The lonely Hikigaya Hachiman wants to become the king of mystery novels

"So, Mr. Hachiman wrote this series of stories just to show off the ingenious tricks he came up with. It was for this plate of vinegar-wrapped dumplings, but the dumplings do taste a bit weird."

"No matter what, Mr. Hachiman is still a genius. Only a genius can write so many ingenious designs with such a cynical attitude. He seems to be telling readers that tricks like this that others have been thinking about for a long time are, to me, It’s only suitable for practicing.”

"There's a feeling that I only need to make a slight move to reach the limit of this segment."

Fans of Hikigaya Hachiman always have something new to say about their idol.

Chapter 64 Kasumigaoka Shiu’s new illustrator

Recently, the sales of the second volume of "Metronome of Love" have been encouraging. In addition to the excellent writing and the refreshing plot, the new illustrator's perfect presentation of the characters is also an important part of increasing sales.

"Wouldn't it be better if I changed to Teacher Eri Kashiwagi as soon as possible? Then I would definitely buy the first volume."

This reader stated in one sentence the importance of illustrations to light novels.

"That's right. Who would have thought that Kashiwagi-sensei would draw illustrations for light novels?"

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Eri Kashiwagi is a well-known author of deviant fan comics in the circle. Due to her excellent painting skills and extremely rich imagination, she has gained wide popularity. Her works are the last pictures that countless otakus see before falling asleep at night.

Normally, after such a master in the world focuses on a certain work, the fan works he creates will be more NSFW.

However, there is one work that actually made Mr. Eri Kashiwagi to be a good person. This work is naturally "Metronome of Love".

Her social platforms also often post some relatively normal paintings.However, it may be that the works he usually draws wear too few clothes. When Kashiwagi-sensei creates normal and well-dressed characters, it always feels weird.

Shortly after the release of the first volume of "Metronome of Love", Mr. Eri Kashiwagi posted a fan work of "Metronome of Love" on his social platform. It was unprecedented without any sense of violation and received widespread praise. .

Netizens are joking that Mr. Kashiwagi, who only knows how to draw the piano, was cured by "Love Metronome".

Due to the increased popularity of Kashiwagi-sensei's fandom as a light novel, Machida Enko and Kasumigaoka Shiu agreed that they should express their gratitude to each other. Editor Machida directly hoped that they could draw each other to create illustrations for the second volume.

"Teacher Kashiwagi? Can we really invite her here?"

Kasumigaoka Shiha likes Hakugi Eri's fandom very much, but she also thinks that he would not be able to appreciate a job like light novel illustration based on his level.

"Xiao Shi, you don't have to be so unsure of your work. Teacher Kashiwagi will draw a fan of "Metronome of Love", which means that she fully recognizes you. Maybe she has become your fan."

Machida Enzi is full of confidence.

"Let me talk about this matter, Xiaoshi, you don't have to worry about it. The first volume of "Metronome of Love" really delayed the illustration too much. The second volume will have to be replaced anyway, and Wenku agrees ”

Machida Eonko has long been firm on this idea after her previous conversation with Mr. Hachiman. Kasumigaoka's novels are on the rise, and it will be even more powerful if paired with a super painter like Mr. Eri Kashiwagi.

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"Huh? Light novel illustration! Why would someone ask me to draw this? Do they still want to sell it?"

Eri Kashiwagi, whose real name is Sawamura Spencer Eri, said in surprise after hearing her mother's words.Someone actually asked her, the author of Seqin, to draw illustrations for a light novel. Is it because his light novel passed the review too smoothly?

"My dear daughter, it's not another light novel. It's "Love Metronome", a fanfiction you drew before."

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This is Eiri's mother, Sayuri Sawamura.Not only did she not object to the fact that her daughter was a Seqin painter, she also took the initiative to help Yinglili take on matters related to business cooperation, so that her daughter could devote herself to creating Seqin.

"Love Metronome...Ah! Is it the one written by Kasumi Shiko-sensei?"

Eiri's eyes lit up, she jumped to her mother's side, and checked her work email with Sayuri.

She likes this light novel very much, otherwise she would not put aside her professional work to draw a serious second work for it.

"Yes, it's an invitation from Kasumi Shiko-sensei's editor, Ms. Machida. They are very grateful for the fanart you created for the novel, and sincerely invite you to create illustrations for the second volume."

Sayuri Sawamura briefly summarized the contents of the email.

"If it's "Metronome of Love", well... it's not impossible."

"Daughter, who are you showing off to with this arrogance?"

Sayuri Sawamura knew that her daughter was very dishonest.She was very worried that if Yinglili met a boy she liked in the future, would she really be able to confess her feelings to him?

"I hate it, Mom. Please help me reply to Editor Machida. I will accept their invitation. I will ask Mom to help me discuss future cooperation."

Eiri rubbed Sayuri's cheek and continued to go back to the computer to create.

Talking back to Eiri, she is of English-Japanese descent. Her father is a British diplomat in Japan. She is a somewhat influential figure in Japan. She loves Eiri very much and also understands and supports Eiri's hobbies.

Yinglili awakened to the skill of painting at a very young age and is recognized as a painting genius. Now in her third year of junior high school, she has already determined that she will pursue the art path in the future.Considering that outsiders may not be able to accept that such a cute girl is actually a Seqin painter, only a few people know the identity of Eri Kashiwagi, and even most of the people who cooperate with her in business do not know her identity.

In formal social occasions, Yinglili is always the polite and elegant lady, and her bright blond hair is her trademark.In private, she combines all the outside world's stereotypes of painters: sloppy, thick lenses, disheveled hair, dark circles under the eyes caused by staying up late...

Although Yinglili's father is British, her own English level is very poor.Rather, because she has been studying painting skills for a long time, her grades in cultural classes are not very good.Considering that she would definitely take the path of special recruitment in the future, Eirili did not hesitate to set her schooling goal at the private Toyosaki Academy.

"Haha——I have worked hard today. Let's work hard again tomorrow."

Ying Lili stretched out, returned to her bed, and reopened the half-read "All Readings" magazine placed on her pillow.

Originally, Eiri had nothing to do with this kind of popular literary magazine. However, her classmates and parents spent this year trying to make love to her by a writer named Hachiman, who was the same age as her.

Out of curiosity, she read the two books "Confession" and "Malice", and she became a big fan of Mr. Hachiman from then on.Now she was struggling to read The Causes of Disintegration.

Eiri is envious of this Hachiman teacher.In her opinion, two-dimensional is something that is difficult to put on the stage, and popular literature writers are undoubtedly at the top of the contempt chain and the most respected people.

"It would be great if one day I could illustrate Hachiman-sensei's books and paintings."

Yinglili was looking forward to it so much, but she also thought it was impossible.After all, real literary works most of the time do not need illustrations to provide bonuses.

Chapter 65 Hikigaya Hachiman is nominated for the Naoki Award

Hikigaya Hachiman has ushered in the second December after his freshman year, and the day for the entrance examination is getting closer and closer. At this time, Hikigaya Hachiman only feels that he is completely sure of victory.

After going through Machida Enko's merciless tutoring, Hikigaya Hachiman believed that he was fully capable of hitting the top spot in his grade, and he only needed to pass the stage exam before the New Year's holiday to test his quality.

What he didn't expect was that No. 1 in Class A, the current No. [-] in the division, was often distracted during class recently. Even the head teacher, who rarely criticized students, couldn't bear it anymore and called him to the office for a talk. .

Although I don’t know what the class teacher talked about with that classmate, a rumor soon spread in private: the first grader was because he was recently addicted to Mr. Hachiman’s novels, which caused his academic performance to decline and he was distracted in class.

"Read what Hachiman read."

The suspect Hikigaya Hachiman commented sharply.

But when he thought that his novel could help him defeat his academic rivals, he began to consider whether he should become more productive in the future.After all, the more students who read his novels and are not doing their jobs properly, the faster Japan will be finished. Oh no, the less competitive his opponents will be.

Of course, these are still crooked ways, everyone's scores will be lower, and university admissions will not become more relaxed, so it is more reliable to improve yourself.

However, according to his senior Yukinoshita Harano, with Hikigaya Hachiman's literary achievements and his already excellent liberal arts scores, any university in Japan would be willing to recruit him.

"So, junior fellow student, you should reduce the useless behavior of studying and focus more on literary creation."

Yukinoshita Yono once said to him.

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Hachiman had heard other people talk about this weird behavior of dissuading people from learning more than once, which made him a little tempted.

But mystery novels are different from other literary categories. If mystery writers can learn more and accumulate more, they will always be useful.For example, Keigo Higashino in his previous life, as a man of science and engineering, would often use the science knowledge he had learned in books. If Hikigaya Hachiman wanted to carry a book with similar content, he would only get a black eye without some basic knowledge.

For Hikigaya Hachiman, one major event this December is that the shortlist for the next Naoki Award has been released.

Editor Imamura's words are true. "Malevolence" is indeed among them, and it is the only mystery novel among all the candidates.As for the status of the Naoki Prize, it goes without saying that it is considered the highest award for Japanese literature together with the Akutagawa Prize, which was established and awarded at the same time.

For an award of this level, it is already a great honor for a work to be selected. Naturally, Hikigaya Hachiman did not dare to expect more.

"You really don't have a chance this year, Naoki, Hikigaya-kun. You must know that many young authors are also waiting for this award. Although the Naoki Award is based on works, sometimes seniority is also determined. Writers who have made great contributions to the literary world."

"But Hikigaya-kun, you don't have to worry. Although there are no clear regulations for the Naoki Award, basically a writer will only win the award once. As long as you can maintain the quality of your creations, Hikigaya-kun, I believe you can get the Naoki Award when you get to university. Awarded."

Mr. Arisugawa was afraid that Hikigaya Hachiman would have too much expectations for this nomination, so he called Hikigaya Hachiman as soon as the candidate list was announced.

"Well, I understand. Teacher Arisukawa, thank you for reminding me. I won't have any unrealistic illusions. Rather, at my age, winning awards is not a good thing. I dare not say that I don't Will be proud."

Hikigaya Hachiman said sincerely.

"Haha, Hikigaya-kun, even if you say so, you were nominated for the Naoki Award at the age of 16, and it won't be long before you actually win the award. You must still be very young at that time. Anyway, I hope that by then Even though you are successful and famous, you can still maintain your creative passion."

Mr. Arisukawa believes from the bottom of his heart that Hikigaya Hachiman is a humble person, with a low profile far beyond his peers, and even far beyond ordinary people. This character is the biggest factor in his success.

"I will definitely know how to do it, Teacher Arisukawa. I will ask you to give me more guidance in the future."

"Hikigaya-kun, I may no longer have the ability to give you advice now. The things you wrote are so imaginative, worthy of the brains of young people. Oh, by the way, Hikigaya-kun, it's the end of the year again soon. Okay, do you need me to pick you up for this year’s banquet in Chiba?”

Mr. Arisukawa remembered another thing and asked in passing.

"Teacher, I can go by myself this year. Thank you for your concern."

Yukinoshita Harano told Hikigaya Hachiman a few days ago that the family would directly arrange a car to pick him up for this year's banquet, so he didn't have to find a way to come by himself.However, Mr. Yusukawa definitely didn't know about this, so Hachiman thought there was no need to say anything.

"It's really not necessary... I know that you and the eldest daughter of the Yukinoshita family have been very close recently. She must have just found a way to pick you up."

Arisukawa said thoughtfully.

Hikigaya Hachiman was speechless. As expected, nothing could be hidden from this powerful writer-teacher. It was probably Editor Imamura who let it slip casually.

"Forget it, Hikigaya-kun, this is a matter for you young people. When you get back to the venue, don't forget to come see me. The process is similar to last year, you know."

"Okay teacher, I will find you immediately when I get to the venue."

Hikigaya Hachiman immediately agreed.Then the two talked about some literary awards and ended the call.

Whenever he talks to Mr. Arisugawa on the phone, Hikigaya will sit upright no matter where he is.Because I have not developed good habits, I will become very tired over time, and I will naturally collapse on the spot after finishing the call.

Hikigaya Hachiman, who was paralyzed on the ground, was still thinking about many things, such as the matter of being selected for the Naoki Award. Bungeishunqiu Publishing House had started taking action early, just in time to catch up with the second wave of printing of "Malevolence", and the matter of being selected for the Naoki Award. This is enough to warrant a vigorous marketing campaign.

After this printing is completed, Hikigaya Hachiman's bank balance will exceed [-] million yen.For him now, money is just a number. The bank has asked him many times whether he needs to hire a financial planner, but he has also refused.

The banquet at the end of the year is what worries Hikigaya Hachiman the most.For some reason, he always felt that this banquet would not be as simple as last year.After all, at this time last year, he didn't even know the existence of the Yukinoshita family, but this year he would become a guest of their family.

"I hope I'm just overthinking..."

Hikigaya Hachiman gave up thinking about these things that easily made him uneasy, turned over on the bed with his quilt in his arms, and fell into a deep sleep.

Chapter 66 Yukinoshita Yukino returns like lightning!

It was mid-December, and Yukinoshita Yukino's junior high school career in the United States had come to a successful end. It was time for her to pack her bags and return to her hometown.

But she cannot relax. After she returns to Japan, she will take the public high school unified examination in early March next year with other candidates across Japan. Her goal is the international education class of Chiba City Sobu High School. The students are basically children of overseas returnees, and the admission bias is slightly less than that of ordinary classes.

Of course, it doesn't matter to Yukinoshita Yukino whether the school's admission bias is more or less, because she doesn't have to rely on passing the exam to get into Sobu High School.She has only one goal at any time, and that is to be number one in her grade.To achieve this goal, she will definitely not fall behind in her studies.

As for now, she must return to Japan.But this time, Yukino was not as resentful about going home as in previous years.One of the reasons is naturally that the relationship between her and her mother has eased to a certain extent, which has allowed her to reduce some of her resentment towards the family.

The second reason is that after she returns to Japan this time, she will make a request to her family (mainly her mother) to move out during high school. Although this will easily make her mother unhappy, she believes that with her father's persuasion, she This can be accomplished successfully.

Finally, and the most important reason, Yukinoshita Yukino hopes to meet again, the boy she met at the banquet last year.

She always believed that it was rude to fail to contact the other party after the banquet and leave Japan without expressing her gratitude.Maybe the other party has long forgotten this episode, but Yukino wants to meet him again no matter what, even if it's just to say thank you.

Of course, there is another factor that is not very important, but makes Yukino very happy.That is, after returning to Japan, she finally no longer has to delay reading Mr. Hachiman's book.The previous two times that Mr. Hachiman published a new book, she had to wait several days at night to read it than Yango. During this period, she had to endure the other party's endless threats of spoilers, which was really torture.

Yukinoshita Yukino feels that since the end of May, her sister has become particularly fond of using spoilers to scare her.Although Yukino knew that her sister just had a bad personality and liked to tease herself.But she didn't dare to bet. If one day Yang Nai got angry outside and really became crazy and spoiled things for her when she got home, the price would be too high.

No matter how you put it, Yukino was full of expectations for this trip home. The change in mood brought about changes in human spirit and spirit.

So, when the Yukinoshita family waited at Narita Airport again after a year.What they saw was a Yukino with firm and powerful steps, resolute eyes, and even a bit menacing. This really shocked the whole family.

Mrs. Yukinoshita's mood was complicated. She was happy to see Yukino's transformation, but she was worried that her second daughter's transformation was just to better fight against her.

As for Haruno, at this time in previous years, she must have jumped on Yukino and started rubbing against her.However, this year she froze in place. It was hard to tell whether she felt guilty, but her sister was so menacing that a sense of crisis suddenly rose in her heart that shouldn't exist.

Yukino didn't notice, or rather ignored, his family's reaction.She walked straight in front of the three of them, so close that if they were strangers, it would be considered a provocation.

"Mother, father, sister, I'm back. My three years of study in the United States have ended successfully, all thanks to the strong support of my family. Thank you very much."

Yukinoshita Yukino bowed deeply and continued to look at the confused family members in front of her.

"Welcome back, Yukino. Studying abroad will increase your knowledge, and you can also accept a different education method from Japan. Of course, your family will support you, and you should work hard for the exam next March."

It was Mr. Yukinoshita who broke the silence and was the first to reply to Yukino.In fact, when Yukino proposed studying abroad, it was mainly because Mr. Yukinoshita agreed and persuaded his wife that it was possible.

Yukinoshita Yukino is grateful to her father from the bottom of her heart. She knows very well that in this family, her father also has to look at her mother's eyes to act. However, he is still willing to defend Yukino's willful behavior to her mother many times.

"Yukino, I believe that you have changed a lot in this year. I only hope that these changes will allow you to better understand your family's thoughts, so that your study abroad career will not be in vain."

Mrs. Yukinoshita looked at her second daughter, who was a bit strange to her, and said.Her words were both affirmation and a warning.

"I will, mother."

Yukino met her mother's eyes without wavering at all.

At this time, Yukinoshita Harano seemed to want to say something. The sister in front of her had really changed so much that she was a little unfamiliar. She couldn't say the words she said when they reunited in the past.