Why wasn't I the one who got the male lead's script?

Indeed, if Kasumi Shiko had stopped writing at this point, Eriri's long-cherished wish of "defeating Kasumi Shiko" could have been easily realized.

But if Kasumi Shiko was defeated because of puberty syndrome, then Eriri would rather not have this hopeless glory of victory.

So she has to help Kasumigaoka Utaha recover to her original state. Only when both of them have recovered to their peak state will it be meaningful to have a showdown with them.

——Of course, this is also a way to repay Shiyu’s encouragement last time.

"...If you keep staring at me, I'll get the impression that you're interested in me, Sawamura-kun."

When Eriri was secretly glancing at Shiyu with what she thought was a well-hidden gaze, the latter's sudden words made her shudder uncontrollably.

"Who—who has been watching you, narcissist."

"Well, I think narcissists are cuter than tsunderes who say one thing and mean another."

"Pfft, the latter is definitely cuter between the two!"

Miss Eriri made an angry face and stuck out her tongue, then turned her head to concentrate on playing the game, no longer looking at Shiyu.

At this moment, the phone on the sofa suddenly rang, so Shiyu put the book aside and picked up the phone.

"Hello, this is Kasumigaoka Utaha...ah, Hoshimi-kun. Good afternoon."

"...!"

The familiar name slowed down Miss Eriri, who was typing on the keyboard. She then frowned, still staring at the continent of Eorzea without making a sound.

"Eh...Is that so?"

Shiyu seemed to be concentrating on chatting with the person on the other end of the phone. Eriri, who couldn't hear what they were saying, could only absent-mindedly complete the task while paying attention to Shiyu's every move.

“…I understand. I’ll think about it carefully.”

After about a few minutes, Shiyu hung up the phone, and Eriri was able to turn around and ask questions pretending to be indifferent.

"Why, why did that Qing guy contact you?"

The black-haired girl smiled and waved the phone in her hand at her, appearing extremely calm.

"Why, are you worried that I'll take your dear father away from you, Sawamura-kun?"

“Go to hell! I’ve told you so many times that idiot is not my dad!!”

Daily Task: Tease Eriri until she blushes. Complete. (1/1)

After achieving her goal, Shiyu smiled and shook her head with satisfaction, then got back to the topic.

"Nothing, I just asked him to help me find a solution to puberty syndrome."

"I know that."

Ying Lili gave Shi Yu a coquettish look.

“Besides, I’m also doing this.”

"You're running to someone else's house, eating and sleeping there, and even hogging their computer. So you're trying to find a solution to my syndrome? It's really hard for you, Sawamura-kun." (laughs)

"Well—at least I helped you clean up! Otherwise, with the mess your house is in, I'd believe you were broken into!"

"Okay, okay, I won't tease you anymore."

The more obvious the indignation and anger on Eriri's face, the more intense the smile on Shiyu's lips became - even so, she still restrained herself from feeling any further joy and decided to stop while she was ahead.

"It's like this, Xingjian-kun found a clue that is beneficial to me."

She leaned her whole body against the soft sofa and stretched herself out like a cat. Her curvy figure exposed at that moment made Eriri blush and look away.

"Is this an illusion...it seems like the longer she stays at home, the more voluptuous she becomes."

"It seems that as long as my book is perceived by the public as 'Kasumi Shiko's work,' a series of inexplicable phenomena such as ambiguity and incomplete content will occur. Of course, Hoshimi-kun has also proposed a preliminary solution for me, but whether to implement it is up to me."

She smiled and stared at the wall, and finally said in a somewhat elusive tone what Xingjian had just told her on the phone.

“Use exposure to bring your work back into the public eye. To do this, you’ll need to seek help from influential people—preferably those who have a say in the ACGN community.”

“………Eh?”

Perhaps because the figure of a strange yet familiar person suddenly appeared in her mind, Ying Lili was stunned and the expression on her face was a little dull.

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Today is happy midnight snack time. If I can come back for more after the midnight snack, I will definitely fill it up for everyone~

The September bounty will be released before 12 o'clock orz, please be lenient

Kasumigaoka Utaha is unlikely to be out of ideas: Chapter 7 So, Sawamura Eriri starts thinking (Part 2)

"...That's a really easy-to-understand explanation, but being too considerate isn't always a good thing."

Kasumigaoka Utaha put down the phone in her hand, supported her forehead with her hand as if she was a little tired, and the expression on her face could not be seen because it was covered by her palm.

"In this case... doesn't that only leave me with two choices?"

"........."

Ying Lili gradually let go of the mouse in her hand and stared at Shiyu with undisguised worry.

She looks helpless now.

Yes, after all, when it comes to people who have a great influence in the ACGN circle, the only guy that comes to mind immediately is probably the well-known blogger TAKI.

Even Eriri could see that Kasumigaoka Utaha was struggling over whether to ask Aki Tomoya for help.

"I, I'm telling you, Kasumigaoka Utaha. Cheer up and stop acting like such a loser."

Eriri left the computer desk and expressed her concern for Shiyu in a somewhat awkward and arrogant manner, while her attention was no longer on the game.

"No, there's no need to force yourself."

She tried her best to use her little brain - and finally she had an idea that seemed good to her.

"Oh right—if the work is affected by the name Kasumi Shiko, then why don't we just change our pen name? At worst, we can just start over. We're all familiar with the people in the editorial department anyway, right?"

Although this was a method that Eriri came up with with great difficulty, and she also showed a proud expression because of this sudden idea she came up with - but Shiyu just listened to her quietly, then smiled and shook her head.

"If you, Sawamura, can think of a method, how could I not have tried it?"

Shiyu rubbed her temples tiredly, and her usually calm and at ease face was now filled with a helpless smile.

"It's useless. As long as the work is indeed my own, it will inevitably be affected."

Shiyu had tried this before, creating a new account on the website and publishing her own collection of short stories.

But the result was still no one was interested, and the daily new reading volume never exceeded double digits.

It is obvious that this adolescent syndrome is directed at "Kasumigaoka Utaha" rather than "Kasumigaoka Utako".

Now that things have come to this, it is indeed impossible to solve the problem by relying solely on her own efforts.

We must rely on external forces to change this situation.

"Don't worry about me, Sawamura-kun. This is my own business, and asking you and Hoshimi-kun to help was already willful enough. I don't want to burden anyone else."

The black-haired girl lowered her head slightly, letting the straps on her shoulders loosen down her arms, revealing her snow-white shoulders and faintly visible chest, but she didn't care at all.

"Besides... you hate me anyway, don't you? Now's the time to get rid of me. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

"........."

Ying Lili looked at Shi Yu, who was exhausted but still pretending to be strong, and frowned her beautiful eyebrows——

She felt a little angry.

"At this point, you're still planning on driving me away with this deliberately disgusting tone?!"

Eriri took a step forward and fiercely pulled up Shiyu's collar - and then pressed her face against hers as the latter looked at her in astonishment.

"Listen up, Kasumigaoka Utaha!! I really hate you, but I hate your self-pitying and worthless look even more!"

Eriri's face flushed, and her burning gaze made Shiyu feel a little too sharp - it was the first time she saw Eriri so angry.

"You're devaluing yourself, which only makes me angrier! What do you think I think of you? A bitch who asks for a beating? You're my equal!! You don't feel humiliated by losing here, but I feel ashamed!"

Ying Lili's eyes were red and her body was trembling with anger. There seemed to be some crystal tears flashing in her eyes - this also made Shiyu completely confused.

She just wanted to find a way to force Eriri away before she was influenced by her, and it would be best if she could make her give up - she had no intention of making Eriri cry.

"You're such an idiot... Sawamura-kun."

So, even though she still felt a little guilty, Shiyu still wanted to stubbornly achieve her goal.

"If you get too close to me, you might get implicated."

She met Eriri's angry and annoyed gaze with a faint smile, allowing her collar to be pulled by her. From Eriri's perspective, it was easy to see the rise and fall of her chest.

"Let me give you the simplest example – I've already completed the game script for our club this summer. But by now, you can imagine what the consequences will be once a game based on my script is released, right?"

The hypothesis that Shiyu slowly stated made Eriri stunned for a moment.

Yes, in this case, it is easy to imagine what will happen in the end.

"Sales will definitely take off—as long as I'm involved in the text design."

Shiyu said the cruelest words to herself without changing her expression.

"I'm like a plague right now, after all. Anything created from my own subjective consciousness, no matter how much I disguise it—it will definitely be exposed by puberty syndrome in the end."

And this may be her punishment.

Punishment for caring too much about one person and not caring about everyone else, including yourself.

"...Face the reality. I've already faced the reality a long time ago and have no expectations."

"If that's the case...if that's the case...!"

Although Eriri's eyes were still a little uncertain, she finally made up her mind and met Shiyu's calm and almost desperate gaze.

"Then let me find a solution for you!"

"...Why go to such lengths, Sawamura-kun? Why not just leave me aside and live your carefree life?"

"Stop babbling!! Forget about me saying such unspirited words, but don't try to force me away with such sarcastic provocation!"

Eriri glared fiercely at Shiyu, whose expression had become noticeably impatient. She knew very well that this was just a show to annoy her and leave.

"It seems... I have to go and find out the truth myself."

"...?"

Hearing this, Shiyu looked at Eriri, who seemed to be lost in thought, with some suspicion, revealing an expression that was obviously very worried.

"...What do you want to do?"

Oh my god, Eriri is actually using her brain.

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I was so busy last night that I forgot to post a bounty orz I'll make it up to you guys right away

Killing Eve is really good (dog head)

Kasumigaoka Utaha is unlikely to be out of ideas: September bounty

It still starts from today, September 3rd. Every 300 monthly tickets/5000 recommendation tickets/500 blades will add one chapter, and every 25,000 rewards will add one chapter. There is no upper limit, no upper limit, no upper limit. There is only a time limit, which ends on the 23rd~

As of today, the monthly ticket is 12130, the recommendation is 146497, the reward is 36.32w, and the blade is 3926. The settlement is settled on the deadline~

Last time I owed more than 30 chapters, I believe that this time you bosses will not let me down (funny) This time I will pay it back while waiting for your rewards to kill me (*?√?*)σ

Kasumigaoka Utaha is unlikely to be out of ideas: Chapter 7 So, Sawamura Eriri starts thinking (Part 3)

After dragging himself back home from the comic convention, Tomoya Aki spent almost a week in his own home in a state of depression.

He wanted to escape to a place where no one could find him - this was what he had been thinking as he curled up in his bed.

He was beaten by that Hoshimi guy for the second time—and the first time was in public, and the second time was in front of Eriri.

I was unwilling to accept it, no matter how I thought about it, and I could vaguely feel a fire of anger burning in my chest.

That guy made me lose face and look awkward in front of so many people and Eriri - maybe the reason why Kato and Kasumigaoka gradually became estranged from me was because he was fanning the flames behind the scenes.

Revenge must be taken. Aki Tomoya has never been the kind of person who repays evil with kindness, and he will not let these things fade away in his memory as time goes by - otherwise he would not have been thinking about the harm that Eriri had done to him for more than ten years.

However, if you force it, you will definitely not get any good results.

He probably couldn't do it in a head-on fight. He couldn't beat Xingjian, a guy who looked gentle and polite but would act ruthlessly as soon as he rolled up his sleeves.

It seems that it is not feasible to pull Kato, Kasumigaoka Utaha and the others away from this person. The attitude of those two people has been a little distant from me recently. What's more, Hoshimi submitted an application for resignation before the summer vacation, which blocked this path.