There is nothing wrong with the training method of the Justice Messenger

"I don't know about that." Kasumigaoka shook his head, then smiled again: "Maybe it's the grand prize?"

“It’s a bit difficult.”

"I really think so." Kasumigaoka showed a serious expression: "If you want to know why, don't forget that there is a former grand prize winner here. I am sure that your manuscript is of sufficient quality."

Li Nian thought about it and realized that Kasumigaoka had indeed made her debut as a light novel writer by submitting her work and winning awards. She had obtained the publishing qualification as a grand prize winner...

"Although it is true that the results afterwards were not very ideal..."

As if she had thought of the bitterness she had experienced along the way, the senior student revealed a sighing expression again.

Li Nian felt helpless: "Senior sister, can you please stop bringing up topics and exposing your own scars all the time?"

“…This is a reminder for you not to be proud.”

"Then why not wait until I'm confirmed to be the grand prize winner? Anyway, I'll take your words and hope to get a good result. I'll treat you to a meal then."

"Looking at your calm and composed expression, I feel like you are quite elated. Aren't you sure that you have the ability to win the grand prize? Anyway, since you have already been confirmed to have won the prize, can't you be more excited?" Kasumigaoka was quite dissatisfied with Li Nian's reaction: "When I submitted my manuscript, I didn't even do something stupid like blocking the editor's contact number. I was restless every day, checking my email and phone once in the morning, noon and evening. After I confirmed that I was selected and won the grand prize, I was so excited that I didn't sleep well for three days."

Imagining that scene, the picture was so vivid that Li Nian couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Senior also has a girlish side?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? I am just a young girl in her prime."

"That's true."

"Aren't you also a young man in your prime? Shouldn't you have behaved in a way that young people should behave at this time? It's really disappointing. I was looking forward to some rare material."

"I've already shown you a joke, right? Have you ever seen an author who blocked an editor?"

"I have actually seen idiots who escaped reality and let themselves go before the deadline, and the final result was that they were hunted down with knives."

"..." Li Nian was speechless when he asked this casually but didn't expect Kasumigaoka to actually give an example.

"Kidding."

"You don't look like you're joking... Anyway, I understand the feeling of being so excited about the results."

"Then you can't show it for a while?"

"I really could have let you see it many years earlier."

Kasumigaoka said that she had behaved in such a way at the beginning, and Li Nian could understand it, because everyone has gone through that.

"It's just that I don't have the energy to do that right now... shouldn't my senior sister be like that too? When you understand that being selected is just the beginning and that things will get better in the future, will you be so excited if it happens again?"

“…Not really.”

"Same principle." Li Nian shrugged.

Xia Zhiqiu stared at Li Nian in front of him, silent, not knowing what he was thinking, and suddenly spoke.

"I won't be like you who still looks nonchalant... Honestly, pretending to be steady will only make people feel disgusted."

Li Nian was stunned for a moment, then smiled nonchalantly: "That's just my personality, see how much I can handle it."

"…But you don't even realize how mature you are, so you seem to be too natural." Kasumigaoka asked curiously, "If this is indeed your true personality, I'm curious about what kind of mental journey you've gone through?"

"Why did you suddenly start again?"

Li Nian sincerely felt a little tired. This senior student seemed to always try to analyze her personal information clearly.

"Because I just happened to find the time when you owe me a favor, and I wanted to see if I could get some new information."

"…What you said makes so much sense."

Li Nian began to rub the bridge of his nose helplessly. Kasumigaoka knew that this small action was a sign that this person was beginning to compromise.

After some consideration, Li Nian decided to just ask for clarification.

"It's not that I don't understand that as a writer, Senior Sister has this quirk of liking to analyze human nature and get to the bottom of things. It's just that I think Senior Sister should be a person with enough sense of propriety. She wouldn't pester me to this extent just because of curiosity..."

"No, it's just out of curiosity." Kasumigaoka denied, "It's very strange, unnatural, and there's a missing link somewhere. If you don't know, you'll feel that this character setting is incomplete and abrupt. If you don't understand it, it'll feel very strange."

Li Nian was suddenly speechless.

"But... well, curiosity was just my initial motivation." Kasumigaoka tilted his head and thought for a moment, then continued with a smile: "Now, it may be more because I am unhappy with someone's evasive words. There is actually a jerk who repeatedly looks at a beauty like me. If I give up halfway, wouldn't it be the same as if I lost - I have a feeling of not admitting defeat."

Li Nian once again confirmed that this was an evil woman who was clearly taking advantage of her beauty.

If it were any other time, he would have just ignored it, but now he really owed someone a favor, so it was Kasumigaoka who came to tell him that an editor had contacted him about this matter before, and it was really a great help.

"Just this once, then."

Li Nian put on an expression that said "just ask whatever you want to ask."

He did feel a little annoyed by being asked this and that all the time, and was thinking whether he should just satisfy this senior sister's curiosity right here... Of course, it was impossible to cover everything...

"Forget it."

But Xia Zhiqiu looked Li Nian up and down and gave such an answer.

"...why?"

"Anyway, if I ask now, I'll just be brushed off with half-truths."

"..."

"Ah! An eyebrow is raised! This guy just raised his eyebrow for a split second. Was I right?"

"Nothing."

"Tsk tsk, you hid your expression perfectly. You are indeed a scary man who can lie without changing your expression. If a girl followed you, she would probably be eaten up and thrown away. She would still be kept in the dark for many years."

"Miss, what do you want? Can you give me a definite answer?"

Li Nian has gotten used to this senior sister who looks like a cold and quiet beauty from the Department of Literature, but is actually a talkative person. It's not that he doesn't have the leisure to chat with her until dawn, but now the lunch break is almost over, and it's not a good idea to continue this unclear conversation.

"Okay..." Kasumigaoka took a deep breath and said seriously: "I know you have a secret to hide."

"...Everyone has some secrets."

"Yes, so I also know that it is the part deep inside everyone that they don't want to be explored."

"Then you keep asking questions?"

"Yes, I know it's not appropriate, so I won't ask anymore in the future. I don't intend to ask you to tell me everything now."

Li Nian was stunned for a moment. The wind direction seemed wrong.

"Oh?"

"Last night, Amai sent me the first drafts of several plans he wrote."

Kasumigaoka suddenly started talking about a topic that seemed irrelevant to the present, but Li Nian did not correct her. Instead, she continued the topic and asked.

"What are the plans?"

“At first glance, it seems old-fashioned and unoriginal, and it also vaguely reveals some unrealistic fantasies of otakus. It feels like an attempt to mix the advantages of those masterpieces that I have played in the past and was deeply moved by.”

"That would be like going back to square one... I don't want to see the same garbage I submitted in the first place again."

"It is true that we have returned to the starting point, but I think the original direction was correct. We can see from the obvious comparison that Mr. Aki has made real progress. The unity of the various elements in the plan is stronger, and the direction is clearer. It seems that he has thought about all the features of the games he likes with great enthusiasm, and the result is not one, but several plans... But no matter which one it is, it has been barely complete as the "first plan."

"what do you mean……"

"It's almost time to officially start." Kasumigaoka said calmly, "The producer has begun to sort out his ideas and has made several prototypes of the plan. I think you can all try to write a script. In the end, Amaki-san completely perfected the plan - he squeezed out his few brain cells to delete and modify almost everything. You should review it and decide on one of the plans to start executing it."

Li Nian thought about it carefully before nodding: "I understand."

"Then, when the project officially begins, you and I will work together to write the script. By then, we must understand each other's ideas. Do you understand what this means?"

"...Isn't that natural? I understand."

"Really? I think you don't really understand."

"what?"

"Because I'm afraid that the exorcist and writer won't understand, I'll make it clear now." Kasumigaoka said with a serious expression: "I'm serious, super serious, and I want to devote myself to the industry of writer. To this end, I will seize every opportunity to train myself... I have read your manuscript and I am sure that you have certain qualities as an author that I don't have. To put it bluntly, I hope to learn those things from you. This is the most basic purpose of my agreement to work with you. For this, I need you to honestly spit out all your knowledge and ideas for me."

Li Nian raised his head with a slightly surprised expression and stared straight at Kasumigaoka. The girl glared back at him unwillingly and continued.

"At the same time, I am also a person who sees things through to the end. I sincerely hope that I can really write a good enough script and make a good enough game. I will go all out for this. But this time the writing is not just my job. The script will be completed by you and me together, so I also need your full effort. To do this, you have to figure out my ideas, and I also need to figure out your intentions. For the reasons mentioned above, I need you to take the initiative, be open and honest, and actively help and cooperate."

After emphasizing a few words for emphasis, Kasumigaoka asked the final question.

"understand?"

At this point, Li Nian finally understood the senior's request.

"I understand, I understand."

Precisely because he truly understood, Li Nian sighed with annoyance at that moment.

"Anyway, what you mean is that I have to think of ways to take the initiative, right?"

"So what is your answer?" The senior student stared at Li Nian with her big eyes without blinking.

"Is there any other answer besides yes?"

"There are still [OK] to answer."

"Isn't it all the same? Then it's ok."

Although there was still a little resistance, this was a legitimate way for Li Nian to give up resistance and actively express her inner thoughts, but it must be said that Kasumigaoka's reasons were sufficient and complete, clear and upright.

Li Nian really didn't like being probed for no reason, and he really didn't want to reveal much of his inner thoughts.

It's not that he was deliberately hiding something, but Li Nian was not a person who had much desire to show off. He could even be called a repressed person. He thought about many things by himself, and in the end, he did them all by himself.

But if necessary, Li Nian naturally doesn't mind expressing his ideas. He also understands the importance of words. Ideas that are not expressed out loud will not be understood by others.

Well, since the senior student has already been frank with him, and considering the future collaboration on the script, his active cooperation is indeed needed, there is no other option here except to answer yes.

After receiving Li Nian's reply, Xia Zhiqiu laughed.

"As expected, he is a person who can be persuaded by reason. His favorability is up."

"Since Senior Sister has said this, wouldn't it be too tactless if you don't agree to my request?"

"" Her face suddenly turned red, and she covered her cheeks and acted like a shy little girl. "Really, it feels so embarrassing to say it all out like this, as if I am confessing my love..."

"...I don't feel that there is anything in the conversation just now that can be related to confession."

"Idiot, shouldn't the man take the initiative to understand this? What did the girl say to this guy?"

The senior schoolmate gave him a charming and angry look, but Li Nian remained calm.

"No, no, no, if I follow the senior sister's words and actions, I will be led astray in a minute."

Kasumigaoka curled her lips. This man's defense was as iron-clad as always. He was shameless but his face was red and his heart was not beating. It was boring.

"Then I look forward to your future performance."

After leaving her final remarks calmly and waving goodbye, this beautiful third-year senior finally left in a hurry.

Li Nian watched her leave and muttered something.

"Being open and honest in thought... is easier said than done. I really don't know what the situation will be like in the end."

Chapter 208 Review Results

It is enough to write down what Kasumigaoka said first. Now you need to contact the editor as soon as possible. Although it is a bit presumptuous, it would be really arrogant to wait for the other party to contact you again at this time.

I called immediately and waited for a while before the call was connected.

"Are you Ms. Machida from Phoenix Library?"

"Yes, this is Machida Yuanzi, the editor of Phoenix Library. If I'm not mistaken, the person on the other end of the phone is the one who blocked my number and ignored more than ten emails. She is the author of "The Promise of the Fallen Demon King and the Dumb Hero", Mr. Muzi Jinxin, right?"

“…I’m right.”

"Oh, it's really not easy to contact you."

...It can be heard that she still feels a little resentful about Li Nian blocking her phone number and being unable to contact her for several days.

"…I'm sorry, when I heard someone calling me Teacher Muzi, I immediately thought it was a call from a mistaken identity or a pyramid scheme scam."

"I can see that you're the kind of person who picked a pen name so casually that you don't even remember it yourself... Since you've unblocked my phone number and called me, it means Xiaoshi has already notified everyone, right?"

Xiao Shi? This kind of intimate title made Li Nian stunned for a moment. After thinking for a while, he reluctantly connected it with that senior sister Kasumigaoka.