Oh no! They all seem a bit off!

Chapter 12 System Temporary Tasks

After dinner, it was almost 8 p.m.

After washing the dishes and chopsticks, Akizuki Makoto took a shower to make himself feel refreshed, and then began to work on one of his recent projects—writing.

Of course, he didn't write his own original work; like all time travelers, he plagiarized.

He discovered long ago that the world he lived in was different from his previous life; it was a parallel world.

Many well-known writers, celebrities, singers, and musicians from the previous life cannot be found in this world, including their works, and there are no similar works either!

The work he is now copying is Yasunari Kawabata's "Snow Country".

He still remembered the contents of Snow Country, after all, the original manuscript was not long, only 80,000 words.

However, it was definitely impossible for him to copy the text word for word.

He could only write down the original text for some parts that he remembered vividly; for the rest, he had to rely on his own understanding of the snow country to embellish and describe it.

It's like translation; the content may be roughly the same, but the wording is different.

His writing is now nearing completion, with only four thousand words remaining, which he expects to finish tonight.

Compared to Kawabata Yasunari, who spent fourteen years writing, he only took one month.

If it were an electronic version instead of a handwritten manuscript, he could have been much faster, reducing the time by at least half.

He wrote the manuscript very slowly. Even though his mind was clear and he rarely got stuck, he could only write about a thousand words per hour.

As the pen tip glided across the scrap paper, the soft, rustling sound echoed throughout the quiet little space.

Before you know it, the clock on the wall is about to point to twelve, and the two hands will soon overlap.

"Once Shimamura had gained a firm footing, he looked up and the Milky Way seemed to pour down into his heart with a whoosh."

After writing the last sentence of "Snow Country" on the manuscript paper, Makoto Akizuki held his pen, immersed in one of the most famous passages in world literature that describes death, and remained lost in thought for a long time.

In his mind, Snow Country was always about the illusory and futile love between Shimamura, Komako, and Yoko, rather than Shimamura's extramarital affair.

The emptiness, purity, sorrow, and beauty of life are vividly portrayed in Snow Country.

This is truly a work worthy of winning the Nobel Prize in Literature; with only 80,000 words, it is written with such delicacy and is so moving.

Makoto Akizuki reread his version of "Snow Country" from the beginning. Compared to Kawabata Yasunari's version, his version had 20,000 more words, bringing the total word count to nearly 100,000.

He spent nearly an hour carefully reading through it, then solemnly put it away, planning to take it to the student council office the next day to make several copies and send them to various bookstores.

Next, it's time to get some rest.

After hunching over his desk for four hours straight, his neck was already aching, and his body was screaming for rest.

He quickly turned off the light, went to the living room to drink a glass of water to moisten his dry throat, and then groped his way back to the bedroom in the dark and crawled into bed.

Lying on the soft bed, he had barely closed his eyes when his thoughts drifted far away, and he drifted off to sleep.

……

……

The next day.

Akizuki Makoto arrived at school right on time, which was quite unusual for him, as he usually arrived half an hour early, since the first class at Ming Sheng High School always started at nine o'clock.

There was nothing I could do; too many things happened yesterday. I was attacked by superpowers twice in a row, and last night I had to concentrate for four hours straight to finish writing "Snow Country."

But that's also his fault for not setting an alarm for himself.

In the past, I relied on my self-disciplined biological clock to wake up, and I would always wake up before 7:30 at the latest.

Running into the classroom, Akizuki Makoto finally managed to sit down in his seat before the homeroom teacher arrived for the class meeting.

He breathed a sigh of relief, but before his heart could calm down from running, the homeroom teacher entered the classroom carrying the textbooks.

As soon as she entered the classroom, she looked at Akizuki Makoto and said, "Class monitor, Shiina is also absent today. Please register her absence."

"okay……"

Upon hearing this, Akizuki Makoto nodded without saying anything, but subconsciously glanced back while wondering to himself why Shiina Maki had taken leave again.

At this moment, that vague feeling of unease surged up again, becoming impossible to ignore. [Should I go find Shiina Maki and ask her what's going on?]

[yes/no]

Selecting "yes" will trigger a temporary task.

Please note that every choice the player makes is crucial and will trigger a series of butterfly effects.

Just as Akizuki Makoto was pondering whether there was another reason behind Shiina Maki's leave request, a pitch-black system panel suddenly popped up in front of him.

Therefore, he became even more hesitant.

He knew very well that this option, just like in a visual novel, concerned the heroine's affection level.

Logically speaking, he shouldn't have interfered, because once he did, it would mean that his relationship with Shiina Maki would deepen, and their peaceful daily life would be gone forever.

Getting involved with the abnormal female lead was not his wish.

but--

Qiu Yuecheng asked himself honestly, and he realized that he was not a selfless person.

I don't want to knowingly get involved with Maki Shiina and cause trouble by doing this.

However, he could neither tolerate nor ignore the unwarranted malice directed at Shiina Maki by others, something he absolutely could not endure.

It's not that they hate evil or are particularly righteous.

However, his responsibilities as class monitor and vice president of the student council, as well as his integrity as someone who grew up under the red flag, made it impossible for him to sit idly by.

Therefore, he decided to visit Shiina Maki under the pretext of delivering lecture notes after school in the afternoon to find out what was going on.

Akizuki Makoto hoped that he was just overthinking things, and that the worst-case scenario he had imagined had not happened, but only existed in his imagination.

Find Shiina Maki within one day, find out the real reason she took leave, and bring the perpetrator to a severe punishment.

There will be rewards for completing the task; there is no penalty for failure.

The system seemed to sense Akizuki Makoto's inner thoughts and automatically selected "yes," after which the subtitles slowly disappeared.

……

lunch break.

Makoto Akizuki explained the situation to his homeroom teacher, who readily agreed and provided him with Maki Shiina's address and phone number.

The homeroom teacher touched her face with one hand and sighed softly, "That child is really worrying. She never says anything, and I, as her teacher, feel helpless."

Upon hearing this, Akizuki Makoto's heart skipped a beat, and he asked, "Teacher, do you know anything?"

"I don't know much. I visited her home before, and her family situation is a bit complicated."

The homeroom teacher sighed repeatedly and reminded her, "Qiuyue, you should be mentally prepared when you go."

"Okay, I know."

Akizuki nodded, having a general idea of ​​what was going on.

Afterwards, he chatted with his homeroom teacher for a few more minutes, then returned to the classroom to pick up his lunchbox and the original manuscript of "Snow Country" that he had written the night before, and headed to the student council room.

After walking through the elevated corridor to the top of the club building, he knocked on the door as usual, but couldn't help feeling uneasy.

He wondered if Ji Yexue would be inside enjoying tea and reading as usual today.
After knocking on the door a few times and hearing no response, Akizuki Makoto turned the doorknob and pushed the door open.

As the wooden door opened, the interior was revealed.

Akizuki Makoto looked at Hime Yuki, who was sitting by the floor-to-ceiling window on the right side of the room, her body semi-transparent, and subconsciously wanted to greet her.

But as soon as he moved his lips, he immediately realized something was wrong!
"My grass?"

Qiu Yuecheng stared wide-eyed, observing intently, and Ji Yexue, who was also looking at him, suddenly felt her heart beat faster.

Because of this Ji Yexue...

Why is my body semi-transparent?!

(End of this chapter)