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

"You can ask whatever you want. It's up to me whether I can answer or not."

"...Don't be so defensive. You can't tell me about your work, but you can always tell me about your writing, right?"

"That's fine, but I've only submitted a manuscript recently. I guess there's not much to say."

"I just want to ask that, where did you submit your manuscript?"

Kasumigaoka said this more as a test, because when it comes to the recent collection of articles, there is only one...

"It's the Phoenix Library that you belong to, Senior."

Li Nian's answer was what she expected.

"As expected...it seems like we might have a chance to meet at work in the future."

"There's a chance. The prerequisite is that we really make it through the final trial."

"Yes, you should be more confident. When I submitted my work, the quality was not as high as yours."

"We are in different directions. There is nothing to compare." At this time, Li Nian had quickly finished processing the fish, threw it into a plate, and washed off his dirty hands. Only then did Xia Zhiqiu dare to turn around and look at him.

Li Nian lit the stove and put oil in the pan to fry the fish, but she temporarily freed her hands and continued to ask, "Senior Kasumigaoka, how is the progress of the comic adaptation of "Love Metronome" with you and Shiina?"

"Everything went well." Shiina gave a thumbs up.

"Really...that's good."

Thinking of the series of things that happened recently, Kasumigaoka smiled unconsciously: "Yes, everything went smoothly, thanks to the amazing quality of Mr. Shiina's first draft. My editor, Ms. Machida, praised it highly after reading it. Ms. Ayano, the editor-in-charge of Mr. Shiina, also readily agreed to the feasibility of this project. Thanks to their efforts, all kinds of links have been opened up. Our two publishing houses have arranged a formal meeting, and the cooperation has been confirmed. Comicization is a foregone conclusion."

It seems that everything is going well indeed. Li Nian nodded and felt that this was a natural development. He had read the manga "Love Metronome" written by Kasumigaoka by Shiina once and felt that the quality of the work was there. It was a perfect combination of a good script and good painting. There was no reason for the industry not to approve this plan. After all, profits come first and works that can be sold should not be hidden by businessmen.

"It's said that editors in the publishing industry are people who know what's good."

"This is all thanks to you. For me, the teacher Shiina you brought to me is like pie in the sky."

"Thank you." Shiina nodded and thanked him.

"That's all." Li Nian didn't care.

Kasumigaoka shook his head and said solemnly.

"Maybe it's just that to you, but for me, this matter is of great significance. Thanks to the high quality of Mr. Shiina's manuscript, both publishers attach great importance to this project and will allocate enough resources to it. This means that Mr. Shiina's comics and my "Love Metronome", as the original work, will receive more publicity and exposure, and their status will undoubtedly rise. Not only that, there will also be a chain reaction afterwards... This will undoubtedly be a very valuable opportunity for me."

After hearing what Kasumigaoka said, Li Nian realized that this seemed to be the case. For Kasumigaoka, who was unpopular and ignored, this might be her chance to soar to fame.

When he thought of this, he was honestly glad that his hard work in matchmaking had brought Shiina and Kasumigaoka this opportunity.

"Then this feast of mine can just be used as a celebration banquet?"

"…You just thought of this on a whim, right?"

"If we find a reason to make it festive, won't it make the meal more enjoyable..." Li Nian threw the fish into the frying pan, and a sizzling sound suddenly rang out. Seeing this, he started to chase them away: "Okay, both of you go back to your rooms first, don't stay here, I will make fumes from cooking later, and it will be bad if they stain your clothes."

Kasumigaoka nodded and said to Shiina: "Teacher Shiina, let's discuss the problems in the plot pointed out before?" Then she turned and left the restaurant. Shiina nodded hurriedly and trotted after her, holding the tomato slices she had not finished eating.

Li Nian watched them leave with a smile, thinking about what Kasumigaoka had said before, and wondered if these two people were already starting to embark on the bright road to success and fame?

Thinking of this, his desire to prepare a good meal became stronger, and he started to move around.

"Then let me show off my skills to celebrate this."

Chapter 162: Inevitable Rejection

The last bowl of fish soup was served out of the pot and placed on a plate in the middle, and the job was done. Looking at the table full of dishes of all sizes, Li Nian nodded with satisfaction.

"What a nice smell! Is it classmate Li Nian who's cooking today?" Kanda just came back from outside and walked into the living room. He saw the table full of dishes and couldn't help but widen his eyes: "This... are we catching up with some kind of festival?"

Sakurasou has a system of taking turns to cook, and it is usually Li Nian's turn. At that time, he will cook some authentic home-cooked dishes. Everyone in Sakurasou has long been accustomed to this, but they have never seen such an unusually sumptuous meal with fish and meat as today.

"It's not a holiday, it's just a whim... If I have to say it, let's just celebrate the finalization of the manga project for Shiina and Kasumigaoka-senpai."

Kanda had obviously heard about this from Shiina earlier than Li Nian. After hearing this reason, he nodded in relief: "That's it."

"By the way, Kanda, do you know where Aoyama-san is?"

Kanda looked embarrassed again.

"…She has a part-time job today and is having dinner at her place. She asked me to tell you not to prepare her portion… It's my fault for not coming back earlier. It's rare that you made such a sumptuous meal. I'm sorry."

After hearing this, Li Nian was slightly stunned and felt a little regretful.

"Working? You're still racing against time as usual..."

Qingshan often stays out for work and doesn't come back. It's obvious that he is very busy.

"There's nothing I can do. I can only leave a portion for her later. So Kanda, please go and call everyone over."

"okay."

Kanda trotted off to call for help.

Ren, who was called first, walked into the restaurant and was amazed at the results of Li Nian's hard work.

"Oh~~ Just looking at this sumptuous dinner makes one's appetite grow. It's much more gorgeous than before. Why is the chef willing to show off his skills today?"

"I just want to have a good meal once in a while. I will give it to you wholeheartedly. You are not allowed to complain."

"How dare you despise it? This is a table that makes you hungry just by looking at it. If you smell the aroma, you will get hungry even if you are not already."

There were hurried footsteps outside, and Kamiigusa suddenly opened the door. She ran down after receiving the notification from Kanda.

"I'm so hungry! What's that smell... sniff... it smells so good! Ohhhhhhhhhh! Look what I see!"

Her nose twitched as she smelled the fragrance. She rushed to the table and scanned the dishes on the table with shining eyes.

"I saw a dish that was emitting a thousand-foot light!"

"It is your eyes that are shining brightly."

As Li Nian spoke, he slapped Shang Jingcao's impatiently stretched out little hand.

"Ouch! It hurts! It hurts so much! What are you doing, you stinky newbie!"

Kamiigusa withdrew his hand as if he had been electrocuted, puffed up his cheeks and looked over angrily.

"Don't use your hands."

Li Nian slapped Shang Jingcao's dirty hands back and handed over a pair of bowls and chopsticks.

"You can eat, but at least take a pair of chopsticks, and use serving chopsticks to pick up food."

"Humph, what's the matter..." Ueigusa took the bowl and chopsticks reluctantly, picked up a large chopstick of beef and stuffed it into his mouth without using the serving chopsticks, and immediately his expression became happy again: "Howl!"

Kamiigusa wanted to pick up her chopsticks again, but Ren said gently, "Misaki, wait for everyone for a moment." She froze, said "oh", and put down her chopsticks obediently.

Li Nian glanced at Ren and sighed in his heart that only Ren could control the aliens.

Not long after, Kanda came down with Shiina and Kasumigaoka.

Now everyone is almost here. It's unavoidable that Aoyama didn't come back. As for Akasaka Ryunosuke, it's obvious that this otaku who stays in his room all year round will never come out. Thinking of sending him a copy later, Li Nian nodded and asked everyone to take a seat.

After sitting down, Kasumigaoka looked at the dishes on the table curiously: "It smells good and looks good too. Li Nian, you are a good cook."

"How would you know if you haven't eaten it... Oh, by the way, I specifically used the cooking methods from my hometown. We use a lot of oil and salt when cooking, and we are used to adding onions, ginger and garlic for seasoning. I don't remember asking you before, are you used to it? If not, I can make something else."

Li Nian felt that his cooking skills were acceptable and that he could make authentic home-style dishes, but he also understood that the eating habits of the mainland and the Japanese were somewhat conflicting. The people at Sakurasou didn't care about these details. When he was the head chef, everyone enjoyed the food he made and it always received good reviews. But Li Nian really didn't know if there were any taboos at Kasumigaoka, and he just remembered to ask now.

"It's okay. I can actually accept strong flavors."

As she spoke, she licked her lips coquettishly.

"Wow, what a bold statement." Ren said with a smile: "By the way, I can accept all kinds of flavors, not just strong flavors."

Li Nian rolled his eyes.

"...I sincerely hope that the topic between you two is only about cooking."

"Of course I'm talking about cooking."

"Me too."

That's what's going on.

Li Nian ignored them and started introducing the dishes to everyone: "This is seaweed egg soup, that is winter bamboo shoots and beef, and there is also braised fish, shredded pork with green peppers, pan-fried tofu, and water spinach with garlic sauce - I know you don't understand, so you will understand after trying it, so pick up your chopsticks."

After he said that, everyone started to use their chopsticks, especially Misaki. She seemed to be locked in her seat by Ren's words and couldn't move. When Li Nian said it was okay to use their chopsticks, she immediately cheered and made a Namaste gesture faster than anyone else. She then used the serving chopsticks to scoop various things into the bowl. After stuffing the whole bowl full, she began to eat and drink without caring about her appearance, mumbling, "It's delicious... It's really delicious... Whoever marries Xinrenjun as a bride will be very lucky!"

"If you want to talk, let's talk about the groom... and I really think that your way of eating pigs is ruining my cooking skills."

Li Nian sighed in disgust and turned to look at Kasumigaoka. She carefully picked up a piece of braised fish that he had carefully cut, dipped it in the sauce, put it in the bowl, took two bites, and chewed it carefully. Seeing this, Li Nian asked a question.

"How is it? Can you tell it's not poisonous?"

After tasting the braised fish, Xia Zhiqiu put down her husband's clothes and said to Li Nian solemnly, "Why don't you marry into my family?"

"...It seems to suit your taste."

It seemed that this senior schoolmate was quite used to eating. Li Nian selectively ignored her joke, picked up the chopsticks, put food into the bowl, and talked to Jingcao again.

"By the way, Kamiigusa-senpai, what you said to me before, actually you wanted to use my story to make an animation?"

Make animation?

Suddenly, except for Ren who showed an expected expression, everyone cast curious glances at him.

Uegusa was stunned, and immediately raised his head and forced his mouth full of food, slammed his chopsticks, and said hurriedly: "That's it! Why didn't you listen to me at that time, Xinrenjun!"

"You're the one who always says things that can be misunderstood... Well, to be honest, your hands, feet, and head are on your own body, so you're free to do whatever you want. You don't need to ask for my opinion, right?"

Li Nian learned from Ren that Kamiigusa wanted to make an animation based on his story, but he didn't take it seriously. After all, it was Kamiigusa who was going to do it, and it was up to her what she could produce. He thought that this was just a whim of Kamiigusa and had nothing to do with him, so when it was brought up at the dinner table, he just gave a casual reply to Kamiigusa.

But Kamiigusa's expression rarely turned serious: "No! I want to use your story, and I absolutely cannot do that without asking for your opinion."

"So go ahead and do it. I give you my permission."

Kamiigusa shook his head again.

"I want more than just a permission! So I've already said it! What I want is you, Shinjin-kun!"

"You're starting to say stupid things again."

Seeing Li Nian start to frown, Ren couldn't help but sigh and reminded his childhood friend: "Misaki, if you don't make it clear what you need others to do, others won't understand."

"What to do?" Uegusa tilted his head and thought for a while, then he counted on his fingers, "Original work, script, character setting, background setting, martial arts guidance..."

"Stop! Stop! Stop!" Li Nian was stunned. "I don't quite understand what you are saying, but I do understand that there will be a mountain of work waiting for me."

"A man can accomplish this little thing in just minutes!" Kamiigusa gave him a thumbs up and smiled heartily.

"Don't talk about how easy these things are. Are you taking me for a fool?"

"A man's journey should be to the stars and the sea!"

"Don't try to get away with it by using lines that sound heroic."

Shang Jinggusa turned his face away and made a "tsk" sound.

"Why are you clicking your tongue? Are you upset that I'm smart enough to see through your scheme to recruit men without any incident?"

Ren took over the conversation with a wry smile, and summarized it based on his own experience: "In fact, the main thing is that you, Rookie-kun, need to adapt your work into a script to suit the production of the animation. Most of the other work is actually done by Misaki... At least that was the case when I worked with Misaki, but it sounds like she seems to have more expectations from you, and she also needs your help with the action design."

Li Nian still didn't quite understand. After all, he was just a writer... and maybe he knew a little bit about fighting, but he knew nothing about animation production. He would never accept such a confusing job.

"First of all," Li Nian frowned, pointed his chopsticks, and decided to refute from the most crucial point: "Senior Umikusa, did you make a low-level mistake of confusing writing a novel with writing a script?"

Kasumigaoka suddenly interrupted and spoke seriously to Igusa.

"I have written scripts before and know that writing novels is different. I acknowledge Li Nian's talent in writing, but I don't think she can write a good enough script."

Novels and scripts are similar, but they are completely different in nature. As the saying goes, every profession has its own specialties. Although both are about expressing stories and characters, novels focus on the direct expression of words, while scripts are designed to be adapted into film and television works, focusing on scenes, actions, and expressions. Although they seem to have the same origin as novel writing, the details are completely different.

If Kamiigusa wants to make animation, what he needs is an animation script, which requires professional knowledge to support animation production.

"As Kasumigaoka-senpai said, I have never written a script, and I don't think I can contribute a good enough script."

Ren shook his head: "It doesn't matter, as long as your story is there completely, Misaki will find a way to have her perform it in the form of a script suitable for animation production."

Misaki Kamiigusa is a genius. In fact, even if she is separated from anyone's script, she can still make excellent animated short stories on her own. Her spirituality is enough to make up for the shortcomings of the script. Kamiigusa is obviously not unaware of the difference between novel writing and script writing, and this is her intention.

"In any case, there must be a way to write it! But it won't work without your help, Newcomer-kun!"