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

It is said that geniuses are one in a million, rare individuals hard to find in the world, but upon closer inspection, there are quite a lot of these rare creatures living in Sakurasou.

Sawamura was very familiar with the talented painter Shiina Mashiro, and it was a foregone conclusion that she would replace him as the new ace of the art club - compared with her various achievements on the world stage, this was actually not something that was worthy of mention.

Genius animation producer Misaki Kamiigusa.

The genius programmer Akasaka Ryunosuke has never been to school for a long time. He is an ultimate shut-in and is currently hiding in a room in Sakurasou. Sawamura has also heard that he has developed many famous software for large companies and seems to be researching artificial intelligence (AI).

Of course, there is also the genius exorcist and writer, Li Nian, who is a perfect human being with both literary and martial skills, and whose attribute values ​​can be drawn into a perfect hexagon.

Sawamura knew the names of these few people. Her previous impression of Sakurasou was that it was a gathering place for such monsters - she had never paid any attention to the other residents in Sakurasou.

After all, compared to those monsters, everyone else pales in comparison. The rest, the ones sitting at this table, do not have the talents and achievements to match them, do not have enough brilliance to attract attention, and seem too mediocre.

...That’s not right. They can’t be called mediocre. They are just ordinary people.

Maybe he has some quirks, but he is still a normal mortal after all. Although he has a direction to work towards and a dream to achieve, and has worked hard for a long time for it, he has not achieved anything worthy of praise, and he can't be considered a powerful person.

Maybe because I have things I want to do, I didn’t waste too much time and spent more time on studying and training, so I have a clearer plan for my life and am more mature than my peers... but that's all.

This alone is not as good as true geniuses.

"But being able to understand is one thing. I don't really understand... No, I understand a little bit, just a little bit." Sawamura changed his words temporarily because Shiina Mashiro was sitting next to her. She was a genius painter who made her lose her temper. "But no matter what, I am very confident in my talent. As you said, Senior Mitaka, I can be on par with them! I, Kashiwagi Eri, am a popular commercial artist who is active in the front line. Li Nian asked me to draw the illustrations for him!"

"Oh? Are they asking that classmate Li Nian to bow his head and beg? That's really amazing." Qingshan couldn't imagine that Li Nian would beg others to do things for him, and he exclaimed in surprise.

“……” Sawamura felt guilty and didn’t dare to look.

It was as if Li Nian was impressed by her talent and begged her to agree reluctantly. In fact, Li Nian just mentioned it casually at the beginning, and Ying Lili refused because she wanted to be lazy, and then Li Nian didn't ask again... Then he suddenly remembered that he wanted to see this guy's manuscripts first after becoming an illustrator, and it was Ying Lili who took the initiative to agree to the illustrator job...

But anyway, it was Li Nian who brought up the topic first and expressed that she wanted Kashiwagi Eri to draw the illustrations. Asking for help is also asking, and Sawamura felt that he was not wrong. Aoyama-san had some misunderstanding, and it was none of her business.

"Anyway, I am such an amazing person. Don't mistake me for the same as you! Compared to you, Senior Mitaka, I am well-known in the industry, and my works are well received. I can be said to be a successful creator who is in high spirits! I am a complete winner! Not a failed creator who is always criticized, blasted, and scolded."

"Yes, Sawamura-kun is such a powerful person. I already know that you are the winner and I am the loser."

"..." Although he arrogantly described himself like this, he also deliberately mocked Mitaka Jin.

But in fact, Sawamura didn't want to show off in front of a few ordinary people who were working hard to pursue their dreams.

Mitaka Jin said that he agreed with her and that everyone is not a genius but just an ordinary person. Sawamura actually agreed with her.

——Those who will encounter many setbacks in the process of hard work, whose growth is not as smooth as that of geniuses, and whose state of mind is not as clear as that of geniuses are mortals.

Sawamura admitted this, which is why he felt that painful effort is the norm for creators.

So these words were a bit exaggerated, and the original intention was to provoke these people, but in the end, Mitaka Jin agreed with them as if it was a matter of course, which made Sawamura frown, thinking that this person was a bit of a loser. Finally, he said dissatisfiedly: "Senior Mitaka, why don't you deny it? Do you really admit that you are a loser? Why are you still smiling and not refutating a word when you are criticized and ridiculed? Oh, no wonder you want to escape, have you lost confidence? People who regard themselves as losers will only always be losers!"

Sawamura was a little angry.

"It's true that I'm a successful illustrator now and can always draw well-received paintings, but do you think I was the same before? I didn't draw well in the beginning, so I was scolded. I was depressed and lost, and wanted to give up. But then I changed my mind and realized that I was unhappy, so I refused to accept it. The anger made me want to fight back and prove myself. But you are different. You can be so calm and just be a waste when you are ridiculed and criticized in various ways? Are you still a man? Can't you learn from Li Nian? It's his words..."

Mitaka Ren asked curiously, "If it were him, he would be so angry that he would slap you to death?"

“…Since he’s not a loser, he probably won’t be angry. I think he’ll just smile disdainfully and say, “How dare a slacker like you mock me?” —Ahhh! It makes me angry just thinking about it! That damn guy!”

Sawamura, who was scratching his head in anger because of his imagination, muttered: "No, why would I be angry because of that guy's ridicule? He is obviously just an unknown author who has not published a book yet... Yes, it's because I personally like his book that he is too arrogant. That's right, it's definitely not because I feel ashamed in front of this person... But thinking about it, I still feel angry!"

Kanda was ashamed: "There are still people like this, who can imagine being ridiculed by others and then really get angry and even resent others because of it?"

Mitaka Jin laughed and said, "There are a lot of them on the Internet. It seems that Sawamura-san has been using the keyboard to argue with others online."

Sawamura looked at him in surprise: "How did you know?"

Mitaka Jin shrugged at Kanda: "I said so, right?"

"He has such a perfect image in school." Aoyama looked at Sawamura and sighed, and he also understood what kind of person Sawamura actually was.

"...The more I think about it, the angrier I get. I don't want to think about it anymore." After finally coming back to his senses from the imagination of being ridiculed by Li Nian, Sawamura asked Mitaka Ren in a daze, "By the way, where were we talking about just now?"

Mitaka Jin reminded: "Saying that I can't be content with being a loser always has the mentality of a loser."

"Right, right!" Sawamura remembered and immediately regained his previous state. He said angrily, "You can't do this! If you think you are a waste, you will really become a waste sooner or later. Lack of self-confidence will kill a creator's enthusiasm more than anything else. You must believe in yourself. Even if what you write is garbage, you shouldn't admit it. You have to have the stubborn feeling of refusing to admit your mistakes."

"I think it's a bit problematic to refuse to admit mistakes... Well, I also understand how uncomfortable it is to have no confidence." Having experienced that kind of situation many times, Mitaka Jin was quite touched. This Sawamura classmate is indeed a fellow traveler. Because he has also experienced it, he said something that touched others who have experienced the same thing: "I am afraid to do everything. I am afraid of writing every word. Even if I know I should work hard to write, I will question whether I have made progress and whether I am right. It is really terrible to have a nihilistic mood that makes it difficult to make any progress in fact. Self-confidence is indeed very important. Only with self-confidence can you become stronger."

"Yes, that's right. Only with self-confidence can you become strong. You need to have the confidence that what you write is quite interesting. Only then can you be happy. Even if you can't entertain others, at least you can entertain yourself and have the motivation to keep working hard. That's how I didn't give up."

Sawamura was very proud. He had a rare opportunity to promote himself to others, so he began to talk about his own success theory: "Like me, I thought at the beginning: [It must be that this generation of readers is not good enough and has no aesthetic vision, so they find my surrealist paintings incomprehensible. There is nothing I can do, my thoughts are too advanced in this impetuous era], and only by thinking this way can I persevere and achieve what I have now."

"Eh? Did Sawamura-san think like this before..." Mitaka Jin felt admiration: "Sawamura-san is amazing to be so narcissistic..."

"...I know it's a bit far-fetched to think this way. It's just like self-hypnosis. I just mean that when your strength is really not good enough, you can use this method to regain your confidence. Senior Mitaka can also try it?"

"I really can't try this... How hard did Sawamura-kun work in the past?"

Kanda added: "Seeing you always say words like slacking off and feeling tired, I can't imagine you working hard, Sawamura-san. Seeing what Li Nian said about you, it seems like you don't work hard on weekdays..."

"Don't listen to Li Nian's nonsense. What does he know about me?" Sawamura laughed angrily: "I used to work very hard, okay!"

Qingshan suddenly asked: "...So it is true that you are not working hard now?"

"…Now, it's true that I can't compare to before." Sawamura said angrily, "In short, even though I like to slack off now, I was a hard-working freak back then! How hard do you think I worked to improve my painting skills, imitate good paintings, and study popular ones during that time? I spent more than ten hours a day learning and painting, and it wasn't just a two- or three-day craze. I can achieve what I have today because I made the corresponding efforts. Did you, Mitaka Jin, do that? I guarantee you didn't. If you had really worked hard, how could you be in this mess now?"

Mitaka Jin finally showed a serious expression and retorted, "I'm probably not as hard-working as you, Sawamura-san, did back then, but since I was in junior high school and Misaki told me that she needed my script, I've spent quite a bit of time researching and writing scripts. You wouldn't call me lazy and not working hard."

"Oh, finally a decent answer. As expected, it must be annoying to be told that you haven't really worked hard because you actually worked very hard?" Sawamura spoke from his own experience and said with a smile, "If it were me, I wouldn't tolerate such criticism. You can say that my work is not good, but you can't say that I didn't work hard enough, because you are someone else, how can you understand my efforts? The truth is, when others are having fun, you are researching and training, and that's something to be proud of. Isn't that enough for you to be confident, Senior Mitaka?"

"…The world of creators is all about results. That's what you said yourself, Sawamura-kun."

"It's their freedom to criticize you, and it's your freedom to be confident..." Sawamura thought for a moment and changed his tone, "But that's true. After working so hard for so long, you still always write scripts that are criticized. It's hard to even hypnotize yourself into writing good ones. If you think about it carefully, your script is not that bad, right? It's just a little mediocre, but not bad. Why do you keep getting criticized... Surely it's because you are tied to Kamiigusa Misaki?"

"..."

Sawamura finally understood what was going on, and looked at Mitaka Jin with sympathy: "Ah, yes, it's true that he would want to escape. It's too difficult for a mortal to keep up with a genius."

"It's difficult, but I don't plan to run away. I've thought about it before, but Li Nian saw through it and scolded me, saying that if I ran away I was afraid, and giving up would mean giving up halfway, betraying the deep growth I've accumulated until now..." Mitaka Ren spread his hands and said, "Sawamura, you wonder why I'm not angry when you scold me. It's because I've been angry, thought about it carefully, and made the decision to continue doing it. So as you can see, I'm still writing Misaki Igusa's scripts, and I still want to keep up with her. The only difference from before is that I'm even more shameless now. I don't care if people scold me for being unworthy. I will shamelessly seize every opportunity - so I won't give up on writing the script for Misaki's animation."

"That's right, that's what a man should do!" Sawamura nodded.

Seeing Sawamura's gratified expression that "this kid has finally grown up", Kanda couldn't help but remind him, "Didn't Sawamura initially mean that he felt that Senior Ren's ability wasn't worthy of being the script for Senior Misaki? Didn't he want him to give up and hand over this responsibility to Senior Li Nian?"

Sawamura was stunned for a moment, and after trying to recall the past, he pinched his chin and asked in confusion: "...I think that's what I thought at first?"

"So you've forgotten it now..."

“Isn’t it that Senior Mitaka is actually a good person? This is a scriptwriter who wanted to catch up with his genius childhood sweetheart. After a long period of hard work, he became more and more aware of his lack of talent and became lost and confused. He even wanted to escape. However, he was scolded and woke up. He re-examined himself and determined to continue to work hard. This plot is so inspiring and touching!”

"Is that right? All that's missing is finally writing an excellent script and becoming a successful person on par with my childhood sweetheart. That would be a perfect ending." Mitaka Jin said with a smile, "I still have that kind of ambition."

Chapter 354: People can work hard, always out of selfishness

"Huh?" Sawamura looked at Mitaka Jin in surprise, feeling that this was the most decent sentence he had heard from this man today.

When saying this, Senior Mitaka was not looking at her, but at Senior Kamiigusa over there, his calm expression revealing a firmness.

Yes, if you want to give an account of your efforts so far, if you want to change the depressed mood that you feel day after day, the only way to go is to achieve something, gain recognition, overturn past criticisms, and gain everyone's approval.

No one wants to always cower in a corner and lick his or her wounds like a loser. Nor can one just comfort oneself by saying things like “I have tried my best, I have strived for it, and it doesn’t matter if I fail.” After all, how can it really be okay?

The feeling of unwillingness will only linger in the heart like black mud. If you want to truly wipe out this stain, perhaps the only way to do that is to truly achieve the original purpose.

In the script that Sawamura mentioned, if the young man did not succeed in the end, it would just be a tragedy, but if he succeeded it would only be a comedy.

"So you mean you still want to follow in the footsteps of Senior Igusa-san?" Sawamura asked curiously.

"Of course, except for Misaki, I won't give it to anyone else." Mitaka Jin added, "If it's Li Nian, that's even worse."

Everyone understands what this means.

"Xiu~Xiu" Sawamura whistled: "You said this in a very manly way... But I won't give up Senior Kamiigusa to you!"

"Hahaha, do you like Misaki to this extent? This is really gratifying."

"Tsk, he actually dares to show a relaxed smile there." Sawamura clicked his tongue in dissatisfaction, but he also understood that senior Kamiigusa must also like senior Mitaka Jin - the senior herself did not hide this at all, and was completely obedient to senior Mitaka. Even a fool could see what she meant, and even Sawamura who met him for the first time was no exception.

But on the other hand, Kanda and Aoyama knew that when it came to talking about what he thought about Misaki-senpai, Jin-senpai always avoided the question and rarely revealed his true feelings.

"I really hope that Senior Ren can tell Senior Misaki what you said directly." Kanda said meaningfully, "This way, Senior Misaki can feel more at ease. She won't have to be suspicious all day and worry about you being with other women... well, Senior Ren, you seem to have cut off those relationships recently."

"No, you can't tell Misaki yet."

"Why not?" Aoyama said dissatisfiedly: "Senior Ren, you don't think it's right to keep me hanging like that, do you? Excuse me, to outsiders, that looks like a scumbag's behavior, not holding on, and not letting go. Is it fun to be close yet distant? Kanda is right, it's because of your behavior that you make Senior Misaki feel uneasy - anyone would feel uneasy, not knowing the attitude of the person they like."

"Qingshan, if you want to curse me, you can do it directly. No need to add anything like 'very similar'. I am a scumbag, that's for sure."

"Don't worry, Senior Ren. I have always thought that you are a scumbag. Only Senior Misaki can love a guy like you wholeheartedly." Aoyama said sarcastically.

“That really makes me feel extremely ashamed.”

Although Mitaka Ren was extremely ashamed, he had a smiling expression on his face. In Qingshan's opinion, he was too playful. She said angrily: "Then why don't you explain it clearly?"

"...You've seen how Misaki is, right? If I really tell her clearly, I'm afraid she'll be happily dragged away to get married the next day."

“Knock, knock, get married?!” Although it was Aoyama who asked the question himself, he was still shocked to hear Mitaka Jin say this. He shook his head vigorously: “No, no, no, it’s too early anyway. We are all high school students. Even if it’s Senior Misaki... uh, it seems like she could really do it.”

"I don't agree with this marriage! I won't hand Misaki-senpai over to you!" Sawamura objected immediately. In fact, he also felt that other people's love affairs had nothing to do with her. He just wanted to say this line and asked curiously, "...So the scumbag just wants to date the senior for a while and has no intention of taking responsibility and getting married?"

"Of course not." Mitaka Jin flatly denied: "I am a man who will definitely stay with Misaki forever in the future, and marriage is an inevitable process."

“You actually really want to?!” Kanda took a breath and said, “Senior Ren, your awareness is really scary!”

Although he also felt that marriage was too heavy a topic, Sawamura saw that Senior Mitaka obviously had some ideas about the current situation, so he asked tentatively: "In that case..."

"It's precisely because I'm serious that I feel like I can't do it now." Mitaka Jin smiled helplessly: "As Sawamura sees, I'm still far from mature now. You don't need me to tell you that I don't think I'm worthy of Misaki."

"That's a ridiculous prejudice." Aoyama said dissatisfiedly: "Misaki-senpai looks like someone who would care about such things? She obviously only cares about you, Ren-senpai."

"Yeah, Misaki definitely doesn't care - but I do, so I can't say it." Mitaka Jin smiled apologetically: "It's a boring idea, that's what they call a man's insistence on saving face, and I'm no exception. Aoyama, you just have to bear with it."

Aoyama was speechless, and Kanda didn't say anything either.

They also understand that it is too much of an understatement to say that it is too much of a face-saving thing.

Sawamura understood: "You want to confess after you have achieved something worthy of your senior? You mean you have to wait until you write a script worthy of the creator Misaki Kamiigusa... I really don't know when that will be. It's okay to have your own ideas, but I don't think the girl has the obligation to wait for you, right?"

"I understand how big the gap is now, even without your reminder, Sawamura-san. I won't keep Misaki waiting... I just want to try to prove it with the work that Li Nian-san is working on now."

"Wow, it suddenly became heavy... But I think that the animation project of Li Nian's work is not a testing ground for anyone to try to prove themselves. This is a major event related to the future. We should do our best to succeed, and the screenwriter should also choose a good one - of course, even if I say this, you will never give up, right, Mitaka-senpai."

Sawamura said this with a smile, not as aggressive as before.

"Yes, even Li Nian himself agrees with this selfishness. If you want to blame someone, you should first blame him for not wanting to take on this task in the first place, and for deliberately scolding me to provoke me, forcing me to not back down."

"Has that person ever done something like this? Well, there's nothing I can do about it. Since you, Ren, have decided to shamelessly seize this opportunity, it's not my turn as an outsider to say anything. Well, I've said a lot so far."

"I can see that you also think highly of Li Nian's work. I hope he can succeed."

"What...? No way! I'm attracted to that guy's work? That's impossible." Sawamura explained unhappily, "It's just because I'm the illustrator of the original work! I know that the reputation of the animation will affect the novel, which will in turn affect me as an illustrator! If he can sell well, I can also make a name for myself, so for this reason I hope that his animation can be done well - everything is selfish, understand?"

"It sounds suspicious that he has so many excuses... It seems like he really likes Li Nian..." Aoyama looked at Sawamura suspiciously.

Kanda quickly told her to shut up, "Shh! Aoyama, don't point it out, this is called tsundere, don't you know?"

"Who is a tsundere?" Sawamura said angrily, "Don't think that all beautiful girls with blonde hair and twin ponytails are this kind of person, okay! I'm serious!"

"Yes, yes, Sawamura, you are serious. I made a mistake." Kanda smiled apologetically and thought to himself that people with blonde twin tails are not necessarily tsunderes, but among this type, Sawamura, you are definitely this type of tsundere.

"If we can't adapt the play... then we can only hope that you can do a good job, Mitaka-senpai." Sawamura turned to Mitaka Jin, and his eyes were full of scrutiny as he looked him up and down, and muttered, "Well... to be honest, you do have the basic ability. Based on the original work, the story itself has the guarantee of classmate Li Nian, so it is not impossible to succeed. In the final analysis, your problem is that the story itself is too boring."

“…So, Sawamura-san, you also think this is the problem?” Being told a boring story actually made Mitaka Ren’s eyes light up: “I’ve been talking a lot with Li Nian-san recently, and she pointed out that this is the biggest problem.”

"Li Nian also pointed it out? Well, that's right, I can see it. The one who is better at writing will only see it more thoroughly. Let me say, after watching the animation that you, Mitaka-senpai, and Kamiigusa-senpai collaborated on, it is true that the subtle sense of disharmony comes from the conflict between the blandness of the script itself and the gorgeous animation style. So all the details are secondary, and the story itself lacks something exciting. It can be seen that you want to tell a good story seriously, but the various plot routines you chose are a bit too old and too bland - oh, judging from your expression, Li Nian also told you this, right?"

"Yes, I was told, [Our daily lives can be boring, plain, and conflict-free, but stories can't be like that. It's the author's fault if they write it like that]"

"...It seems that guy is not really a hands-off boss. Isn't he teaching you well?" Sawamura could see that Mitaka Ren had received a lot of advice from Li Nian, and he was amazed: "It turns out that when it comes to writing skills, that guy not only teaches the beautiful girls in the club, but also teaches the annoying scumbags well. Well, it's quite like his personality. He is always serious when it comes to his profession."

"Haha, that's it. With an expression like 'this guy is so annoying' on his face, he patiently explains, gives detailed examples, and gives careful guidance. Li Nian looks quite interesting like that."

"… Could it be that you, Mitaka-senpai, are also interested in that? Is it a two-way plug?"

"...Absolutely not. You should worry about Li Nian... Anyway, he really helped me a lot. I should say that Li Nian is indeed an excellent author. After really getting to know him and talking to him, I can find that it is natural for his work to be chosen by Misaki. He knows how to create a good story easily. He is experienced and has clear ideas." Mitaka Jin sighed, "Although I am reluctant, I must admit that his understanding of writing is indeed far better than mine."

"So amazing?" Kanda had simply read Li Nian's book and thought it was good. He was surprised that Li Nian could write and publish works at this age. Looking at Senior Ren's expression, it seemed that the man seemed even more amazing from a professional perspective.

"It's really amazing."

"It's really amazing." Sawamura nodded in agreement: "After all, I agree... It's nothing, it's not true, but it's true that the story written by that guy is much more interesting than your crappy script. You should learn from him... It seems that Senior Mitaka has learned a lot, right?"

"Yes, when I was studying the script with Li Nian, many mistakes were pointed out to me and many techniques were taught to me. I feel that I benefited a lot." Mitaka Ren smiled and said, "I can even tell you clearly here, Sawamura, that I am no longer the same as I was before. Perhaps you can look forward to my performance in the new work."

"So, you have been shaped by Li Nian Tiao?"

"…That's what I meant, but could you not say it so disgustingly? Did you do that on purpose?"

"Who told you to disgust me before?"