Iruma-san wants to win the Akutagawa Prize

In fact, when Ijichi Hongka mentioned Iruma Renjian, Iruma Hibiki's face had turned ashen.

Just now, I was leisurely thinking about taking a part-time job, making music, exercising, and loving him. I was relaxing and enjoying the time going home with my female classmates after school. But at this moment, I recalled the really important and terrible things I was avoiding.

"What, what's wrong..."

Ijichi Hongxia also seemed to realize that something was wrong.

After all, the Iruma Hibiki in front of him showed a very bad expression in an instant.

24 Ichichi Hongka's Worries

In the novel, Yakov, the World War II hero who created most of the modern occult systems, including but not limited to men in black, flying saucers, shadow governments and conspiracy theories, gave people the impression that human identity is sometimes untouchable, and once the truth is known, one will die because of knowing the truth.

That's what they call curiosity killing the cat.

It is just like the consequence that happened when Ijichi Hongka accidentally learned about the other identity of her classmate Iruma Hibiki.

But in reality, this incident was essentially just a small accident.

It was around 1 a.m. yesterday morning, when Ijichi Hongxia finally finished washing up and was urged by her sister to go to bed, Hongxia, who couldn't sleep for a while, opened the chat history on her phone and took a look at the message from Iruma Hibiki -

Nagasaki Suyo went to bed early and turned off her phone at 10 o'clock. Her stormy typing and chatting stopped at that moment, just like a person who has to go to the toilet and stops in front of it.

Of course, despite saying this, Ijichi Hongxia still felt a little happy about it.

After all, with Nagasaki Soyo around, there's no need to worry about the chat group becoming silent and no one knowing what to talk about. Although Ijichi Hongxia thinks she's good at socializing, she's a little slow in finding topics, and she needs to rely on the topic dice.

Of course, afterwards, whether Ichichi Hongxia actually placed an order for the topic dice is another story, so let’s get back to the topic.

That was in the early hours of last night.

This weekend's rehearsal will focus on basic coordination, understanding of instruments, and music theory.

Good night, Ichichi-san, I wish you a sweet dream.

These were the last two messages that Hibiki Iruma sent her at 12 o'clock.

The moment she saw these two messages, Ijichi Hongxia suddenly remembered something.

She opened the browser, went to the bookmarks, and then typed in Iruma. Then she saw the pre-sale announcement for the Fuzugawa Bunko.

The debut work of a light novel writer named Iruma Rengen will be released next week.

For a moment, Ijichi Kouka remembered Iruma Hibiki's dream of becoming a writer, and then smiled gently.

She was looking forward to the day when she would see Hibiki Iruma's name somewhere and know that he had achieved success and fulfilled his dreams. Even if by that time, they were no longer friends and it didn't matter that they hadn't seen each other for many years.

So it was at this moment that Ijichi Hongxia brought up her own topic.

Then she suddenly noticed that Iruma Hibiki's face turned ashen in an instant.

Did she do something wrong?

After the ecstasy, Ijichi Hongxia's heart stopped for a moment.

"Sorry, Iruma-kun! Did I bring up something that might make you uncomfortable?"

In a flash, Ijichi Hongxia clasped her hands together and apologized to Iruma Hibiki with a look of confusion on her face.

"No, it's not. It's not your fault, Ijichi-kun."

Iruma Hibiki took a deep breath and spoke seriously.

“Just remembered my summer deadline and realized I had forgotten about it.”

Iruma Hibiki sighed, shook his head, gave a wry smile, and quickly returned to his normal self.

"Submit your manuscript?"

"right."

Iruma Hibiki quickly explained his recent situation to Ijichi Kouka.

"So being an author is so hard work! I'm really surprised! Iruma-san, you're already a debut author! It feels like the protagonist I've only seen in movies is now right in front of me, hahahaha..."

"The same goes for Nagasaki-san, and for Chihaya-san who's coming soon. Meeting everyone since entering high school feels like a dream."

Ijichi Hongxia sighed with a smile, and the smile on her face seemed to become even brighter.

"But it doesn't matter, does it? I have deadlines, part-time jobs, and band stuff."

About a few minutes later, when the two were about to separate under the stars, Ijichi Hongka stared at the profile of Iruma Hibiki beside her and asked.

And Iruma Hibiki was silent for a while.

"it does not matter."

Then he spoke softly.

"It's okay if the novel is delayed, but as for the band, I promised Nagasaki and you that I'd work hard on it and I won't give up halfway."

"As for part-time jobs."

"If it's just two days, it's still easy. Besides, it's fun to be with you, Ijichi-san."

Iruma Hibiki turned his head and spoke with a smile to Ijichi Kouka beside him.

"Wow! So straightforward!"

Ijichi Hongxia was a little scared and her face turned a little red.

Female high school students in Tokyo are generally introverted, just like Jin Lingzi, whose fiery red sweet heart is always hidden under a honey-colored bitter skin.

In other words, it looks sunny and cheerful, but when you taste it carefully, it is bitter and distant. Only when you truly understand it can you discover the passion and sweetness in it.

It's natural that a guy like Hibiki Iruma is an outlier among outliers, and he himself has no awareness of this.

"Could it be that you, Iruma-san, are unexpectedly quite the lively type?"

As a joke, Ijichi Hongxia teased after being shy.

"No, actually I don't have any real friends in middle school."

"what……"

"My elementary school life was even more of a failure."

"Ah, wait……"

"In kindergarten, he was even a huge problem child, and his parents were called in repeatedly."

"Wait, Iruma-kun! STOP! Let's end this topic!"

Ijichi Hongxia immediately stopped the topic.

In fact, she had no idea that Hibiki Iruma was such a regrettable person in the past.

After all, no matter how you look at this boy in front of you——

At least for Ijichi Hongka, she doesn't dislike Iruma Hibiki's honesty, seriousness and initiative at all.

Coupled with the occasional tenderness, she could actually feel it.

For this reason, Ijichi Nikka is not without her own concerns... facing Iruma Hibiki who is so serious about deciding to form a band because of her.

If one day.

She really, really had some unexpected events because of her sister and family matters. What should she do when the band can no longer continue?

There's also Nagasaki Suyo, and Chihaya Aine who will be here later...

I thought of the young lady Nagasaki Suyo and the student council president Chihaya Aine.

For a moment, Ijichi Hongxia thought, would it be better if she, who was still bound at this moment, did not exist in this band?

Of course, this thought only lasted for a moment.

At this moment, she really wanted to hold on.

Even if it's forced, it doesn't matter.

Her dream is to form a band with so many good people.

25 Nagasaki Suyo's Trial

For Iruma Hibiki, saying goodbye to Ijichi Nikka was actually like the last relaxing time before entering hell, just like the farewell after a party, the weekend before the exam, and the last night before the results came out. When the moment of everything coming to an end came, the bloody reality became an unavoidable disaster.

"Iruma-sensei, are you deliberately not replying to my messages because you can't write a new book? It's okay, Iruma-sensei, even if you don't reply to me, it's okay. I will visit you at the book signing event and before the release of the second book."

This is definitely a threat.

It's a threat no matter how you look at it.

And it was a threat that was extremely rude and totally inconsistent with normal social interaction.

Hibiki Iruma sighed helplessly as he looked at the star-studded entrance of the sunken Livehouse in the distance. He then picked up his schoolbag and walked towards the station on his left.

I'll give you the manuscript of my new book on time, don't worry, Editor Machida. I haven't heard about the book signing event before. When did we book this event?

After thinking for a while, Iruma Hibiki replied to Machida Sonoko, and then opened his blog after a long time.

Guitar Hero was also updated today. Fortunately, the content of her update was not a lie that would make Hibiki Iruma feel helpless. Today's update was just a simple cover of the band's songs.

"Come to think of it, Goto-kun's guitar skills are quite good."

Walking down the street with headphones on, listening to music, Hibiki Iruma couldn't help but sigh. No matter how he listened, the guitar playing skills in the updated Guitar Hero account videos were at a level that even laymen could agree was good.

When did she practice?

When did you start learning?

totally no idea.

Actually, Hibiki Iruma only heard recently that Ichiri Goto could play the guitar.

Thinking about the fact that he would inevitably embark on the path of a guitarist at this moment, Iruma Hibiki felt a little emotional.

"Xiang, your shopping has arrived. I left it at the door of your room."

As soon as he returned home, Iruma Hibiki heard his mother's reminder.

"I see."

[I'd completely forgotten, Iruma-sensei, you're a complete newbie... Generally speaking, after a new author debuts, as long as there's an opportunity and pre-launch buzz is good, the library will arrange a book signing event. This is partly for sales considerations, but also as an investment.]

[Promising authors can attract a large number of fans through book signings and warm up for sequels.]

Machi Suzu Moe=⒎.２③Zero Death Nine Wife彡Shida Yuanzi's message also came at this time.

[Iruma-sensei, you shouldn't be opposed to things like book signing events, right?]

[Well, I don't mind, but I'm probably only free on Sundays. Is that okay?]

Iruma Hibiki replied to Machida Sonoko, then freed his hands and carried the tightly wrapped guitar into Qi's bedroom.

"Of course, no problem. I'll let you know the specific time. Of course, you need to make some preparations before that."

Soon, Machida Sonoko sent a long list of precautions.

At the moment, Hibiki Iruma was not in the mood to read these things, so he put them aside for the time being.

He took a long time to open the package, took out his black and green guitar, then took a photo and posted it in the group.

Today's group was unexpectedly quiet starting in the afternoon, probably because Nagasaki Suyo didn't show up all afternoon for some reason.

No one sent a private message.

This actually made Iruma Hibiki feel a little uncomfortable.

[My new guitar has arrived. I'll try practicing it today.]

So he sent his first message of the day after the photo.

Ding--

Today is actually a rare day for the junior high school department of Tsukinomori. At least for Nagasaki Suyo, if the performance club has no activities and is resting, then she will become a member of the homecoming club.

So naturally, she returned to her empty home early, had dinner alone, and then lay on the bed, browsing her phone.

She was not in the group as usual, or chatting with Ijichi Hongka and Iruma Hibiki.

And the reason for this is very simple.

This is a test.