Zongman: The only God Slayer adopted by the Nakano family

You have to know that they have never had a boyfriend since they were young, and they have always kept a distance from the opposite sex, let alone holding hands.

"But I don't have to worry. If I can't find a man I like in the future, I'll let You support me. You agreed anyway..."

Looking at Machida Sonoko, Shizuka Hiratsuka forced a smile and said that although what she had said to Nakano Yu before was just a joke, it would be nice to use it to piss off her best friend.

"Hah?! You actually betrayed the organization! I'm going to burn you to death on behalf of the Saint!!"

Upon hearing this, Machida Sonoko suddenly felt betrayed. As she spoke, she reached out to grab Hiratsuka Shizuka. Unfortunately, she had never practiced fighting skills and her physical fitness was far inferior to Hiratsuka Shizuka's. In just a moment, she was locked in Hiratsuka Shizuka's arms.

"It hurts, it hurts!! Xiaojing, I know I was wrong!"

Without hesitation, Machida Sonoko immediately chose to beg for mercy, and Hiratsuka Shizuka did not continue to make trouble and let go of Hiratsuka Shizuka.

"Really? Xiao Jing is still as strong as ever. She's really not going to be able to find a boyfriend at this rate!"

Rubbing her sore arm, Machida Sonoko said unhappily. Just as she finished her words, the lights in the banquet hall suddenly dimmed, and then the spotlight suddenly hit the stage not far away from them.

"Dear distinguished guests, fellow novel lovers and colleagues, good evening! Welcome to the Fuzugawa Bunko Annual Summary and Awards Ceremony..."

Under the spotlight, a wealthy middle-aged woman holding a microphone walked up and began to give a traditional speech.

That rich woman, Yuu Nakano, knows her. She is the big boss of the Fuzugawa Bunko. It can be said that the entire Fuzugawa Bunko was established by her. She is definitely a wealthy person.

The next process is the normal award ceremony, the first of which is the annual diligence award.

As the name suggests, this award is given to the light novel author who publishes the new volume the fastest and with the most words in the entire year. However, there is actually no such award in the traditional paperback industry. The reason why Fuzui Bunko has it is probably to attract more authors to sign with Fuzui Bunko.

After all, if the benefits are good, no author would be willing to continue staying in a library with poor benefits.

After that came the top 30 of the year, which was based on the sales of a single volume in the entire year. As expected, Kasumigaoka Utaha, with the blessing of the third volume of "Love Metronome", won the first place without any suspense.

The second one is the fantasy adventure light novel "The Exploding Dark Fairy", which has sold 200,000 copies of a single volume, so there is no need to think about the sales volume. Moreover, this "The Exploding Dark Fairy" is also the author's debut work!

The first book and the first volume have achieved such exaggerated results. There is no need to elaborate on what will happen next. Anyway, tonight, "The Exploding Dark Fairy" has definitely won the Best Newcomer King award of this year.

With the distribution of huge checks, awards and luxurious gifts, the highlight of the evening soon arrived - the Newcomer Award and the Best Seller of the Year Award!

"Well, next, please welcome this year's brightest rising star from the Fuzugawa Bunko Library, the best new artist of the year, and the author of 'The Exploding Dark Fairy'—Yamada Yojii-sensei!!!"

At this time, a host had taken the stage and was holding the microphone to announce the award winners. After all, the rich woman was getting tired as she got older, so she went down to rest after delivering the opening speech.

As the host finished speaking, the spotlight suddenly turned and hit the steps leading to the stage.

At this time, on the steps, there was a girl wearing a red puffy skirt, with long golden hair draped behind her back and two strands of hair in front curled. The girl looked very quiet and gave people the feeling of a lady from a noble family. Coupled with the beautiful and girlish skirt, the girl looked like a princess.

"Is that the author of 'Exploding Dark Elf'? She doesn't look... like someone who could write a book like that. Is that girl really Yamada Fairy?"

"I thought it would be a fat, greasy young man, but I didn't expect it to be such a cute little girl. It's really surprising."

"Why isn't she moving? Is she having stage fright?"

"He doesn't look more than a teenager. He's probably scared."

The figure of Yamada Fairy appeared in the sight of everyone in the banquet hall, and immediately the entire banquet hall began to question Yamada Fairy.

The doubts were all consistent, and they were simply doubting whether the girl was Yamada Fairy, or being curious about why Yamada Fairy was motionless.

".Yamada Fairy?"

Seeing Yamada Fairy, Nakano Yu raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect that the first time he saw Yamada Fairy was when the other party won the Rookie King. But... looking at Yamada Fairy's expression, could he really be scared?

At this time, Fairy Yamada was standing on the stairs leading to the stage, motionless, her tender white hands tightly holding the microphone, her eyes slightly closed. Even Yu Nakano couldn't guess what Fairy Yamada was going to do.

"call!"

At this moment, Yamada Fairy suddenly let out a sigh, then opened his eyes and walked quickly onto the stage.

Standing in the center of the stage, the host wanted to say something to liven up the atmosphere, but Yamada Fairy looked back at him, and he shut his mouth in disappointment.

"Ahem, hello everyone, I'm Yamada Fairy, this year's Rookie of the Year at the Busei Bunko."

Clearing his throat, Yamada Fairy glanced around the audience, then quickly stopped and looked at where Nakano Yu was sitting, and said.

Noticing Yamada Fairy's gaze, Nakano Yu looked back with some confusion.

He could feel that the Yamada fairy was not looking at him, but at Kasumigaoka Utaha beside him, and in that gaze, Nakano Yuu felt a strong...hostility?

That strong feeling was more like the desire to win among children competing for first place rather than hostility.

Utaha Kasumigaoka obviously also noticed that the rookie king of the library seemed not very friendly to her. She raised her eyebrows and thought about it in her mind, but could not find any memory related to Yamada Elf.

She had never had any contact with Yamada Fairy before, let alone how she might have offended this little girl.

This has caused Kasumigaoka Utaha to be quite puzzled. After all, the Yamada fairy is hostile to her, but she doesn't know where the hostility comes from. It can't be... related to the boy next to her, right?

That's impossible. Kasumigaoka Utaha knows that Nakano Yuu is actually quite fickle and a little hantai in some aspects, but not to this extent. Yuu wouldn't make a move on such a young girl, right?

Frowning, Kasumigaoka Utaha glanced at Zhongye Yuu, and seeing that the young man was looking at her with questioning eyes, Kasumigaoka Utaha had to shake her head, indicating that she didn't know what was going on.

The Yamajo fairy on the stage was extremely dissatisfied when he saw that Kasumigaoka Utaha just glanced at him and then looked away.

Squeezing the microphone, Yamada Fairy continued:

"I may not accept the Newcomer Award from the Fuzuigawa Bunko, but I have something to say."

"I, Fairy Yamada, declare war on Kasumi Shiko, the author of 'Love Metronome'!"

"One day in the future, my book will definitely break through the sales of one million copies, tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions. I am declaring war on the future sales of me, Yamada Fairy, and Kasumi Shiko!"

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Chapter 173: The fusion of hearts, strange story: twisted villain!

"what?"

As Yamada Fairy finished speaking, Kasumigaoka Utaha raised her eyebrows.

Looking at the Yamada Fairy who was full of fighting spirit, Kasumigaoka Utaha was absolutely sure that only such a person could write the "Exploding Dark Fairy" full of middle school feeling, but... declaring war, it's really something that only children would do.

However, I have to admit that Yamada Fairy is very strong, at least stronger than her. After all, not only did her first book win the title of Rookie of the Year, but the sales volume was also very impressive. The key is her age.

If it weren't for her "Love Metronome" which became a sudden success this year, it is estimated that not only the Rookie of the Year title, but also the annual bestseller would have been won by Yamada Elf. Yamada Elf should have thought so before. If this is the case, Kasumigaoka Utaha will understand why Yamada Elf is so hostile. It seems that it is because she stole the annual bestseller.

At this time, the banquet hall had fallen into silence because of Yamada Fairy's shocked remarks.

The host was about to step forward to liven up the atmosphere, but Kasumigaoka Utaha stood up and looked at the Yamada Fairy, who was not even a teenager and whose figure and height were small compared to her, and said:

"Little friend, I'm looking forward to the day when you break through the 100 million sales mark. But before that, you should first win the annual bestseller award, or grow up a little more."

There was no hostility in Kasumigaoka Utaha's words. Compared to what she had just said to Machida Sonoko and the other two girls, the offensive power of this sentence was basically zero. Rather than being a response to Yamada's declaration of war, it was more like an elder's praise for the younger generation.

It’s not that Kasumigaoka Utaha has no temper, nor that the girl is afraid of Yamada Elf, but when facing Yamada Elf, Kasumigaoka Utaha accurately grasps Yamada Elf’s psychology.

The more arrogant Yamada Fairy is and the more she provokes her, the more she should not be anxious, because this will make Yamada Fairy even more proud. The correct way to deal with it is to act more superior to Yamada Fairy, that is, to become a senior in the light novel industry.

"you!"

As expected, after hearing what Kasumigaoka Utaha said, Yamada Fairy immediately became anxious. She was originally a little girl in her teens, and coupled with her second-year syndrome, how could she withstand such excitement from Kasumigaoka Utaha!

When Kasumigaoka Utaha finished speaking and looked at her provocatively, Yamada Fairy's face immediately turned red, she was very angry.

Pointing at Kasumigaoka Utaha, Yamada Fairy looked at herself again, not knowing what to refute for a moment.

It is true that Kasumigaoka Utaha entered the industry earlier than her, and Kasumigaoka Utaha's words just now did contain praise for her, but... why did it sound so unpleasant to her?

"What's wrong, Yamada Fairy-sensei? Are you lacking confidence in yourself? If you want to break the 100 million mark in sales, you must first believe in yourself."

Seeing Yamada Fairy like this, Kasumigaoka Utaha chuckled and tilted her head, looking like an older sister caring about her younger sister, but there was a sense of sarcasm in her words.

"I...thank you, Kasumi Shiko-sensei!"

Taking a deep breath, Yamada Fairy felt that if she stood here again, she would be annoyed to death by Kasumigaoka Utaha's weird remarks. She gritted her teeth and said thank you, then hurried off the stage after receiving the award.

Seeing this, Kasumigaoka Utaha smiled with satisfaction.

After all, he is still a child, and looks like he is only in junior high school. He can't bear it after just a few words.

Soon after Kasumigaoka Utaha sat down, she felt that everyone in the hall was looking at her.

Sensing something was wrong, Kasumigaoka Utaha looked at the boy beside her.

However, Nakano Yuu looked calm and composed, patted the back of Kasumigaoka Utaha's hand, and said:

"Ignore them."

Kasumigaoka Utaha nodded. There was probably no one in the entire banquet hall who didn't know Nakano Yuu. Nakano Yuu noticed those gazes when he walked into the banquet hall, but after a quick look around, Nakano Yuu found that there were not many people he knew, so he simply ignored them.

Just watch it. The Metropolitan Police Department and Kyoto Onmyoji made such a big fuss just to let the whole of Neon know about him, Nakano Yuu.

It turned out to be quite successful. Even Machida Sonoko could recognize him the first time she saw him.

If it were in the past, Machida Sonoko might have only heard that there was a big shot in the upper echelons of Neon, and would never have thought that it was Nakano Yuu, or even heard of his name.

All I can say is that the promotion by the Metropolitan Police Department and the Onmyojis of Kyoto is effective, but he just doesn't like it very much.

Although it has no effect on him, it will cause distress to the people around him...such as girls like Kotonoha who don't like the attention.

After Yamada Fairy left the stage, the host livened up the atmosphere, but the people in the audience kept paying attention to Nakano Yu's movements.

None of them knew what kind of person Nakano Yu was. If they could establish a relationship with that young man tonight, then their future would definitely be smooth sailing!

Even just chatting with that young man and getting to know him might be a great opportunity!

The host on the stage saw that no one was paying attention to him and a cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

He also noticed Nakano Yuu, but he knew in advance that there was no such heavyweight among the invited guests. He couldn't say that this person was invited by a light novel author present, right?

Thinking of this, the host's eyes fell on Kasumigaoka Utaha. Seeing how close Kasumigaoka Utaha and Nakano Yuu were, he immediately understood.

It turns out they are boyfriend and girlfriend. He really overlooked this point.

After calming down, the host continued with the process.

Next came the last award - the best-selling work of the year. After he announced the winners and their works, Kasumigaoka Utaha stood up and walked away.

After receiving the check, commemorative medal and the library gift from the award presenter, Kasumigaoka Utaha expressed her gratitude in a proper manner, especially thanking Nakano Yuu and Machida Sonoko.

There is no need to say much about Nakano Yuu. The reason why "Love Metronome" was able to survive is largely due to Nakano Yuu. As for Machida Sonoko, it is because she has always been encouraging Kasumigaoka Utaha.

After the release of the first volume of "Love Metronome", sales were dismal and Kasumigaoka Utaha was hit hard. At that time, she actually thought about stopping writing and giving up her literary dream, but Machida Sonoko did not give up on her, nor did she give up on "Love Metronome".

Although Machida Sonoko predicted that the third volume of "Love Metronome" would be cut short, that was just a precaution for Kasumigaoka Utaha. She knew that Kasumigaoka Utaha had great talent in literature, and she would feel very sorry if Utaha suffered a blow and lost confidence.

After giving her speech, Kasumigaoka Utaha walked off the stage with her prize money and glory, and returned to Nakano Yuu.

Then the library owner came on stage to speak, and then the banquet began.

It was called a banquet, but in fact everyone was divided into groups. Editors were with editors, editors were with their authors, and library bosses were chatting with their colleagues.

However, there are a few exceptions, such as Yamada Fairy. After receiving the award, Yamada Fairy stayed for a while, watched Kasumigaoka Utaha receive the award, and then left.

Nakano Yuu also doesn't like social scenes. After all, all the people in Tokyo he might need should know him, even though he doesn't know those people.

"This party is really boring. Yuu, look at how they want to come over but don't dare to. It's kind of funny."

In the banquet hall, Kasumigaoka Utaha walked up to Nakano Yuu, looked around at the crowd in the hall, and said.

"It's a normal thing. Have you had enough fun, Shiyu?"

Nakano Yu didn't think it was a big deal. In the past, only those who were brave enough, or those from families and tycoons with tremendous power in Japan, would dare to come up and talk to him. But there were obviously no such people in this banquet hall.

Rather than caring about those people, Nakano Yuu cares more about when he can leave with Kasumigaoka Utaha.

"There's nothing fun here, but... I'm sorry to disappoint my boyfriend. I'm staying at Yuanzi's house tonight, so it's not convenient for me to bring him along."

Seeing what Nakano Yu was thinking, Kasumigaoka Utaha said as she reached out and hooked the boy's hand, gently scratching Nakano Yu's palm with one finger.

"So, Kasumi Shiko-sensei, as a scumbag, is not going to take responsibility for the anger she sparked?"

Hearing this, Nakano Yu grabbed the girl's tender white hand, leaned slightly closer to Kasumigaoka Utaha, and asked.

"Of course not. Although it's not allowed here, other places..."

Kasumigaoka Utaha knew that Nakano Yu was joking, but she was not in the mood to joking. After saying that, she pulled Nakano Yu out of the banquet hall.

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Although the Busei Bunko did not book the entire hotel today, the hotel still controlled the guests in order to ensure that the banquet would not be affected. There was absolutely no one on the floor where the banquet hall was located.

Bringing Nakano Yuu and Kasumigaoka Utaha to the corner of the stairs.

There are no lights here and it's quite dark. After all, few people walk up the stairs nowadays, and they all take the elevator upstairs, which just suits Kasumigaoka Utaha's taste.

Using her scallion-like fingers, she gently unbuttoned the boy's collar. Kasumigaoka Utaha's whisper reached the boy's ears in the darkness: