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

Akasaka gave a good reason for his answer: "I only go to class to complete my studies. There is no need to care about other people's opinions. I have a project commissioned by the company and the deadline is tight."

Li Nian gave a more convincing reason: "I am still the top student in the school year even if I read miscellaneous books."

"Xiaochun is really annoyed by you two willful guys. You keep whining beside me and it's really annoying me, so you two should pay attention."

"As expected of Teacher Chihiro, she only remembers to teach her students a lesson when she herself is harmed." Kanda said sarcastically.

"I refuse." Akasaka replied.

"Teacher Xiaochun should be used to my daydreaming in her class." Li Nian also refused to change: "With that kind of personality, she will probably give up after a while, so she won't complain for too long."

Qianxun thought for a moment and said, "That's right, forget it."

"So, have you, the teacher, really given up on disciplining these two students?" Aoyama was dumbfounded that Chihiro gave up teaching so quickly.

“This is called respecting students’ autonomy.”

Shiina didn't even look at Ryunosuke, his eyes were fixed on the fried shrimp on the table: "I'm hungry."

"It's time to eat." Li Nian sat down, and everyone else took the opportunity to pick up their chopsticks.

Although Akasaka's appearance was unexpected, the members of Sakurasou continued to do their own thing as usual.

After dinner, Li Nian returned to his room and was about to continue completing the game script when there was a loud knock on the door.

"New guy, I'm here to play with you!"

"roll."

The reason he gave such a quick and clean reply was because he recognized Misaki's voice.

"How can you be like this! You are so cold! Are you a normal man if you turn away a beautiful senior who wants to have fun with you?"

Li Nian was unmoved. Just as he was about to put on some soundproofing headphones to further block out the noise, he heard Senior Ren's helpless voice.

"You want to talk about animation production? Open the door. I'm here too."

Li Nian then put down his headphones and turned to open the door. As soon as he opened the door, Misaki rushed over happily: "There's a flaw!"

"No." Fat Cat pounced but was held down by Li Nian's head. He caught Huafa with one hand and threw him onto the bed. It was a conditioned reflex.

Misaki originally thought that this was fun and was laughing foolishly.

Li Nian had no interest in looking at the beautiful senior sister whose upper body was inserted into the gap of the folded quilt, her buttocks moving around, her skirt fluttering in the struggle, and her spring scenery looming. He took a step back and walked into the room with senior Ren to ask directly about the business: "What's wrong? What do you need me to do?"

"I just want you to show more of Misaki's beautiful martial arts that you just threw out." Ren pulled the quilt over Misaki's butt, and sat down beside her: "Misaki is drawing the storyboards. The part related to the battle needs to be referred to by you, the martial arts instructor."

"Oh, I see. I have prepared a plan for this."

Hearing that Li Nian was serious about this matter and had prepared a plan, Ren asked curiously, "How do you plan to do it specifically?"

"I will find Isayama and cooperate with her to [directly show the battle process]."

“…Yes, that’s how it is.”

The animated short film that was to be produced was a battle scene between the "Demon King" and the "female" demon. Ren of course understood what Li Nian meant. He and Isayama, two demon exorcists with real martial arts skills, would play two roles and act out the battle process.

Li Nian had said before that he could do this, and that he could also materialize the scenes, costumes, and even various props together. Now he plans to drag Isayama along to complete this task together.

Now, Ren did not doubt whether Li Nian could do such a thing, but asked first: "Involve Isayama in it? Will she agree?"

"She has always wanted to spar with me, and I will take this opportunity to fulfill her wish."

Take this opportunity to satisfy Isayama's wish to spar with you...?

A competition between exorcists? A battle for showmanship? It was hard for Ren to imagine what it would be like. But he had to admit that he was really curious.

"understood."

"I want to help you complete the design of the storyboard in this way. You still need to give the specific instructions."

Misaki finally pulled her head out of the cup at this time. She also heard Li Nian's explanation and excitedly shouted, "I want to see the duangduang special effects! Booming explosions! And lights flying all over the sky!"

"Simple."

Ren raised an eyebrow, "Is it easy?"

"I also want to see a river of blood!" Misaki continued to push forward.

"…This is a bit difficult. I still have to be careful about how much strength I put in when sparring with Isayama. At most I can severely injure her." Li Nian answered seriously.

"Are you planning to seriously injure Isayama? Not just for show but in real combat!?" Ren was shocked and asked immediately.

"Of course it's actual combat, otherwise what's the point of sparring." Li Nian had an expression that said "I don't understand what you are asking."

Ren finally understood that Li Nian was serious about having a real fight with Isayama.

"Wait, wait, at least causing serious injuries is really too much." Ren was really scared and quickly asked Li Nian to give up his idea.

Li Nian thought that was right: "Well, Jianshan is my comrade, beating her up severely is a bit too much. If you really want to see blood, can I be the one to beat her up severely?"

"Forget about the bloodbath! No one needs to get hurt! No need to bleed!" Ren lost his composure for once. After warning Li Nian, he also warned the alien who made the unreasonable request: "Misaki, don't talk nonsense and make Li Nian take it seriously."

"Tsk." Misaki felt bored not being able to see the scene of a river of blood.

"Take your time to think about it and tell me when the time comes." Li Nian continued, "Speaking of which, although I can simulate a battle for you in the form of a [performance], and it should be able to meet Misaki's instructions to a certain extent, you also have to think about how to use it in the storyboard. Isayama also has his own things to do, and I can't always ask her for help."

"...I will prepare the camera to film and capture the way you move."

"Then you need to be prepared with something better, preferably something that can distinguish high-speed motion."

"…Then I might have to ask Ryunosuke."

Chapter 379 Newcomer Award Ceremony

As the saying goes, there is no time to lose, Li Nian called Isayama on the spot and planned to set a time as soon as possible.

The call was connected very quickly, but Isayama himself responded in a weak voice.

"What's going on again, boss?"

"…Isayama-senpai, are you still asleep?"

"That's right, so if you have something to say, please speak quickly."

The girl was obviously a little grumpy and her tone was very rude.

Logically speaking, it was just past dinner time and far from bedtime... But Li Nian also knew that Isayama was very busy and had very little time to rest, so it wouldn't be strange for him to catch up on some sleep at any time.

"As you mentioned before, you wanted to ask me to help you. I thought it would be better to try it sooner rather than later."

The person on the other end of the phone was obviously stunned.

Isayama thought that usually when Li Nian called him, it must be some troublesome matter, and the content was nothing more than the handling of demon extermination, so Isayama thought that this time Li Nian called to discuss that kind of thing as well, but he didn't expect to be wrong.

"It's just this kind of thing... I thought you got into trouble somewhere and wanted me to clean up the mess."

"Please don't make it sound like I'm some terrorist causing trouble everywhere, okay?"

"Of course you can, but why are you suddenly so concerned about this kind of thing?"

Jianshan was puzzled. For her, sparring with others was part of her daily practice. After seeing Li Nian's strength, Jianshan planned to ask him for advice, so he took the initiative to ask about sparring. He was also prepared to find Li Nian to fulfill the agreement when he had time recently. However, Jianshan planned to find him when he had time, and he never thought that Li Nian would be so eager to ask about the situation.

Isayama suddenly became alert: "Could it be that Tsuchigumo can't fully recover in a short period of time and wants to fight you, making you, a battle fanatic, itchy hands, and want to use me as a substitute punching bag?"

"Well... that's part of the reason, right?"

"See you later." Upon hearing that Li Nian actually admitted it, Jian Shan was about to hang up the phone: "Don't mention it anymore. I am not worthy of being your opponent. See you later."

Isayama feels that he is still young and wants to live a few more years.

"Don't!" Li Nian hurriedly stopped her: "Didn't I say I wouldn't use heavy hands?"

Ren, who was listening quietly at the side, thought that Li Nian seemed to be planning to seriously injure others and create a bloody scene.

Isayama was suspicious: "Now I don't trust you at all, so why did you suddenly come to me and take the initiative to ask me to compete?"

"It's actually like this." Li Nian had no intention of hiding it from her, so he told her that he wanted to complete the battle design for Misaki's animated short through learning from her, and he explained it clearly.

"Is that so? Why didn't you say so earlier?" Upon hearing that this kind of sparring was meant to be a performance and Li Nian was just asking her to complete the fighting routine - in short, it sounded like a non-life-threatening thing, so Isayama finally relaxed.

"Of course, I won't let you work for nothing. The sparring is real sparring, and the actual combat is real combat. I will naturally teach you my skills, spells, and experience when the time comes."

Li Nian did not ask Isayama for a sparring match just to complete the animation production. Although he said he didn't care, he was always anxious for the various favors that this senior Isayama had done. All the favors he owed her were favors. This sparring match was an opportunity, and Li Nian planned to give back. He wanted to see if he could help Isayama improve her strength so that she could better complete the task of dealing with spiritual disasters and... survive in spiritual disasters.

"It's okay, it's okay. Although I don't know much about animation production, if I can help Misaki, then of course I will do my best." Isayama thought that was just the reward from Li Nian for asking her to do something, and felt that it didn't matter if there was no reward. He didn't mind the show of fighting: "If you need me, I will fully cooperate. How about Sunday? I'll come to Sakurasou to find you in the morning."

Isayama simply agreed and set a time for the day after tomorrow to complete the task.

"Okay... Then I won't disturb you from resting."

"Oh." Isayama yawned lazily and hung up the phone.

Li Nian turned to Senior Ren and said, "This competition is scheduled for Sunday. Isayama will be here in the morning. Can we prepare the equipment for filming before then?"

"Oh, then I'll go ask Ryunosuke now."

"By the way, Ryunosuke was able to borrow such high-end equipment?"

"It's better to say that he is the only one in Sakurasou who can borrow it, because he is the only one who knows many companies in the IT industry, and those companies have the relevant equipment."

"That's right, I almost forgot that this guy is a genius programmer who can create a maid AI like that."

Ren turned around and left, grabbing Misaki who was "treasure hunting" in every corner of Li Nian's room - looking for the hiding place of his pornographic book. The latter was very reluctant as she didn't find the treasure, but she still listened to Ren's words, and left disappointedly after saying "I will be back!", the classic line of the villain.

Li Nian sneered. "Do you think I don't know how to learn from my experience?" My treasure has long been hidden in a place where only I can find it. You, Misaki, will never find it again.

Turning around, Li Nian faced the computer and continued to write the script.

The next day was Saturday, when there was no school. Today was the day of the Phoenix Library's award ceremony, scheduled to be held in the fourth-floor banquet hall of a large hotel in Chiba. The ceremony would begin at six in the evening, and guests would register at half past five. However, Li Nian's editor had informed Li Nian to arrive early and asked him to be there at five o'clock.

As the name suggests, the Newcomer Award Ceremony aims to honor writers who have won the Newcomer Award and to offer blessings for their debut, and it basically also serves as a social gathering.

Ms. Machida told me that different library organizations seem to have different practices. Phoenix Library held this kind of banquet, and the guests were not just the winners of the Newcomer Award, the judges, and past winners. It seemed that writers who had cooperative relationships with the library, as well as people involved in cross-media production, and many others usually attended.

In short, it was a large-scale event with more than 500 participants, so it was a very formal event.

However, although she remembered this and knew it was a large-scale banquet, Li Nian didn't take the award ceremony seriously. She was mainly thinking about having a free delicious buffet.

But when the day really came, Li Nian thought that it was a fairly formal occasion, and it was an award ceremony where he, the winner of the Excellence Award, needed to show up in public, so he changed into formal attire and dressed himself up before heading out for the banquet.

When we arrived at the hotel, Li Nian informed us that Miss Machida was waiting at the door - and not only that, there was also an acquaintance there.

"Hey, Machida-san and... Kasumigaoka-san? Oh, so that means see you on the weekend."

That’s right, the acquaintance was none other than Kasumigaoka Utaha. Li Nian was a little surprised by her appearance, but he understood after thinking about it. This person was also an author from the same Phoenix Library as him, so it was not surprising that she was among the invited guests.

They were chatting when they were greeted by Li Nian, who was wearing a suit. They looked over, but they did not recognize the man in formal attire at first glance.

The Li Nian they saw was always dressed in school uniform and casual clothes. Although they looked upright and energetic enough on the boy's tight and strong body, Li Nian gave people a relaxed and peaceful atmosphere overall.

At this moment, he was dressed in formal attire, but he gave people a completely different feeling. His tall and straight figure supported the well-fitting suit, his expression was cold, his eyes were sharp. This man looked as stern as a knife, giving people a strong sense of oppression.

But after seeing the acquaintance, the man laughed and greeted her, and he was the usual Li Nian with a gentle smile.

"Oh... it's Teacher Muzi, you're here." Machida waved his hand, admiring Li Nian's appearance very much, and gave him a thumbs up: "It seems that you have already planned to steal the attention of the beauties present."

"...Really, classmate Li Nian, you are almost unrecognizable in a suit." Kasumigaoka also came back to his senses, and was amazed, not hiding his gaze looking him up and down.

Li Nian smiled and said, "He's handsome, right? Dressing up is another way for men to dress. Does it impress you, senior sister?"

"Indeed, it feels like a bodyguard who would stand behind and escort the rich."

"As expected of a senior sister, you are very observant. Usually, when I wear this outfit to attend a banquet, I am doing this kind of business."

As Kasumigaoka said, the last time Li Nian wore this outfit to a banquet with Isayama, she had the obligation to protect the important people in the venue.

"Exorcists really have this kind of business..." Kasumigaoka said jokingly, but she didn't expect that she would hit the mark. She was speechless for a moment, but she still praised honestly: "It's really handsome. Not only is he a bodyguard, he can also show his aura when he appears as a protagonist."

"The protagonist is the lady who won the grand prize, right? I can only stand in the back in this outfit. It's not bad to look like a bodyguard. I just happen to be the second place winner."

"Oh, you're really resentful." Machida smiled even more, not disliking the unwilling words of his author: "The award ceremony won't discriminate between the winning authors... But I can see that you, Mr. Muzi, are very curious about who took away your first place, right? You'll have a chance to see her later."

"This is really exciting." Li Nian was indeed looking forward to meeting that person. That was the person Ms. Machida said would impress the judges with his strength and snatch the grand prize from him.

"Of course, not only her, you will have the opportunity to meet more authors later. There must be someone who has written a book you like. If you are interested, you can also take the initiative to get to know them." Machida smiled and encouraged Li Nian to get in touch with other practitioners in the industry. This is a rare opportunity.

Whether full-time or part-time, writers are basically scattered all over the place. There are almost no opportunities to meet each other in normal times. That is why Phoenix Library specially organized the Newcomer Award Ceremony as a social gathering and invited writers under the library to attend. The purpose is to prepare a precious occasion for scattered people to meet each other, so that colleagues can get to know each other, forge a bond, and exchange writing experiences.

After hearing this, Li Nian also realized this and became interested. She was curious about what kind of people she would be traveling with. "Then I have to seize this opportunity."

"I'll take Muzi-sensei in first." Machida said to Kasumigaoka-senpai, "The winners need to go through some procedures."

Kasumigaoka nodded, waved goodbye to Li Nian, and said with a smile, "Don't forget about me when you see a cute girl later. Remember to come find me."