Iruma-san wants to win the Akutagawa Prize

certainly--

Even so.

However, Nagasaki Suyo was not without resentment towards Toyokawa Shoko.

She is using her own way to gain a small chance of winning in this competition, so that that moment will come faster.

About the update

A few days ago, my previous cold worsened and I coughed up a lot of blood. Then I had a very bad time at the end of the month. I have no energy or ability to update these days, so I will stop updating for the time being. I am very sorry. I will resume updating as soon as possible, and it is expected to be within three days.

I'm really sorry for causing trouble to everyone.

I'll try to make up for it later.

It’s not that I can’t force myself, but I don’t want to be in a bad state and write something to perfunctorily satisfy everyone.

This book will definitely not be abandoned, please rest assured.

I will definitely finish it no matter what.

86 Goto Ichiri's Admiration

Life has become a mess.

But there are still some nostalgic parts, and everything now is somewhat hard to let go, but if I continue, I will face greater difficulties and pain——

In fact, Hibiki Iruma suddenly had such a feeling that after the hellish rehearsal, he quietly boarded the train back home alone.

From the very beginning, he felt a strange sensation in his mouth.

It was a kind of, probably strange, mysophobia.

The crepe at Nagasaki Sushi is actually a flavor that I don’t usually eat, especially in autumn. The crepe with a minty cool feeling seems terrible no matter how you think about it.

Did Nagasaki Sushi choose this flavor intentionally?

Iruma Hibiki was a little confused about the answer to this question.

Anyway, under that opportunity, Iruma Hibiki did not reject Nagasaki Suyo, so that—

At this moment, he had a deep sense of guilt no matter what.

And all the mess finally made him feel tired and overwhelmed. Yes, he had heard from the beginning that interpersonal relationships were complicated.

Sometimes, living in a cage is not a bad thing. As long as you don't have contact with the outside world, you will naturally not get hurt.

"Xiang, listen to me. Recently, when I heard someone talking about music at school, I suddenly mustered up the courage to start a conversation, but in the end, I just stood there, motionless..."

Goto Ichiri waited for Iruma Hibiki.

The two opened the game.

Today's game is not the same as before.

【Want to play something relaxing? 】

After saying this, Iruma Hibiki bought two copies of the previously popular farming game and welcomed the first spring day of planting 15 windbreaks with Goto Ichiri.

This game seems to have a favor and marriage system.

At the very beginning, Iruma Hibiki noticed this.

Finally, on the third day of spring, Iruma Hibiki got used to the complicated fishing game and caught a big catfish. He smiled with relief.

"Yili, if you feel uncomfortable, it's okay not to do it."

He said this suddenly.

Then he sighed slightly.

"Eh?"

But this answer was a bit surprising to Goto Ichiri.

She had the impression that Iruma Hibiki rarely said this.

People around her actually have a somewhat subtle attitude towards her situation.

People like Ijichi Nikka probably encouraged her, hoping that she could interact with other people and be less socially anxious. Goto Ichiri knew this.

And on Iruma Hibiki's side——

He is more subtle.

His attitude was probably that as long as she felt comfortable, there was no need to interact with anyone in particular. But more importantly, Iruma Hibiki hoped that she could communicate with people her own age, even though he himself was somewhat unable to do so.

Of course, this only goes up to junior high school.

After the winter break without seeing each other, when they met again the following spring, Iruma Hibiki had become a person Goto Ichiri was familiar with but not completely familiar with.

But all of us are good at it.

anyway.

Today's "It doesn't matter if you don't do it" doesn't sound like something Hibiki Iruma would say.

Goto Ichiri sensed the subtle emotions involved.

Yes, although such emotions are difficult to detect, Goto Ichiri felt it.

And the sigh in Hibiki Iruma's voice.

She is not very good at comforting others, and she doesn't know how to care about others.

She was always clumsy.

I am so clumsy that I don’t even understand what I like, and by the time I figure it out, it’s too late.

I am so clumsy that I always fantasize but stay where I am in reality, just like a dark and damp house girl who hides in a corner every day and fantasizes about her male god in the sun.

Of course, Hibiki Iruma is not a male god.

At least in his own opinion.

At least for now.

He's a terrible guy.

"ring."

For some reason, Goto Ichiri subconsciously called out Iruma Hibiki's name.

This also brought Iruma Hibiki back to his senses from his own world.

Only then did he realize that he had been standing by the river in the rain for a long time. The time in the game had already reached 10 o'clock in the evening. In another 4 hours, he would faint from exhaustion outside.

There is a subtle bond between Hibiki Iruma and Ichiri Goto.

It's like a strange pair of entangled particles, where even the slightest vibration of one side will cause a reaction in the other.

This is what Goto Ichiri did when he muttered his name.

Iruma Hibiki suddenly woke up.

"what happened?"

he asked.

"what……"

There was a mute voice on the other end of the line.

The pink-haired character controlled by Goto Ichiri has been circling around the door of their cabin again and again, as if she is a resentful woman waiting for her husband who is fooling around outside.

Of course, that was just the girl's uneasy heart.

The sound of computer keys clicking became more frequent inside the closet.

Then it became a basic rhythm of 4/4.

It took Goto Ichiri a while to comically think of what he was going to say.

She shrank her body slightly, gently pulled her exposed feet a little further under her body, then she took her hands off the keyboard and curled up slightly.

"I always feel that Xiang is worried today."

She spoke softly and timidly.

Probably with some worries.

This was a very un-Goto Ichiri question.

At least she would never do that normally.

Goto Ichiri himself also felt unfamiliar and surprised by this.

But at this moment, she didn't seem to be socially anxious at all, she just said such caring words naturally.

Even a second later, she herself became flustered and seemed to want to explain something.

"Ichiri, would you like to hear my side of the story?"

result--

Such a voice came from Iruma Hibiki's side.

"Eh?"

Goto Ichiri was once again stunned in surprise.

"Well, I can... Although I don't know if I can help, and I probably can't say anything nice..."

"But...about Hibiki...I want to know."

Goto Ichiri said this.

Once again, she said something she rarely could.

At one point, she even had doubts in her heart.

【Why can I say it now? 】

Goto Ichiri himself couldn't understand the reason for this turn of events.

It was as if some miraculous seed had sprouted by chance at this moment.

Unexpected flowers bloomed.

It is about to bear completely different fruit.

But one thing is beyond doubt.

Goto Ichiri realized one thing, that is, she might have a subtle opportunity at this moment.

one--

Perhaps this is a chance to become Hibiki Iruma's hero.

Just like what she had fantasized about for countless days and months after she named herself "Guitar Hero".

After all, there was one thing that Hibiki Iruma didn't know, and that Ichiri Goto didn't realize either.

In Goto Ichiri's dream.

That last stage where she shines.

Goto Ichiri's fantasy is just to return to a home with that person and become a housewife.

It is an admiration that is humble, insignificant, lacking in ambition, and has extremely little vision, yet extremely profound.

87 The Master of the Doll

Wakaba Mutsu lied.

This is an act that goes beyond the boundaries of a puppet.

Not allowed.

Not recognized.

It was a mistake from the beginning.

Incorrect decision.

But this was Wakaba Mu's decision. She deceived Toyokawa Shoko. This time, she did not become a messenger, nor did she become Toyokawa Shoko's spy.

She actually saw what Hibiki Iruma and Motoyo Nagasaki looked like when they came together.