can do this—"

The tall, thin man instinctively turned around and cursed, but when he saw that the person he was cursing was Hui, he was stunned.

He was stunned for several seconds, staring at Hui without snapping out of his daze.

Kei was startled by the bump, but since Kouta was nearby, Kei, who was always harmless, apologized, saying, "Sumimasen (すみません)."

A ethereal yet alluring voice lingered in his ears, stirring his emotions and leaving him unable to recover for a long time.

It wasn't until a high school-aged boy holding the girl's arm glanced at them and then gently asked the beautiful girl in front of them, "What's wrong? If you're alright, let's go quickly."

"You, wait—" The man tried to speak, but was interrupted by the girl.

The girl, oblivious to her own surroundings, gently hummed in response to the boy beside her.

The boy then directly asserted his dominance, pulling the girl closer to him right in front of her.

Then the two of them disappeared into the crowd, hand in hand.

When he came to his senses,

Just as he was about to speak,

The beauty has long since vanished without a trace.

This man, named Yasuo Nagayama, is the protagonist of today's article. His novel, "The Spiritual History of Neon SF," won this year's Grand Prize.

His father was the branch manager of Dengeki Bunko's Yokohama branch. He discovered his outstanding literary talent from a young age and then focused on cultivating it.

This marked the beginning of his extraordinary life. Starting from elementary school, he won various literary awards every year. At the age of 13, his first short story was published in the famous Japanese magazine "Shincho". From then on, he stopped participating in so-called literary competitions because he found them meaningless.

At the age of 17, Dai was specially admitted to the Faculty of Japanese Literature at the University of Tokyo due to his outstanding literary talent. During this time, he published numerous works and graduated two years early. He then continued to pursue a master's degree, focusing on Chinese and Japanese language and literature, as well as classical Japanese philosophy. During this period, he served as the Dean of the Faculty of Letters at the University of Tokyo and the Honorary Director of the Institute of Oriental Culture.

One year later, he completed his master's thesis, graduated early, and continued his doctoral studies. During this period, he also served as a senior researcher at the Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences in Japan and participated in the compilation of "A General Explanation of Modern Japanese Masterpieces". While participating in the compilation, he also completed his doctoral dissertation and graduated early once again. At the same time, he was awarded the title of Honorary Professor for Life by the University of Tokyo.

Four years later, his classmates all graduated from university, but he went straight to a doctoral degree.

After graduation, he set himself a small goal: to lead the Japanese literary world.

This was a small goal in his eyes, because beyond the Japanese literary world, there was the world literary world. Leading the Japanese literary world was, in his view, the first step in conquering the world.

The representative of the Japanese literary world is traditional Japanese literature, so he is prepared to conquer the traditional Japanese literary world, rather than the light novels his father hoped for.

In his view, people who write light novels cannot be called writers; they can only be called writing enthusiasts.

In fact, although light novels are profitable in Japan, they have a very low status in the Japanese literary world. Japanese light novels are similar to the web novels of Amakusa in her previous life, and are not recognized by the traditional literary world.

His award-winning novel, "A Spiritual History of Japanese Light Novels," is merely a warm-up before he prepares to challenge the traditional literary world of Japan.

As expected, he won the award, the Japan Grand Prize, which inflated his already arrogance to the entire universe.

That's why he was so arrogant, he was practically saying: Everyone here is trash!

On the other side...

Kouta led Kei to the seats that had been assigned to them.

It was only then that Kouta realized that their seats weren't side-by-side, but rather front-to-back, with Kei in front and him behind... What a rip-off!

Kōta certainly didn't want this, because he knew that if he left Hui alone outside, within a minute, people would come in droves to chat with her, offer their love, fawn over her, take photos, lecherously look at her, and ask for autographs...

Kengtai absolutely did not feel comfortable leaving Hui alone outside.

Kouta walked up to a middle-aged woman sitting next to him, dressed in a flamboyant manner but with wrinkles around her eyes: "Excuse me, could you please switch seats with me?"

Kōta pointed to the seat in front of him, where it was located.

Upon hearing this, the woman turned around and saw that it was a high school student with a very beautiful girlfriend. She immediately looked displeased and said, "No—oh, okay, okay, it's no big deal."

The woman initially intended to refuse, but as soon as the words left her mouth, she changed her mind with a smile, as if her face had been turned on.

After speaking, the woman got up and left with a smile on her face.

A slight smile flickered across the lips of Keita, who was standing behind him.

Just kidding, what right do you have to refuse when faced with level 5 psychological manipulation?

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Soon, at three o'clock in the afternoon, the awards ceremony began.

First, the host of the awards ceremony took the stage to give a speech.

This is a beautiful host who attracted everyone's attention the moment she appeared. She wore a gold halter-neck tulle dress with a high waistline that perfectly accentuated Zhou Qun's figure. The skirt was quite long, giving her a very elegant and graceful look as she walked. Her hairstyle was simple, with long hair draped over her shoulders and bangs swept back. She wore asymmetrical earrings, and her makeup was subtle and understated. Overall, her look was gentle and sophisticated.

Her name is Minako Sakagawa.

Minako Sakagawa first thanked the sponsors and hosts of the Grand Prize.

"Respect my guests, my colleagues, my colleagues, my reporters, and my respect..."

Chapter 139: Vigorous

Today's grand prize is jointly organized by Japan's five major light novel publishing houses and the Japan Writers Association.

The relationship between the two is that the five major paperback publishers provide the funding, while the Japanese Writers Association provides the influence.

The Japan Light Novel Grand Prize is awarded by the Japan Light Novel Writers Association, which is under the Japan Writers Association.

These large paperbacks are all light novel paperbacks published by Kadokawa Shoten, a subsidiary of the Kadokawa Group.

Therefore, the Japanese light novel industry is completely dominated by the Kadokawa Group.

Kadokawa Group not only publishes classic works, popular books, and academic monographs, but also ventures into the entertainment industry, including film, television, and animation.

The Japan Light Novel Grand Prize is open to all media and art forms related to light novels, including manga, movies, anime, plays, and more.

The Light Novel Grand Prize is awarded annually, with no limit on the number of awards given out. As long as the criteria of the judges are met, a novel can be included on the list.

It sounds easy, but in reality, the selection criteria of the Japan Writers Association are extremely strict, and the works that are selected are of very high quality.

And most of the time only one person wins the award, a few times two or three people win, but there have never been four or more people winning the award. In some years when there are no outstanding works, the award is left unclaimed.

This year, there was originally only one winner, a book by Yasuo Nagayama called "The Spiritual History of Japanese Light Novels". However, after Kei's "Martu Score" was published, the selection committee collectively requested to add a new award, which is why Kei won the award.

The host, Minako Sakagawa, quickly began announcing the six nominated works on the big screen, detailing the characteristics of each work and creating suspense.

Of course, the actual selection results had already been determined by the Writers' Association long ago; now it's just a formality and publicity stunt.

After all the works were presented, Minako Sakagawa solemnly announced this year's winning entries.

Five or six seconds after Minako Sakagawa read out "The Spiritual History of Japanese Light Novels," a tall, thin man rose and walked toward the stage under the watchful eyes of the crowd.

However, it was clear that he seemed distracted.

This is true.

Ever since he saw Hui, he couldn't stop thinking about that beauty. Especially when he bumped into Hui, the sweet fragrance that wafted over him and the beautiful voice that sounded like a nightingale's song kept him thinking about her.

He felt... that he was in love.

However, I still need to accept the light novel award.

Standing on the stage, after receiving the certificate of honor and a small, exquisite crystal glass from Minako Sakagawa,

Then he began his acceptance speech:

I rushed here immediately after finishing the concept for my new work today. As a barely passable writer, I have a feeling that I'll win a big prize someday.

When I first started writing "The Spiritual History of Neon SF", I even prepared my acceptance speech. I am not the best candidate for this award, but I am a qualified candidate. I think I deserve this award and am worthy of it.

However! I hope this award will not exist in the future, because this is a level that everyone should be able to achieve, and Japan should not have created this award for this level.

Okay, that concludes my remarks. Thank you everyone!

After Nagayama Yasuo finished speaking, the room fell silent.

Everyone stared at him in disbelief.

Especially the hundreds of authors below who did not win the award, at this moment they felt like they wanted to eat shit, their faces were all red, ashamed and angry.

Meanwhile, the reporters in the back row had their eyes shining, already drafting headlines like, "Breaking News! 'Japan shouldn't have established the SF Grand Prize for basic standards,' says Yasuo Nagayama, winner of the 30th Light Novel Grand Prize..."