In the anime, Kira Yoshikage longs for a peaceful life

Moreover, "The Sorcerers" and "Treasure Hunt" were both produced 27 years ago.

"Magician Ophelia" was produced 22 years ago, and even the "Suzumiya Haruhi Series" was produced 13 years ago.

And it has only been two years since the release of "Fantasy Demon Sword Legend"!

In just two years, it has reached the third place with a cumulative circulation of 14 million copies, which is absolutely an unprecedented achievement!

It is also thanks to such achievements that Kagurazaka Ayame was able to become the editor-in-chief, to sit in this conference room, and to be on equal footing with her predecessors whose average age is ten years older than her!

In addition to Senjumura Masaru and "Fantasy Demon Sword Den", she also has a group of excellent authors under her, who have won various awards at the Kyonan Light Novel Award in the past two years - there are a total of 13 winning works in the Newcomer Award in the past two years, and three of them are from authors under Kagurazaka Ayame!

It may seem like it only accounts for less than a quarter, but don’t forget that there are more than a dozen editors-in-chief here!

Therefore, she is indeed qualified to say "because this is the work I reviewed".

Although it sounds a bit arrogant, she does have the capital to be arrogant.

A veteran editor with a worrying hairline said in dissatisfaction:

"Kagurazaka's words are a bit arrogant. Although the writing style of Infinite Stratos is good, the overall quality is obviously not as good as Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World-."

"I'm just stating my opinion,"

Kagurazaka Ayame shrugged indifferently:

"Besides, this is what the minister asked me to say."

The people who were blamed for the incident were in danger of being accused of corruption.

But thanks to these two people speaking up, other editors also began to express their opinions.

“In fact, I think Accel World is also very good. The sci-fi setting of the future world view is very novel and should be very popular among young people.

Especially for readers who are already somewhat aesthetically fatigued by the theme of "another world", this work may actually stand out as a rising star! "

“I also think Re:Zero − Starting Life in a Different World – is pretty good. Although some readers may be a little tired of the different world theme, it is undeniable that the different world theme is still the mainstream.”

“Having said that, I think Kino’s Journey is quite outstanding. Although the subject matter is very different from the mainstream, both the writing and the plot are impeccable! From the perspective of a traveler, traveling through different countries and experiencing different stories, which contain thought-provoking philosophy, this type of work is almost unprecedented. I believe that even readers who are already aesthetically tired of the theme of the other world will not reject this masterpiece!”

"A masterpiece? I beg to differ. For the mainstream, Re:Zero is the real masterpiece!"

"I think Re:Zero is the next Genshin Impact. Who agrees and who disagrees?"

"I object! Kino's Journey is the future!"

"What's the point of your objection? You have no sense of aesthetics!"

"I have no aesthetic sense? Haha, with all due respect, your aesthetic sense is just a bunch of nonsense!"

“Kino’s Journey is very good. It would be even better if the author could change the ending of The Land of Gentleness.”

"Although I still think that "Cong Ling" is a masterpiece, I agree with your point of view in this regard."

"Change? It can't be changed! If the ending of The Land of Gentleness is changed, this story will have lost its meaning!"

“Is tragedy the only meaning of the work?”

The atmosphere in the conference room quickly became tense. At first, it was just a rational debate, but soon it became a heated argument.

"Quiet!"

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"Editor Kagurazaka, what do you think of these works?"

"view?"

Kagurazaka thought for a while and said:

"Speaking objectively, these works are all very good."

"But if there is one thing they all have in common, besides their excellent quality, it's that their pseudonyms are all very weird."

"..."

The conference room fell silent instantly, and many editors silently lowered their heads and looked at the pen names of those works:

Infinite Stratos

Pseudonym: 17 years old, afraid that school is not violent enough

Accel World

Pen name: Vehicle Killer

Kino's Journey

Pen name: The last gentleman of the Qiao family

"Life in Another World From Zero"

Pen name: 15 years old, want to be a Yangko star

To be honest, they are indeed very strange.

Suddenly someone asked:

“Is it possible that these works were written by the same author?”

The conference room was silent for a moment, as if thinking about the possibility of this speculation.

For example, '17 years old, worried that school is not violent enough' and '15 years old, want to be a Yangko star' are not only equally weird, but even the format is exactly the same...

But before anyone else could think seriously about it, someone immediately refuted:

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

"Yes, this should just be a coincidence."

"Yes, it's a coincidence!"

The reason why the editors were arguing so fiercely was simply because if these works belonged to the same author, then these works would most likely be signed under the same editor.

But if they are from different authors, then they have a chance to grab one of them!

Kagurazaka Ayame lazily looked at the people who were arguing, looking as if she was staying out of it and indifferent.

Chapter 40: Subway, Old Man, Cell Phone

At 3:20 p.m., the bell rang throughout the campus on time.

The teacher at the podium packed up his textbooks and left the classroom, and the students gathered in groups of three or five, preparing to participate in their own club activities.

Kira Yoshikage also has a club, but since the light music club is about to be disbanded, no one has informed him of the location of the club room.

So he can justifiably not participate in club activities.

As usual, Kira Yoshikage climbed over the wall to leave the school, entered Mita Station, and boarded the subway which arrived on time without stopping.

Kira Yoshikage found a seat and took out his buzzing cell phone from his pocket.

It's Shimazaki Yuna.

Shimazaki Yuna: "Kira-kun, did you receive the email?"

"What email?"

"It's the editor of Dengeki Bunko. It seems that he feels that Kira-kun's work has reached the contract standard."

Shimazaki Yuna attached a screenshot of the email and added with some concern:

"Kira-kun, could he be a liar?"

Kirara Yoshikage thought for a moment and replied:

"I don't think so. I know your email address and that you submitted articles to Dengeki Bunko before, so he must be a real editor."

Most Japanese companies have no awareness of big data and believe that data belongs to them and will not share data with other companies.

This certainly leads to data monopoly, but it also ensures the privacy of customer information is well protected.

However, the identity of this so-called 'Dengeki Bunko editor' remains in doubt.

Normally, the library will send emails to all the authors who have passed the selection after the first round of selection. But there are still more than ten days before the first round of selection list is announced, and this email is obviously not in line with the process.

Kira Yoshikage opened his mailbox and took a look. As expected, he also found an email signed by an unknown person:

"Hello author, your work "Infinite Stratos" has been reviewed and has reached the signing standard. Please add the editor LINE to discuss the signing process in detail. When adding the editor LINE, please indicate your book title and author name.

Dengeki Bunko Editor [Editor-in-Chief]: Kagurazaka Ayame

Contact information:…”

There is no doubt that the content of this email is almost identical to the screenshot sent by Shimazaki Yuna.

Kira Yoshikage did not hesitate and chose to copy the LINE account in the email and add it.

I thought I would have to wait for a while, but I didn't expect my application to be approved almost instantly.

"Hello, is this '17 years old, afraid that school is not violent enough'?"

"Yes."

"I'm the editor-in-chief of Dengeki Bunko, Kagurazaka Ayame. Do you have time to meet me now?"

Just as Kirara Yoshikage was about to reply, Kagurazaka Ayame added:

"Your work has the potential to win a great prize, please contact me as soon as possible."

Kira Yoshikage stared at the screen of his mobile phone for a long time without saying a word.

Subway, teenager, cell phone.

Although, why the more I look at it, the more it seems like a scam.

Do I need to pay a deposit next?

Or maybe his work involves sensitive content and he has to pay to unblock it?

Kirara Yoshikage thought for a while and replied:

"Tonight at 8 o'clock, Hotel Okura Tokyo, "Angel Ladder."

After sending the message, Kira Yoshikage sent a screenshot of the chat history to Shimazaki Yuna:

"You can add her on LINE and ask her to meet at the same place at 7:30 tonight."

"Ok."

After receiving Shimazaki Yuna's reply, Kira Yoshikage put away his phone.

It doesn't matter if it's a scam or not.

If not, that would be best.

If so, Kira Yoshikage wouldn't mind letting the big pink cat touch her.

Well, just a touch.

He promised not to do anything else, at most one more thumb press.

Ding Dong!

The subway arrived at Roppongi-itchome Station, and Kira Yoshikage followed the crowd out of the subway and headed for the nearby Okura Tokyo Hotel.

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Dengeki Bunko Editorial Department.

Kagurazaka Ayame, who was slacking off while waiting for the end of get off work, was in a good mood.

Just now, she successfully contacted the writers of those works that the editors thought were "worthy of the finals."

Although she seemed to care nothing about these authors at the meeting -

But in fact, she had already secretly found out the email addresses of these authors who submitted their manuscripts, and sent meeting invitations to each of them in the name of the editor-in-chief of Dengeki Bunko!

While others were still arguing over the ownership of the first tower, she had already secretly decided to steal the home tower!

Kagurazaka Ayame's lips curled up slightly, and she was in a good mood.

Some people may think that her behavior is despicable, but she would rather call it efficient!

“Where will the authors come from if we don’t rob them?”

Kagurazaka Ayame is not ashamed of it but proud of it, even proud of it.