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

After the meeting, Li Nian, who had walked with An Yi for a while, noticed that his friend was unusually silent and thoughtful, and asked in confusion.

"What's wrong with you, An Yi? Why don't you talk about the games you've played, the animations you've watched, and the novels you've read recently? I was hoping that after listening to your recommendations, I'd go find some books to read."

"Ah? Ah, I can send you a list later... But I'm thinking about our game right now."

"Oh, is our nominal producer finally going to start looking for a real job?"

"What do you mean by just a nominal title? I am the real deal... Well, I just realized that I have a lot to do. I am a little scared when I think about the future that may be a failure if I don't complete my duties."

"You should be afraid, then. If you're not afraid, then what's wrong with you?"

"..."

Li Nian glanced at him.

"...Oh, are you a little too scared? Why, are you anxious?"

"Yes, I can do anything by myself, but this is something that everyone is working on together. If I fail, I feel like I can't take on this responsibility."

"Yeah, that makes sense. Even though the key members who are working hard on your project are all busy with their own things, you should be afraid. What you should be most afraid of is whether you can complete your game."

"...That seems to be the case! Give me back my feelings!" Amaki was stimulated by this and after thinking about it, he finally found out why the whole thing was not right. He couldn't help but speak out his true feelings. "After all, isn't it because you, the main writer of the plot, didn't change a single word? This time, the prodigy was called away, and Eriri took over your illustration work and occupied your time... If you think about it carefully, it's all because of you who have too many things to do?!"

"Haha..." Li Nian thought about it and found that it seemed to be the case. He laughed dryly, patted his chest and made a pledge: "It doesn't matter! I have probably sorted out my ideas. I will go home tonight and write three story outlines and send them to Senior Kasumigaoka to let her choose one. I will give you a main plot text within a week."

“Is that so? …That’s good…But even so, we should still be afraid of things that we should be afraid of.”

"Are you still worried about failure? What are you afraid of? I think it's totally unnecessary." Li Nian thought he was overthinking and patted him on the shoulder: "Don't be timid, just do it."

Hearing Li Nian speak so confidently, An Yi looked at him in surprise and moved: "Do you... think our game will succeed?"

"Hmm? No, I think it's very likely to fail."

"You also think the chances of failure are high! Then why are you saying you're not afraid?"

"What's there to be afraid of? The worst that can happen is that—"

"...Yes, yes, I know that the big exorcist doesn't care about a few tens of millions of dollars, please stop talking." An Yi covered his face. He also understood that it was unrealistic for Li Nian, who was an exorcist, a top student, rich, and a writer, to be as anxious as a otaku like him: "But I don't want to lose your money, and I don't want to let everyone's efforts down."

"First of all, if the game we made together fails, everyone will be blamed." Li Nian corrected him: "Secondly, you can be afraid, and moderate anxiety is good for work... But don't be so afraid that you forget the original reason for doing this."

"...My original intention?" An Yi repeated the word blankly.

"Look, you're still asking me. You almost forgot about it, right? Didn't you think it was fun and interesting, so you went to great lengths to trick and deceive these people?"

"...It seems so." An Yi agreed stupidly, then shook his head vigorously, firmly denying: "No, no! I have the lofty desire to create a masterpiece!"

Li Nian clapped his hands for him: "Well said, say it again!"

“…I have a lofty wish to create a masterpiece.”

"Well said, say it again?"

"...I have a lofty wish to create a masterpiece?" An Yi became less and less confident as she spoke, because she found that she was pushing the project with great enthusiasm just because she thought "this is worth doing, this is fun". She was dejected to find that her motives were not noble at all: "You are right, I may just think it is fun and that is why I dragged everyone into it."

"It's possible, it's obvious." Li Nian sneered, having seen through what kind of guy An Yi was. He said nonchalantly, "You, a otaku, do everything driven by interest. If you really live for some kind of responsibility, making money, or meeting other people's expectations, why do you immerse yourself in the second dimension all day long? Study hard, take classes seriously, and become a doctor at the University of Tokyo in the future. You can become a social elite and make a lot of money while doing meaningful things like curing diseases and saving lives. Isn't that better?"

"How can I put it this way? This life trajectory is too exaggerated! First of all, I'm not a top student who can get into the University of Tokyo."

"I know it's impossible for you. I'm just giving you an example. You are actually the one who is about to fail the exam."

"So! Don't make assumptions about my life based on the fact that I failed the exam! You saying this is even scarier than Eriri saying this! I understand, I will pay attention in class next time! Please stop talking and talk about games, okay?"

"In short, you are just a guy who lives happily for your hobbies. You have achieved your goal and are doing what you want to do. I think you will continue to be unrepentant in your future life." Li Nian smiled and said, "That's good. I will pay for it. Why do you need to feel any pressure?"

"...So you are the type who believes that life should be enjoyed to the fullest?"

"Yes, I just realized this recently." Li Nian looked at the charcoal fires rising from the tables in the roadside barbecue restaurant, stopped and said with a smile: "Life should burn like a flame, otherwise it will burn out and can't burn anymore."

"…Kato is right. I think you shouldn't always think about dying."

"I'm thinking about how to live. Isn't it best to live happily? Are you unhappy? Are you unhappy in that club, An Yi? Do you feel uncomfortable with so many people around you?"

"...Of course I'm happy." An Yi laughed: "I'm surrounded by a group of like-minded otaku friends. Li Nian, are you happy too?"

"Yes, I also think it's a very comfortable space to stay in. Including Gogen, the other members seem to like staying there as well."

“…Then it makes sense for me to gather such a group of people together.”

Chapter 335: Steadily Advancing Business and Sudden Commissions as Always

"Yes, even if the plan fails, your actions are meaningful. Everyone gathered here willingly, doing what they wanted to do, and spent a meaningful, growth-enhancing, and happy time—"

“…Although I understand what you said, Li Nian, that it’s okay to fail, but I still don’t want to fail.”

"...Of course it's best if it doesn't fail. I'm not saying that it doesn't matter if it really fails. Who wants to fail? But if you really want to sell the game well, An Yi, you should think about how to promote it. These days, the key to selling a product is not quality, but promotion. You know, the industry has gone so far that even shit can be sold for a profit if the promotion is in place..."

This was exactly what An Yi had been thinking about. His eyes lit up and he became excited: "Sure enough, Li Nian, you think so too! But the problem is that I don't know how to promote it..."

Li Nian pointed to the barbecue restaurant, put his arm around An Yi's shoulders and led her over there: "I suddenly want to eat meat. Let's go have a big meal. It's my treat."

"Ah? No no no, your ideas are too free, aren't they!? And you're treating me and all that..."

"Don't want to talk about your publicity?"

“…Let’s go.”

Dragging An Yi to eat a super high-end wagyu set meal at a barbecue restaurant, they ate delicious meat while talking about promoting the game. An Yi mentioned that he hoped to find Uegusa to produce the game promotional PV. Li Nian thought it was feasible and agreed to talk to Uegusa, but only after the animation short film was completed...

Li Nian also made some suggestions, such as asking An Yi to consider the mainland market and do a good job of Chinese localization for Chinese people - he can do this part. The promotional video should also be released in a special version on the mainland platform, and some effort should be made to promote it in the mainland, or the publisher there can be contacted, or it can be put on the Sbeam platform or something - An Yi had not thought about the mainland market before, but he had heard that fans there spontaneously raised funds to support the Ye Zi Club that made the work "Love on the Other Side". After hearing what Li Nian said, he suddenly realized that there was such a big market... The key point is that there is also Li Nian who seems to understand the local sentiments very well. His horizons were broadened immediately, and he felt that this was indeed feasible. He shouted "This is possible!" and talked about it with Li Nian.

As we chatted, the topic gradually turned into criticism of various works that sold well after being promoted but were actually toxic after being played...

After a good conversation, An Yi was no longer pessimistic about sales, and ate so much that she could not walk anymore, so she called a taxi to send her away. Li Nian also paid attention to the promotion and thought about what she could do...

After returning to Sakurasou with this thought in mind, he was immediately approached by Senior Ren and Kamiigusa, who talked about animation production.

The three-minute animated short script had already been written - there was nothing else to fill it with, and the main thing was that Li Nian needed to quickly design the fighting moves.

Li Nian said that she would get started immediately, and mentioned to them the matter of Sawamura's illustrations, and that she wanted to inform the editor-in-charge, and that she also planned to find a day to gather all parties to discuss it in detail.

This arrangement was naturally accepted readily.

Li Nian returned to her room and contacted Miss Machida and told her everything.

"...Not only Kashiwagi Eri-sensei...but Kamiigusa Misaki is also by your side? And she gave you the idea of ​​making an animation?"

"It's the lively girl who lives in my Sakurasou. You've seen her... Oh, no, you haven't met her."

"So you're a resident of your dormitory... No wonder we're connected. I was shortsighted and missed it, otherwise I would have handed you a business card... Anyway, this is indeed a very important matter. I will make time to visit you as soon as possible."

Ms. Machida really took the news seriously and expressed her wish to meet and discuss the matter immediately.

After finishing all the contacts, Li Nian had time to sit in the computer chair and think carefully about what he was going to do recently.

"Game Script Writing in Aki"

"Visualization and construction of scenes required for Sawamura's illustrations."

“Action design and visual construction for animated short films.”

"How can we help promote the game in mainland China?"

"Darenji Suzuka's request and various possible orders."

To be honest, thinking about it this way, even Li Nian felt it was troublesome.

Compared to these jobs that require thinking and time, the job of an exorcist is really much easier. All you have to do is kill people and that's it.

Well, Li Nian also understood that most of these were troubles he had brought upon himself... and he was happy to do them.

It is human nature to feel troubled, but Li Nian has long been accustomed to this kind of trouble.

Everything that needs to be created in the world is always many times more difficult and complicated than destruction. Everyone has to do this countless times to clear away layers of confusion, gradually sort out ideas, and confirm what to do - and Li Nian is good at this. Whether it is creation or practice, he has to go through such a rigorous process.

In the end, it’s just a matter of doing things one by one.

After taking a shower, changing clothes, making a cup of tea, and sitting comfortably in the computer chair, Li Nian began his work.

The first step is script writing, which involves three story lines.

The background has been determined to be the gal of modern campus romance. The bunch of inspirations that Li Nian had sorted out before were also placed in a document in a seemingly disordered way, just like a pile of prepared building blocks scattered on the ground. They are all things he wants to write. Now he has to start reconstructing three outlines. For Li Nian, it is just a process of combining building blocks into various shapes.

He had already thought about what kind of story to write, and the three different directions represent three different lives.

Li Nian turned on the computer. He already had a draft in mind, and immediately turned into a typing machine, typing on the keyboard non-stop, quickly filling up the blank document.

That night, he wrote and sent three story outlines of about 2,000 words each to senior sister Kasumigaoka, and generally confirmed the direction of the story plot, the general style, and the main theme.

The first story is an ordinary campus love story.

An ordinary boy meets an ordinary girl in an ordinary school. They are both immature and confused at their age. With limited abilities and immature spirits, they face the problems that young people will encounter at that stage, such as the future, dreams, reality, themselves, family, etc. In this process, the boy and the girl come into contact with each other.

At the beginning, they were disgusted with each other, had conflicts, and disliked each other.

Taking something as an opportunity, they gradually began to understand each other, get closer to each other, eventually developed feelings for each other, and finally fell in love and established a relationship.

After graduation, they were admitted to different universities. Due to the inconvenience of long-distance relationships and various setbacks in reality, conflicts arose. They stayed apart for a while, but never changed their hearts. They finally reconciled, and the relationship that had experienced setbacks became stable.

Eventually they got married, had children, started a family, and spent an ordinary but happy life together.

The whole story focuses on the suffering, frustration, thinking and growth of mortals.

The second story becomes much more bloody.

The campus setting has been transformed into an institution established by the state to train "sorcerers".

Humanity has to face the demons rampant across the country. The students in this school are taught various combat methods and are the warriors who will face those demons in the future. The male protagonist who studies in this kind of school is of commoner origin, but has extraordinary strength. He is praised as a genius unseen in a thousand years and is one of the most outstanding sorcerers of the contemporary era. It is hoped that he can end this endless battle that has cost countless lives.

The heroine was born into an ancient family of sorcerers. She was originally very talented and the best among her contemporaries.

However, she is always suppressed because of the existence of the male protagonist. She is arrogant and unwilling to accept this, and has the prejudice of aristocratic children, so she is always hostile to the male protagonist. But after being assigned a mission to perform together with the male protagonist, they experienced a life-and-death crisis together. In the process, she understood the reasons for the male protagonist's strength, his tragic past, and the responsibilities he carried, and was fascinated by his calm attitude of bearing pain and being free and easy. In the end, she changed her attitude towards the male protagonist, and the two became comrades-in-arms and entered the field to perform missions together. During this period, the heroine also truly exerted her talents, and made great growth to become one of the outstanding sorcerers shoulder to shoulder with the male protagonist.

However, these two outstanding people have never been able to lower their dignity and express their love to each other, until they are faced with the final crisis that has been brewing for a long time and finally breaks out, and are caught in a dilemma between life and death...

This story will focus on discussing what is truly powerful, showing the difficulty and danger of fighting, reflecting the preciousness of "life" and the proximity of "death", and further discussing some lofty concepts such as good and evil, right and wrong, and the necessity of fighting.

The third story, however, was one that Li Nian hadn't thought of yet... Of course, it wasn't that he didn't have the ability to write a complete story, but at this stage Li Nian hadn't made up his mind and only had a rough outline.

The story goes like this:

One day, a strange boy transferred to an ordinary school. He seemed to be more stable and mature than others, even a little eccentric. However, as soon as he arrived in the class, he took the initiative to talk to the most beautiful girl in the class, the heroine, and showed a kind of closeness that seemed to have ulterior motives. He did not back down when being ridiculed, and did not care when being scolded. This person was almost persistent in getting close to the heroine, and would even explore the heroine's private life in an unkind way.

Just like an impatient boy who is eager to conquer the beautiful girl, but for some reason, the heroine did not feel troubled or disgusted by the man's rude behavior. Instead, she felt an inexplicable sense of relief. She felt that the boy seemed a little familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen him. She could tell that his attention to every aspect of her life seemed to come from pure concern. She felt that the gaze from this strange boy was not out of desire and love, but very similar to... the gaze of her father who was obsessed with his daughter, who always looked at her with a vague worry about something...

The heroine who is as cold as a flower on the mountain in front of others is actually pretending to be cold. In fact, she is so arrogant that she looks down on the monkey-like boys and thinks they are annoying. She just wants to read and write novels quietly. She is tired of the nagging of boys who confess their love to her one after another. On a whim, she actually thinks that such a male protagonist is worth using, so she takes the initiative to confess to the male protagonist, hoping to have a fake boyfriend by her side to help her take the bullet, and she has set her eyes on the male protagonist to be this shield.

The male protagonist, who had always wanted to get close to the female protagonist, thought this was a good opportunity and agreed, thus establishing a fake romantic relationship...

Beyond the seemingly peaceful and normal campus life, there are rumors circulating in the town about a disaster that occurred six years ago.

And the heroine has never told anyone the secret that she can't remember anything that happened before she was ten years old and has lost those ten years of memory.

This story can be divided into different routes, discussing different lives, different truths, carrying different story styles, and heading towards different futures...

All three story lines were sent to Kasumigaoka via Line.

Gu! (I won't do it): "Senior sister, please choose someone you like, and I will start writing the common lines directly."

In her room, sitting in front of her laptop, wearing a thin purple pajamas and only a pair of underwear, Kasumigaoka kicked her long white legs, marveling at Li Nian's usual terrifying efficiency, and then waited for him to send all three stories to her. After reading them all, she gave Li Nian a reply.

Kasumi Shiko: "Why do I feel like you're not asking me to choose, but are clearly stating that you're eyeing the third direction of the story?"

Gu! (I won't give up): "Illusion."

Kasumi Shiko: "...By the way, the boy in the third story definitely feels like you, and I'm quite satisfied with that."

Gu! (I won't give up): "It's not me."

Kasumi Shiko: "What's wrong with this heroine? She's so arrogant that she looks down on the boys of the same age who are as horny as monkeys, and finds their endless confessions annoying, but actually just wants to focus on reading and writing, and immerse herself in her own world? The heroine is based on me, so is this how you, Li Nian, imagine me? Then I can only say..."

Gu! (I won't give up): "This story is purely fictional--" Li Nian was just typing and trying to pretend that he didn't think that much of the senior sister when he saw another message coming from the other side.

Xia Shizi: "Student Li Nian really understands me too well (′▽`???)"

Gu! (I won't give up): "...Do you really think so?"

Kasumi Shizi: "Yes, so compared to those incompetent and impatient boys, sometimes I feel that you, Li Nian, are much more attractive. Hmm, in the third story, it was Li Nian who took the initiative to approach me. It's really good when I think about it."

Gu! (I will never give up): "It's the [male protagonist], approaching the [female protagonist], and he has no romantic feelings for her. It's the kind of care that an adult would give to a child, so please pay attention."

Kasumi Shiko: "I see, is this how Li Nian usually looks at us? Including me, your senior, you look at everyone like an older brother looking at a child? I suddenly understand the warm gaze you sometimes cast at me."

Gu! (I won't give up): "This story is purely fictional. Please don't associate it with real people in reality."