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

At this time, An Yi heard what Li Nian said, sneered, and muttered: "Another poor person who was deceived by this guy's appearance..."

"Hmm? What did you say? Tomoya-kun?"

Sawamura looked over with a smile on his face, and Amai pushed up his glasses and pretended to be confused: "What did I say? Nothing?"

Li Nian rolled his eyes. He could hear what An Yi said and of course he understood it.

It is true that if he had not run into Sawamura like that that day, he might have been deceived by this appearance, but since he had seen it once, it would be too difficult to forget it again.

After that, the topic of guessing what Kasumi Shiko looks like stopped there, and An Yi naturally talked to Li Nian about the topic of this season's new show with great interest. Should we say that he is worthy of it? Obviously, he has done enough research on this aspect, and he knows everything about it, and he is more and more involved.

He has always been so enthusiastic when talking about this topic, Li Nian has gotten used to it, but otaku stuff should be uninteresting or even disgusting to a girl like Sawamura... Li Nian thought so and paid attention to the reaction of this young lady. She found that she listened very seriously and showed an expression of wanting to say something but stopping several times...

Her reaction was obviously not like the common attitude of JKs who hate otaku things - rather, she looked very interested...

Sawamura came here today, seemingly out of his own will, wanting to meet Kasumi Shiko, who seems to be a loyal reader of "Love Metronome"... This shows that she has the habit of reading light novels, and now that she heard Aki talking about its animation, she seems to be very interested...

Combining all this information, an idea suddenly flashed through Li Nian's mind.

Could it be...

An Yi, who was talking excitedly, suddenly stopped, his expression became a little strange, he shrank his body, and stood up suddenly.

"Sorry, I have to be away for a moment."

It looked like he had one of the three urgent needs - it was also because he seemed to have drunk too much before.

"Wait……"

He stopped at this point at the most exciting moment, which seemed to cause Sawamura's dissatisfaction. He subconsciously made a small sound and seemed a little angry, but he quickly realized that it was inappropriate. He put on a smiling expression again and waved his hand as if he understood.

An Yi left the table in a hurry.

As soon as he left, Li Nian and Sawamura were left sitting opposite each other.

The air seemed to freeze all of a sudden.

Sawamura maintained his smile, but there was a hint of coldness in his eyes when he looked at Li Nian.

This was a natural development. Although they both tacitly agreed not to mention their last encounter in the coffee shop, it didn't mean that they could just pretend it never happened. Obviously, both of them thought of their original conversation and fell silent at the same time.

It would be possible to continue to remain silent here, pretending nothing had happened, and wait for this period of time to pass... But Li Nian thought about it and took the initiative to break the deadlock as if nothing had happened, and asked abruptly a question.

"Could it be that you are actually a homegirl of the same level as An Yi?"

"...!"

It seemed to have hit the bull's eye. Sawamura was stunned, then suddenly became flustered. He glanced to the side, his eyes rolled around, and began to sweat.

"What are you saying? I don't understand anything."

"...It seems that you can't lie at all." Li Nian said blankly.

"Uh……!"

Sawamura's expression froze, and then he sighed dejectedly and muttered, "This is so troublesome..."

She suddenly straightened her expression and looked at Li Nian with a bit of anger. Finally, she stopped smiling, pouted her lips, raised her eyebrows, and stared at him provocatively.

"Hmph! What do you mean by lying? Be careful with your words. When you speculate, you should provide evidence, right? Don't talk nonsense without evidence. I am a perfect beauty in everyone's eyes. Anyway, no one will believe you if you say that!"

"Your words are the best evidence... Well, forget it."

So she is indeed a homegirl, or should I say she is worthy of being An Yi's friend... When Li Nian knew this information, he felt that it was as it should be. He didn't care much in his heart. When he was stared at provocatively, he looked at her with interest.

This alerted Sawamura and he hugged his arms.

"Why are you laughing so disgustingly and staring at others? I'm calling the police!"

"You're exaggerating a bit... I just felt like, 'I see, I see your true face.'"

"...You must have figured it out a long time ago anyway."

"I guess so. After all, I've seen you like this once. It always feels weird to see you with such an attitude again."

"...I must have had a short circuit in my brain when I jumped out without thinking that day." She looked frustrated.

Li Nian smiled and changed the subject.

"Speaking of hiding my true nature, you were the one who accused me the other day."

"..."

"You probably have some misunderstanding... Of course, I have to admit now that brutality has become a part of my nature. However, I don't think my behavior is wrong, so I don't think it's something that needs to be hidden." Li Nian's expression was serious, and he chose his words carefully and continued: That's because I think this is an attitude that must be shown to the enemy. Conversely, it is impossible to show it to anyone other than the enemy, not to mention that An Yi is my friend... You can rest assured."

Li Nian said this because she didn't want the misunderstanding from that day to continue and make Sawamura think that he was the one who would harm Amaki and worry unnecessarily.

Sawamura listened to this carefully, then looked at Li Nian deeply, as if he was re-examining him, and suddenly said.

"...I heard about you from that guy Tomoya."

"Oh?"

"Those three people are from the third grade...right? You did nothing wrong." She shook her fist viciously: "If it were me, I would also fight back against those bastards!"

Li Nian was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing.

"Miss, forget about your thin arms and legs. If you encounter the same situation as me, it is best to call the police."

"Look down on me?" Sawamura sneered, "Believe it or not, there is no man who won't lie down on the spot when I kick him."

One foot flew over and lay down...

Li Nian quickly realized what the trick was. His face froze and he suddenly felt that his cruelty to the enemy was nothing compared to that to the woman.

While they were chatting, An Yi had already returned from the bathroom.

"Too slow!"

Sawamura glared at him and cursed.

"I'm just satisfying my physiological needs and you're...huh?" Amaki noticed that Sawamura didn't put on a fake smile and returned to her true nature. She asked blankly, "Eri?"

"This guy has already seen through me. Why should I pretend? It's pointless."

Sawamura sipped the drink in the cup boredly.

An Yi gave him a puzzled look and Li Nian shrugged.

"That's right, so you can start talking like normal people now."

Seeing Li Nian's attitude of "I've seen through you a long time ago", An Yi immediately understood the situation.

“…So why was I kicked?”

Chapter 65: Kasumi Shiko

"Since it's exposed, there's nothing we can do... There's no need to make excuses. Let me correct you. It was actually Eriri who shamelessly said that she wanted to go to the book signing event with us this time..."

"Who is so shameless!" Sawamura kicked An Yi again angrily.

"It hurts! If you kick my legs again I'll get mad at you!"

"It's just on the way! On the way! Besides, it's an honor for others to have me accompany them! How dare you complain?"

"I just think it's troublesome... and Li Nian and I had an appointment..."

"I know, I remember you said this guy is a bit shy?" Ying Lili sneered, pointed at Li Nian and said with a sneer: "But I really want to ask, where did you see this person with the cute attribute of being shy?"

"...Is being shy a cute attribute?" Li Nianqi asked.

"You're complaining about the wrong thing! Take a look, Renye! Are you blind?"

"But he was like this before..." An Yi muttered.

He would become timid in front of strangers... Li Nian used to be like this, but he has changed a lot recently and is indeed no longer timid. An Yi thought that his change in such a short period of time was not that thorough. She still felt a little uncomfortable in front of a dazzling celebrity like Sawamura. She was a little worried about this and did not want to agree to Sawamura's request to go with him. But when the person was really brought to her, Li Nian looked cheerful and chatty, not at all embarrassed.

"I can't see at all that he would be like what you said in the past." Sawamura glanced at Li Nian.

Her deepest impression of Li Nian was the scene where he beat up a gangster. Such a vicious person was not at all like the person An Yi described Li Nian to be in the past.

"Renya, you said that too? This person is clearly drawn in the style of a hardcore battle anime character?"

"That's right, but before the summer vacation, he was indeed a passerby character with little presence in daily animation."

"…Honestly, what did you do during your summer vacation?"

Sawamura looked at Li Nian in disbelief.

It seems that An Yi did not tell her everything about Li Nian. At least she obviously did not know about the fictional plot of "her body was changed due to the spiritual disaster". It seems that An Yi was very sensible and regarded this as Li Nian's secret and did not spread it everywhere.

Li Nian also didn't want the news of her encounter with a spiritual disaster to spread and become known to everyone, so she didn't want to explain it to her again and just laughed it off.

"A man's growth is but a matter of moments."

"...Humph, forget it if you don't want to talk about it."

Li Nian was hiding something, and seeing him like this, Sawamura lost interest in finding out more.

Li Nian looked down at the time and thought it was almost time to leave, so he reminded them that they should set off. Without any objection, An Yi took the initiative to pay the bill, and the three of them got up and left the cafe.

They were able to while away their time leisurely because the signing event happened to be held in Chiba. They didn't need to take a car to other cities and could just walk there.

During the walk, An Yi's mouth was not idle, and he continued to chatter fluently. After being exposed by Li Nian, Sawamura, who was a mask, no longer concealed himself and began to participate in An Yi's discussion with great interest.

"You mean [Student Council's Autocracy]? I got it a few days ago."

“How do you feel after playing it? It’s a masterpiece!”

"I can only say it's okay."

"What?! How did you rate such an excellent work? Just OK? How can it be OK!"

"I know it's a pretty good work! But I just feel like it's a little off... It all comes down to you exaggerating so much that I had too high expectations! It's all your fault!"

Although she didn't admit it before, but now when I hear her talking about these things with Amii, I know that she must be an otaku. Every word Sawamura says reveals his familiarity with the relevant knowledge, and he can talk freely with an otaku like Amii.

On the contrary, when it was Li Nian's turn, she felt like she had no chance to join in the conversation.

However, he was not able to keep up with An Yi's pace, so he was happy to be idle and just talked less and listened more.

As they walked along, he felt more and more that the conversation between the two was very casual. It was obvious that the relationship between this young lady and An Yi was closer than he had imagined... obviously not just ordinary friends.

After all, Sawamura looks so glamorous in school. He has rare settings such as a diplomat and a British-Japanese mixed-race. He doesn't seem like the same type of person as Aki. After Li Nian saw that Sawamura was also a otaku, he thought that she was friends with Aki because of this... But now he feels that there is more than that between the two. They must be old acquaintances, and the bond is much deeper than he imagined.

When they arrived, the book signing session hadn't started yet, but there were already quite a lot of people gathered.

"This is truly spectacular." Li Nian exclaimed.

Neither he nor his predecessor had ever participated in offline activities such as book signing events in the past, so they were a little surprised to see this scene.

He once heard people say that "Love Metronome" was an unpopular book with few sales, but when he saw this scene, he felt that this statement might be a bit wrong.

"Think about it, the people gathered here are all comrades who are impressed by Teacher Kasumi Shiko's story. Don't you feel a sense of belonging?"

"Can you please stop confusing me with a nerd like you?"

"Why are you so proud? You are also one of the dead otakus."

Aki and Sawamura were exchanging insults when Li Nian noticed a commotion in the crowd and some staff members came out to restore order.

"It seems to be starting?"

"What? Then let's go!"

People were led to a long table and formed a long line in the blink of an eye. Li Nian and others were still a step behind and stood in the middle and back of the line.

It was time to see Xia Shizi's true face. Li Nian had said before that she didn't care, but at this point, she couldn't help but feel curious. She leaned forward and looked forward, but there were so many people in front of the table that she couldn't see the figure sitting at the long table behind her.

Sawamura, who was standing in front, also stood on tiptoe and looked around, looking very excited.

"Ren Ye, I don't know why I'm suddenly a little nervous!"

"Me too... Where's Li Nian?"

"I'm fine, what's the matter?"

Li Nian couldn't see anyone at first glance, but he saw that the team was indeed moving forward slowly. He was not in a hurry. He shrugged his shoulders, took out his mobile phone and started playing to kill time.

The team moved forward slowly, and gradually, the three people moved from the front to the back.

After the group of people in front of them finished signing and left contentedly, leaving their seats vacant, it was their turn. Sawamura and Amaki, who had been staring at the long table, were finally able to catch a glimpse of Kasumi Shiko's true appearance for the first time.

"Varied……"