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

"Okay...as long as you're happy."

Li Nian took back her manuscript helplessly.

"Hello! Good morning, Li Nian!" A lively greeting came from behind. Looking over, I saw Yuigahama running towards me.

"Good morning, Yuigahama-san."

"What are you talking about with Gogen-san?"

Noticing the printouts in their hands, Yuigahama curiously peered in.

Wu Geng immediately stuffed the manuscript back on the table and said lightly that it was nothing. He didn't want to show it to Yuigahama.

Li Nian also turned the manuscript over, showing the blank back, and pressed it on his desk as if nothing had happened. He replied, "Nothing. Isn't the exam coming up soon? My classmate Wu Geng and I just printed out a few copies of the materials."

"Hey? Exam materials! I want them too! I'm just worried about failing the exam!" Yuigahama became more excited and refused to give in.

"It's just a collection of difficult math problems. You wouldn't be able to do them if you were given them."

When Yuigahama heard that it was a collection of difficult math problems, she suddenly became dispirited: "Hmm... difficult problems... My problem is that I can't even do the basic problems. For example, the recent teaching of x and y really makes me dizzy..."

Although it was Li Nian who found random excuses to fool Yuigahama, I couldn't help but look at her as a fool after hearing what she said.

"You can't even understand a junior high school-level two-variable equation, right? How did you get into Sobu High School?"

"Why are you saying the same thing as Xiaoqi? That's too much! Even I wasn't that stupid back then!"

"It's better to just admit that I'm stupid now..."

Wu Geng watched Li Nian send away the dejected Yuigahama, and said with a smile: "Who said that authors should crave readers' feedback? What's wrong with you hiding it from others?"

"Having said that, I wouldn't be stupid enough to ask for reviews from current JKs who are obviously not interested in novels." Li Nian replied calmly. It's not that he was afraid of showing it to others, but he just didn't want to do meaningless things.

"Really? I'm quite interested~~"

The sudden voice startled the two of them. Li Nian looked over and saw that it was Kato who suddenly spoke to them without saying a word.

"When did you get here..." Li Nian's face was full of surprise.

“…I’ve always been here.”

"Really? Sorry, I didn't notice." Li Nian really didn't notice. With his keen sense, it's not that he didn't notice Kato's presence, but for some reason he felt that this child seemed to blend into the environment and was difficult to notice.

"Although I really want to complain about how I only paid attention to Gogen-san over there when we were both deskmates... But I still want to ask you first, have you two finished your novels?"

"What...exposed?" Gogen opened his mouth in surprise.

"You think you haven't been exposed because you feel too good about yourself. Let me make it clear that I won't take the blame. It's because you usually speak too loudly." Li Nian glanced at Wu Geng, turned to Kato, and asked curiously, "Is Kato also interested in novels?"

"Although I watched it, I'm probably not as interested as you think, Li Nian... But I can't help but pay attention to it when I hear you guys talking about it."

As Kato spoke, he looked at the manuscript paper that Li Nian placed on the table. Li Nian understood and said with a smile.

"Then please help me take a look, even though it's just the beginning."

Li Nian didn't give it to Yuigahama because he knew that she was not the kind of person who was fundamentally interested in novels, but Kato said she wanted to read it and she had her own wishes, so Li Nian handed the manuscript to her anyway.

Then Li Nian looked at Wu Geng and indicated that she also had some opinions. What do you think?

At five o'clock in the morning, he shook his head like a rattle.

"Do you remember who said we need objective evaluations from outsiders?" Li Nian said helplessly.

Gogen hesitated and struggled, but Kato didn't want to force her. He smiled gently and said, "It's okay. I understand your feelings about not wanting to show your essay to others. If Gogen feels that it's private, I won't delve into it."

Wu Geng breathed a sigh of relief and replied in a low voice: "I'm sorry..."

Seeing this, Li Nian couldn't help but shake his head.

"I hope Kato-san won't indulge himself at this time... Gogen-san, are you sure you can hand in the manuscript to others in this state?"

"It's different to show it to someone you know and to show it to someone you don't know. Of course I can hand it out!" Wu Geng answered confidently.

"I don't know what's different... I hope you can do what you say."

Chapter 97: The long-lost first taste of emotion

Because he felt someone shaking him, Li Nian temporarily interrupted his study of "High-level Application of Barrier Technique (Third Stage)" to collect his attention.

Under Kato's gaze, the boy who was supporting his chin, his dull eyes gradually regained their luster, and he turned to look at her with a somewhat confused expression.

"Ah...is it lunchtime?"

"…Are you okay?"

His vision gradually returned, and he recognized that the person in front of him was Kato. Li Nian shuddered, shook his head violently and waved his hands.

"it's okay no problem."

"Really? But you didn't respond when I called you just now."

"Just daydreaming."

"Have you been in a daze all morning? It seems like you haven't even blinked once, which is frightening to be honest."

"..." Li Nian put down his hand that was about to rub his dry eyes and smiled awkwardly: "That must be your illusion."

Yes, because many teachers pointed out that he slept in class and made a lot of reports, Li Nian felt it necessary to put some effort into pretending to be paying attention in class, so he developed the skill of "sleeping with eyes open".

This was not difficult. All he needed to do was make some simple adjustments based on perception and spirit and temporarily block the visual function. For Li Nian, who had extremely strong perception and control ability, this was easy to do. So Li Nian pretended to be attending lectures during the four classes in the morning and got through them without seeming to attract the teacher's attention.

But Kato noticed it... My eyes are indeed very dry... Next time before entering "deep learning", I must remember to add the action preset of changing posture and blinking after a period of time... No, why don't I just cast a spell to reduce my presence on myself?

Thinking about these miscellaneous things, Li Nian asked casually, "What do you want to talk to me about?"

Although Kato still felt a little unconvinced, as he always felt that Li Nian's behavior was a little familiar, when asked this question, he did not intend to ask more questions and immediately handed over a stack of manuscript paper.

"I've finished watching it, where is the rest?"

Gogen, who was pretending to be oblivious to the situation here and was about to open his lunch box, suddenly paused and immediately pricked up his ears.

Li Nian was stunned for a moment, then smiled and took the manuscript.

"It seems that my humble work is still acceptable to you. Why, do you want to continue reading?"

"This is the first time I've seen this kind of work, and it's surprisingly interesting." At this point, Kato pouted his lips and showed a dissatisfied expression: "But, isn't it too mean to break it at the critical moment?"

"Sorry, as you can see, this is all the content. For now, I only have time to write the opening part. The part where it's broken is the key point of the plot turning point. The rest is another chapter. Although I have thought of the content, I haven't had time to write it yet."

"Is that so..." Kato sighed regretfully, and then said seriously: "Then remember to write it out quickly and show it to me. This feeling of being neither up nor down is really uncomfortable..."

"Really? That means I have achieved my goal." Li Nian smiled even more happily.

His brilliant smile made Kato feel uncomfortable, and the girl puffed up her cheeks, a little angry.

"Is making people suffer your goal, Li Nian? Your intention is too sinister. Are you actually an S behind the scenes?"

"What are you talking about? That's not the case..." Li Nian shook his head, looked down at the manuscript in his hand, and said softly with emotion: "It's just that if I can't even get this kind of expectation, it means that my efforts are meaningless."

After hearing Kato say that he wanted to continue reading and understanding the symbolic meaning behind those words, Li Nian felt a long-lost surge of excitement in his heart, as if he was suddenly energized.

Li Nian knew very well the nature of this emotion.

Li Nian has always felt touched when someone told him that he wanted to keep reading and that he could continue writing supported by this expectation. However, he did not expect that there would be such a strong fluctuation at this point.

Li Nian was confident that his writing, with much more focus and concentration than ever before, would be of better quality than his previous articles. Of course, he was not so inflated as to think that what he wrote could please anyone, but he felt that it would have no problem attracting ordinary readers. He was not surprised that Kato would want to continue reading... Having said that, when he heard her say in person that she wanted to keep reading, his heart was still stirred.

"It always feels like the very beginning...it seems to be right to say it is the very beginning." Li Nian muttered to himself.

"What are you talking about?" Kato tilted his head in confusion.

"Nothing, it's just that after hearing what Kato said, I suddenly felt motivated to continue writing."

“…Please finish writing it.”

"Ah, don't worry." Li Nian turned to Wu Geng and raised the manuscript proudly: "Wu Geng, did you see that? We have successfully gained our first reader."

"Humph." Wu Geng snorted coldly, looking indifferent: "How can you be so arrogant just because of one person?"

Li Nian knew that she was definitely not as indifferent as she acted, so she smiled but did not expose her.

Suddenly a voice came from behind.

"Student Li Nian, how about we go to the cafeteria together? By the way, I have something I want to ask you."

Li Nian looked over and saw An Yi walking over.

"An Yi, I just happened to have something to give you." Li Nian stood up and handed over the manuscript: "Please help me take a look."

An Yi took the manuscript and asked in confusion: "What is this?"

"Didn't I write a lot of stuff in Chinese characters? This is the expanded and translated version."

An Yi also remembered what he had seen written in Li Nian's notebook. He lowered his head and roughly flipped through the manuscript in his hand. When he saw the content, his eyes widened immediately: "This is..."

"Yes, it's the novel." Li Nian confessed: "It's your exclusive field as an otaku, isn't it? Please read it carefully, I know you will give me fair opinions."

"Showing off everywhere." Wu Geng suddenly spoke, watching the scene coldly.

Li Nian sneered. In fact, he was showing off because he knew that Wu Geng was watching nearby. He wanted to deliberately provoke this shy girl. So he said, "Why don't you show it to An Yi? I think you should understand that this guy's opinion may be more useful than the experts you mentioned. After all, this guy can be said to be a representative of the light novel readership."

Holding Li Nian's novel manuscript and listening to their conversation, An Yi had already guessed something and looked at the girl in surprise: "Could it be that Gogen-san also..."

Gogen's eyes flickered, and she remembered that Tomoya Aki was a famous otaku in the class. He did not hide his interests at all and often talked loudly with others in class about anime novels. Perhaps his opinion... But she thought about it, still couldn't overcome the shame, and shook her head.

“…Then there’s nothing we can do.”

Chapter 98: Yukinoshita Yukino

“When did you start writing novels?”

On the way to the cafeteria, An Yi asked Li Nian while carefully reading the manuscript in his hand.

"Just recently, it's the first time I wrote it."

"You're lying." An Yi said flatly. He had already finished reading the first chapter, closed the manuscript for the time being, and raised his head to Li Nian: "Are you questioning the sharp eyes of a serious otaku like me? If this is the level of a newcomer, I'll dig out my eyes for you, okay?"

Anyone who has read the first chapter of the novel and those eloquently written words will understand this simple and easy-to-understand truth.

Li Nian thought about it and realized that he couldn't get away with it, so he nodded and said, "Okay, it took me a long time to write it."

He didn't say how long it would take, leaving it to An Yi to guess.

"Why haven't I heard you say that before?"

An Yi looked at Li Nian in doubt. One could tell between the lines of the novel written by Li Nian was of a very high standard...but he had never known that his friend had such talent before, and when he suddenly showed it, An Yi was really shocked.

"What I wrote before was so bad that I'm embarrassed to show it to you." Li Nian lied.

An Yi thought about Li Nian's timid look in the past and felt that he might be writing something secretly and didn't want anyone to know. Even though he was also a otaku, he nodded and agreed with Li Nian's statement.

"But you are too polite." An Yi said with some dissatisfaction: "If it is not well written, then it is not well written. Do you think I will ridicule you if you show it to me?"

"I won't bring out the embarrassing things to irritate your eyes."

“…That’s correct.”

"So now that I feel like it's pretty good, I'm showing it to you, right?" Li Nian skipped the topic and said, "Speaking of what I said before, what do you want to ask me?"

An Yi came back to his senses, clapped his hands, remembered the purpose of his visit to Li Nian, and asked immediately.

"I want to ask about Kamiigusa-san and Shiina-san."

His question did not surprise Li Nian at all, so he answered it simply.

"That's one psychopath and one idiot, over."

“…What is this?”

"That's all I know about these two people. If you ask me about other things, I don't think I can answer you because I just moved into Sakurasou when school started."

The implication was that Li Nian didn't know those two people very well. An Yi heard it and felt a little frustrated, but she didn't give up.

"So you mentioned before that Shiina-san was drawing a manga and had submitted it to a call for submissions...?"

"You care about that?" Li Nian suddenly realized: "It's true. I have seen her original manuscript."

"Really?" An Yi immediately became excited and asked anxiously, "How is the manuscript? It must be very good, right? I guess a comic drawn by a world-class artist must be very good!"

"Well..." Li Nian showed an awkward expression. He had seen Shiina's original manuscript. The painting was beautiful, but as a comic... Li Nian still didn't say "You'll probably be disappointed after seeing it", but just said: "It's okay... Why do you keep saying that Shiina is a world-class artist?"

"…You said at the dinner table that you really didn't know. I'm not sure either. I heard Eriri say that person's talent was overwhelmingly strong."