Putting aside whether he can actually pull it off, he brought other news with him this time.

That means Kujo Sara has caught the book thief, and Yukiaki has been cleared of suspicion. Now the detective game is truly over.

However, Xingqiu was not happy; instead, he said somewhat anxiously:

"Oh no! Did the magistrate of Tenryo find an editor named Onodera?"

"Everyone, there's no time to explain now, we have to hurry and save Mr. Onodera!"

Readers were somewhat confused, not because the events were particularly complex, but because the plot development was so abrupt that they didn't know which questions to consider.

So what exactly happened? At first, it was suspected that Xingqiu was threatened by a mysterious person to steal the book, but it seems that wasn't the case; someone else was the one who stole the book.

Now that they've caught the book thief Xingqiu, he seems to be in a hurry, as if he does indeed know some inside information.

What happened? Could it be that Xingqiu is so tired because he stayed up all night signing documents? That can't be right, it's just signing documents, it's not impossible to have someone else sign for you.

Was it so that they could finish signing the books early and surprise everyone, that they asked editor Onodera to steal them and sign them in advance? That's incredibly dedicated!

Chongyun had roughly guessed the inside story and looked at Xingqiu with a complicated expression (mainly trying to suppress a laugh).

Xingqiu couldn't bear to look at the other person's expression, and was rarely left speechless by Chongyun's laughter.

Turning the pages again, on this page Xingqiu has arrived at Hanamizaka and is shouting, "Spare his life!"

Not really. Onodera wouldn't be executed. Yukiaki shouted, "Please wait a moment!"

There was indeed a moment's delay, but not because of Xingqiu's appearance, but because Onodera had already confessed everything.

Xingqiu exclaimed in surprise: "Wait a minute! There are so many of you here, you don't all know, do you?"

One of the lowly soldiers behind him couldn't help but burst out laughing. The word "pfft" in the book was particularly jarring, mainly because it stung Xingqiu's eyes.

Other readers, unaware of the truth, didn't get the joke at that moment.

Kujo Sara didn't laugh. She even coughed lightly to remind the soldiers behind her that they were professionally trained and wouldn't laugh no matter how funny it was.

Kujo Sara said seriously, "Ahem! To be precise, there were actually two other teams here just now to prevent the suspect from escaping."

She meant that not only we know, but two other groups of people do.

Now that they're not here, given how big of a mouth they are, it's very likely that the entire Inari family will find out soon.

In the story, Xingqiu was devastated upon learning this news, but in reality, Xingqiu was alright. After all, not only Inazuma, but the whole world now knew, and his heart was dead.

This made readers even more curious about the truth, which caused Xingqiu to be so upset.

It's worth noting that in the previous Lantern Festival story, Xingqiu was someone who had a relatively good grasp of the overall situation, unlike now where he seems so frustrated.

In reality, Xingqiu felt even more frustrated. Now even the gods would know that his handwriting was terrible and that he couldn't improve it no matter how hard he tried.

What was originally just a small-scale guild wipeout, thanks to Lin Qiu, is now the entire Teyvat guild is dead.

Actually, Xingqiu doesn't need to be too upset, because Saro, who is opposite him, will also die once later.

It would be more interesting if Kujo Saraya, with his serious expression, died.

However, for Kujo Sara, it's fine to laugh at her, as long as she doesn't laugh at the statue of Mitakenaka God Master Oogami. Otherwise, she can go and talk to my bow.

Returning to the story, in the book, Xingqiu intends to reveal the reason why his company is failing, but Onodera is considerate enough to speak for him.

[Onodera said, "For this year's Celebration of Colors, I proposed the idea of ​​releasing a 'newly published book signed by the author.'"]

"But regarding the content of the project, I didn't discuss it with the authors beforehand, which resulted in a lot of trouble for Mr. Zhenyu..."

The reason is that Xingqiu is extremely bad at calligraphy, and signing events are a disaster for him.

This brought back memories for the traveler, who recalled that Xingqiu's writing was like "scribbles," with an encryption effect, to the point that Paimon even doubted whether he was writing Teyvat Common.

It's just that so much time has passed that no one thought of this immediately. Now that he's mentioned it, everyone understands that it was all a big misunderstanding.

Now I know why those soldiers wanted to laugh; misunderstandings are always funny, especially when the reason is so amusing.

To others, it was a trivial matter, but this small matter triggered a big incident. This contrast was what made it funny, and Ayato couldn't help but laugh.

Ayato and Miko were both in the know about this matter, and they deliberately let it go, just to see them make a fool of themselves.

Seeing Xingqiu's embarrassed expression in the illustration, Shenzi felt relieved.

Even Xingqiu, who loves to tease people, got teased. Xingqiu, who values ​​Yun Hongwen, also became smitten.

This is what the divine child loves to see; he enjoys watching clever people get their comeuppance.

She enjoys teasing smart people, but she doesn't let silly people off the hook either.

The blame for this lies in the fact that her previous signature was written too neatly. Because it was so well-written, it was even used as a 'model'. Everyone in the village thought that Mr. Zhenyu's signature was very neat and beautiful.

However, the signing time at the book signing event wasn't enough for Xingqiu to sign slowly, so Onodera stole the book so that Xingqiu could sign it slowly. Even if he wrote slowly, he could still write the character "人" (ren, meaning person).

As a result, the two of them stayed at home signing the papers, completely unaware of the turmoil outside.

So the question is, how did the reputation of Mr. Zhenyu's "neat handwriting" spread to Quandao's wife?

The divine child smiled without saying a word, his true intentions well concealed.

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Character Voice Lines - Yae no Miko: Regarding 'neat handwriting'

"It was quite a lot of work to promote it, but thanks to Xingqiu's cooperation, he really tried his best to write well, hahaha~"

Chapter 785 The Red Man Chapter

The truth is a bit too simplistic. In reality, when it comes to signatures, people only care whether it's signed by the person in question; whether it looks good or not isn't that important.

Moreover, Xingqiu's handwriting has a unique design that most people can't imitate.

This is a high-EQ way of speaking; a low-EQ way of speaking would be that the words are so difficult to read that they are automatically encrypted, even surpassing the capabilities of a doctor.

It's not that bad handwriting is a big joke in itself, but it's funny to see Xingqiu being so concerned about it and still causing a misunderstanding.

Such a huge blunder, affecting so many people, only to find out it was just because of bad handwriting. I thought there was some earth-shattering conspiracy.

Now I understand, this whole thing is the fault of the God Child!

If it weren't for the divine child granting Onodera a vacation, wouldn't they have had much time? Wouldn't they have known about the turmoil outside? Wouldn't they have resolved it much sooner? It's all the divine child's fault!

Alas, the fox's hand! Fox, you've won! You've successfully orchestrated this scheme.

Xingqiu wants readers to see good signatures. Xingqiu is good. Yae no Kamiko means well but does bad things. You wicked fox.

Contrary to everyone's assumptions, Yae no Miko was not acting out of kindness; in fact, it was all part of Yae no Miko's plan.

Upon learning all this, the Divine Child was overjoyed, and she used up all those "laughing" emojis.

Playing around and making a ruckus are fine, but while the mystery of the stolen book has been solved, the mystery of the poem has become even more complicated.

The two poems that have appeared so far are both closely related to reality, so who exactly left these poems? And what are the contents of the poems by the three people who came after them?

In the story, everyone returns to the remote island with Onodera, where he apologizes to them—Red bean paste is a secret!

Hirayama (editor-in-chief) said, "Why didn't you tell everyone sooner? That way, everyone could have helped you think of a solution."

The editor-in-chief was quite nice and didn't seem to blame me.

Perhaps they also knew that blaming others was useless and wouldn't solve the problem.

As for why Onodera didn't tell everyone, it's quite simple. He felt it was a small matter, and he felt it would be embarrassing to ask others for help, and it would make him seem incompetent.

Originally, it was just embarrassing in front of the editors, but now Xingqiu has lost face all the way to the Heavenly Court.

Even with Lin Qiu's kind help, he has already lost face throughout Teyvat; the whole world is his shame.

Xingqiu's face was already red. This feeling was like shouting "I'm useless" and "I can't do anything" in public.

What Xingqiu found even more unacceptable was that even after making such a fool of himself, the signature was still less than one-tenth complete.

He hasn't slept well these past few days, staying up all night signing documents to get these few done.

Thank goodness he didn't have to sign 240 million copies, otherwise he really would have died in Inazuma.

Editor Murata suggested that she ask her brother, who is a calligrapher, for help in tutoring her.

In reality, her brother said: "Please leave me alone, my dear sister!"

You want me to teach students of this caliber? I'd be driven mad with anger! What good would that do you? Is the struggle for the crown prince always like this?

Sister, do you really think the second young master of the Feiyun Chamber of Commerce can't afford a calligrapher as a teacher? Then guess why his calligraphy is still so bad?

His brother couldn't help but feel relieved, thankfully he didn't need to be taught in real life.

If you've wronged the brother in the story, you can't wrong the brother in real life, okay?

Seeing this, Chongyun couldn't hold back his laughter any longer. He burst into laughter and patted Xingqiu's thigh.

Don't ask why I don't film myself. Wouldn't it hurt to film myself?

It's not easy. Chongyun, who is stable and honest, is often the one being teased by Xingqiu. It's really not easy for Xingqiu to make him laugh. This is something that Yingbao can only dream of.

In short, the book theft incident has come to a temporary end, and Abedo incorporated Yukiaki into his painting as the prototype for 'Aoi no Okina'.

Abedo's style when drawing the Five Song Fairies is quite cute, with all of them having adorable bean-shaped eyes.

Aoi no Okina should be an old man, but when drawn using the image of Kamishiro Aki, he becomes a cute boy, which suits the art style.

Of the three, only Ying is the most mature. Fortunately, she is quite naive, so she doesn't seem out of place even in the cute and quirky art style.

So, only two of the Five Song Immortals have been completed, and three more have yet to appear.

But the book theft case is already closed, right? When will the other three appear?

The answer is soon. The next passenger the traveler will pick up on the ship is the third person – Kaedehara Manyo. It's just unknown what kind of story he will have.

Manyo came as an invitee, but as a local, he was treated like a foreigner, and travelers even had to act as his guide.

Manyo had traveled around Inatsume, but the traveler was someone who had even explored Tsurukan and Fuchishita-gyu, so he was qualified to be Manyo's guide.

Wan Ye said he encountered a strange thing. When he was getting off the ship, he heard sneaky footsteps. He wanted to see who it was, but the person jumped into the water and left only a piece of paper behind.

That's right, it's another new poem, this time the Red Man chapter. It seems that Manyo is the predetermined Red Man image.

However, according to Wan Ye, that person seemed to be very good at stealth, which reminded everyone of the Inazuma ninjas. There were only a few people who were capable of commanding high-level ninjas.

First, we can rule out Kage, as she doesn't have that many wicked thoughts. Among the remaining people, the most likely candidates are Shinji and Ayato, since both of these foxes appeared at the beginning of the story.

Everyone is expressing their sympathy for this ninja, whose targets are never ordinary people. Shouldn't he get a raise?

Putting aside the pay raise, readers are now more curious about what story the 'Red Man Chapter' tells.

The Red Man Chapter

We have long enjoyed a distinguished reputation, and in our youth, we were full of ambition and high aspirations.

(My family has been awesome for more than just one or two generations; I used to think I was really awesome when I was a kid.)

Each time a new poem is composed and stamped with a red seal, it earns the author a beautiful reputation known throughout the land.

(Every time I write a poem, I stamp it with a big red seal, and the whole country praises me for being awesome; it's always on the front page.)

Little did I know that at last year's literary gathering, I would actually steal a poem written by an earlier author.

(Who knew that at last year's literary conference, someone would accuse me of plagiarizing ancient poems.)

Deception and theft are unforgivable; abandoned amidst the desolate wilderness.

(Plagiarism is unforgivable; now he's living a life of destitution.)

The five-colored brilliance will never return, just like the impermanence of human affairs.

(The glorious days are gone; life is truly unpredictable, like a large intestine wrapped around a small intestine.)

This story is somewhat similar to Manyo's, for example, he was once in the limelight, and then became a wanted criminal and was 'wandered in the wilderness'.

The difference is that the Red Man was exiled because he was discovered to have 'plagiarized,' which is considered 'deserved.'

Manyo was a wanderer who chose this life after seeing through the illusions of life. The biggest difference is that Akato was a wanderer because he was wanted by the authorities, while Manyo was wanted by the authorities after he had been wandering.

Through this poem, Yingmei suddenly had a flash of inspiration: since Xingqiu could never improve his calligraphy for signing, why not just write it once and make it into a seal?

Signing is troublesome, but stamping is much simpler, right?

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Character Voice Lines - Maple Leaf: About 'Red Man'

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