I Am a Light Novel Master in Japan Chapter 697

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After the sunshine passed, it became cloudy. Li Yan stopped in the street and turned around to take a look at the situation of Sawamura Eiri and Kasumigaoka Shiu. However, when he turned back to confirm, he realized that Kasumigaoka Shiyu had disappeared, leaving only Eiri, who had also stopped by inertia, behind him.

Li Yan understood Kasumigaoka Shiyu's meaning and was silent for a moment. Finally, his eyes focused on Yinglili and said: "Yinglili."

Sawamura Eiri's whole body was shaken. She raised her head and looked up numbly, only to see Li Yan looking at her quietly. It took a while before she came back to her senses and asked in confusion: "What, what's wrong?"

Li Yan did not speak immediately. He noticed a small park in a block not far away and said, "Teacher Xia Shizi left first. Ying Lili, can you accompany me there to chat?"

Sawamura Eiri tilted her head slightly and looked at Li Yan in confusion.

This block park is not big. There is a piece of bare land in the middle of a house with a certain age. There are a few trees planted, there are slides and swings, and a shiny vending machine. It is this piece of steel. A rare natural feeling in a cement city.

The fragrant grass swayed slightly in the spring breeze, dripping with a drop of water. Not far away, Li Yan calmly handed a can of juice to Yinglili, and then sat next to Yinglili.

Ying Lili held the not too cold juice, with a smile she hadn't seen for a long time on her face, and said, "Thank you."

She unscrewed the lid, looked down at the can, remembered something, and suddenly said: "I suddenly remembered the scene when we drank together on the rooftop when I just met you for a month."

Li Yan was stunned, hesitated, and asked, "Do you still remember?"

Sawamura Eiri glared at him and said: "Although my brain is indeed not as good as yours, a science student from Tokyo University, my picture memory is very strong. Besides, how can I forget such an experience? Don't treat me as an idiot. OK!"

Li Yan's expression was calm. After looking at Ying Lili, he didn't say anything.

Sawamura Eiri blew the gentle wind, lowered her head slightly, and said: "At that time, I felt almost like this, feeling helpless about my own weakness, well...I originally thought that I would be more than a year later. There has been some growth, but the result...isn't it exactly the same?"

Li Yan turned his face and looked at Yinglili, and said in persuasion: "How could you not have grown? Both your ability and your heart are much stronger than two years ago. It is indeed understandable that you need to grow up urgently, but Sometimes it’s not worth it to bother yourself by taking advantage of others’ mistakes.”

Sawamura Eiri sighed, she turned her face and stared at him with a reproachful expression, and said: "Don't say that I'm jumping into the trap, let me tell you what happened to you, why did you suddenly make this bet with Akane Kurisaka? Isn’t your Japanese Mandarin surprisingly bad? What will you do if you lose?!”

It was expected that Li Yan would be blamed like this by Eiri, but he looked calm and calm and said: "I have thought about all this, but at that time, the only way to get Akane Benisaka to respect you two was this. If it were me I read her correctly. Miss Akane Benisaka is a business realist. In this society, she has an absolutely overwhelming resource advantage. She is also a powerful creator. You and Teacher Kasumi Shiko are no match for her... When we have no ability to refute, the only thing we can do is to respond to her self-confidence with strength and regain control of this situation. This is the law of the social jungle, Yinglili, the freedom and belief of creators have been It doesn’t work anymore…”

What's more, although Akane Benisaka has a despicable personality, everything she says to them is based on evidence. This is absolute suppression of ability. The only one who still has the ability to fight back is Li Yan.

Yinglili narrowed her eyes and asked suspiciously: "Otaku Li, are you sure of entering the top ten? The other party said that if you lose, they will ask you to do something within your ability. Are you really not worried about what it is?"

Li Yan thought for a while and said: "I have worked hard to learn how to write short stories, the selling points of Japanese literature, and how to deal with the competition rules of the Jiemura Prize. I will use the reputation of [Uesugi Yan] to participate in the competition, but In this way, I participate in the same competition with two identities. I don’t know how the competition will deal with it... I leave these matters to Miss Kagurazaka. If Uesugi Yan takes official action to retaliate against literary writers, the reason will be increased. It’s just a name, I guess I can get a special case without registering with my real name.”

It is indeed unfair for one person to sign up under two names, but Kagurazaka Iris responded that she would find a way, and I don’t know how Sanwa Bunko will deal with it. Sanwa Bunko seems to have full support for Uesugi En's plan to retaliate against Akane Benisaka. He can't help but carry the reputation of the entire light novel author and Sanwa Bunko on his shoulders to participate in the competition, and the pressure is getting heavier and heavier.

"...Isn't this the same as not being sure? Idiot, fool, reckless guy." Ying Lili understood and suddenly complained in her heart in shock.

Yinglili thought with embarrassment that Li Yan did not understand the requirements of the definition of "within one's ability", but if she really lost, she would use all means to ensure the safety of the stupid otaku Li, which she had sworn to do. Did it.

Li Yan felt that once he had to do something, there was no need to hesitate anymore. He felt that this was the last thing he could do for Eiri and Kasumigaoka Shiyu...

He recalled the words "It doesn't matter" that Eiri said to Akane Benisaka. After hesitating for a moment, he continued to comfort him with a complicated mood: "Eiri, although I don't know if I can really understand it. How you feel, but the battle between you and Mashiro Shiina has always existed. Although it is good to have competition, I think you have lost your direction. It is wrong to get into trouble like this. I hope you can make rapid progress, but I don’t want you to Just like Akane Benisaka, from one extreme to another."

Sitting aside, Sawamura Eiri was silent, her face looked very bad, the sky was rumbling, the weather was raining and raining, and her mood was uncertain like a girl's.

Sawamura Eiri showed that bitter and stubborn smile, she raised her head, her eyes revealed a dim light, she looked at the rolling clouds in the sky quietly with her beautiful blue eyes, and said quietly: "Idiot Li ...It's not as easy as it sounds...I'm a painter. Faced with such a situation, how can a girl not take advantage of it..."

She stretched out her hand, grabbed at the clouds, and said: "The current situation is like this. The situation is constantly changing, but... I can't catch anything. Otaku Li, I'm very weak. I'm so weak that I always wonder if I can Should I draw? I am so weak that I have been thinking about whether I should insist on becoming an illustrator... I can't refute what Akane Kurisaka said. I feel so unwilling..."

"I really like painting and I help you design illustrations, but Akane Hongsaka's paintings tell me... I'm dragging you down, Otaku Lee."

"I have worked very hard, really, I have reached the limit... I am about to collapse, but what should I do, Otaku Li, I can't keep up with everyone... I am so unwilling to be said like this..."

One drop after another, the crystal clear tears flowed down the girl's smooth white cheeks, and the tears fell on the back of her hands that were clenched on her thighs. Her voice was trembling as she said to Li Yan.

After fighting an invincible monster for two years, no one can experience the despair and pain after seeing Shiina Mashiro's oil paintings, but Eiri saw it twice and persisted silently. No one can experience such a complex character design written by Uesugi Enri, but Eri Sawamura still used countless scraps to design the most suitable character design and won the right to cooperate.

In the quiet moments, after being reminded by the editor that the sales of comics were declining and that she might be cut in half, she sat alone under the lamp late at night and continued to draw stories over and over again on the white drawing paper, crying unsatisfactorily. falls on the paper. Who can understand her painful mood when she cries over the best paintings she has ever painted.

Behind success, behind success and facing failure... The creator is such a picture.

In the cloudy wind, Yinglili couldn't help it at this moment. Tears soaked her face, her nose and cheeks were red, and she cried sadly.

Li Yan's eyes finally turned painful and he looked at Ying Lili.

"Leave, Yinglili."

Suddenly, there was a moment of silence, and a cold wind blew in the gloomy sky. The hair and clothes of the two people sitting in the park were fluttered. A voice broke the short silence here, but it shocked Yinglili like a thunderbolt. .

Sawamura Eiri stopped crying. She turned her head in shock and looked at Li Yan beside her.

Li Yan leaned on the chair and did not look at Ying Lili, perhaps because he did not dare to look at Ying Lili. Under the swaying bangs, there was a pair of ruthless eyes.

Yinglili's eyes trembled, she looked at him in disbelief, and asked in a trembling voice: "What are you talking about... Otaku Li?"

Li Yan lowered his head slightly, his expression gloomy, but he did not waver at all, and said: "Although I made a bet with Akane Benisaka, I never said that I asked you not to go to Akane Benisaka."

"You will indeed be put to good use by her when you go there, and your painting talent, Yinglili, will also be well pointed out by her. Perhaps it is not an exaggeration to describe the speed of progress in the future as a thousand miles... But, I am also worried that there will be no creators Dear you, working under her also comes with great risks. Maybe one day you will be ruthlessly abandoned by her, so I don’t want to hand you and Teacher Kasumi Shiko directly to Akane Kurisaka, but I actually don’t I think...it would be a good thing if you and Teacher Kasumi Shiko can go to Benisaka Akane."

Hidden under the dark sky, Li Yan looked at Eiri and said, "Although Akane Benisaka's values ​​have collapsed, her ability is undoubted. For Kasumi Shiko who wants to be a professional novelist, and for Kasumi Shiko who wants to be a first-class writer, As an illustrator, you are the best mentor... I see it clearly. So I want to break out of the unshakable iron wall. If I can shake the confident Akane Akane, she probably won't. If you mess around like this, she and I are both the same. Defend the most basic dignity of you creators... Yinglili, this is the only thing I can do for you... So, I will definitely do this this time To win.”

The rumble of thunder spread throughout the world. Sawamura Eiri looked at Li Yan motionless, her mouth slightly opened.

Like the calm before the storm, suppressed and on the verge of breaking out, suddenly, Yinglili stretched out her hand and grabbed Li Yan's collar. Yinglili glared at him resentfully and shouted: "What are you talking about? What nonsense are you talking about?" , Otaku Li, you bastard, stop looking down on me, even though I am like this, I have not given up, don’t do anything messy!!”

Ying Lili seemed to be desperately trying to catch something. She wanted to prove herself, and her grudges and friendship with Li Yan when she wrote the novel kept replaying in her mind. It was the creator's unique mood, unique honor, unique dependence and Emotions seemed to be flowing out of her fingers like Xisha.

Now Yinglili has lost the necessary reason and is looking for a safe haven. Yinglili is looking forward to Li Yan following her. As long as Li Yan shows a hint of remorse and words, she will have reason to immediately create a second work with Li Yan. She doesn't need to worry about the future and just adapt to the present.

Li Yan was held motionless by Ying Lili. After Yinglili showed that "nothing matters" expression, he gradually made up his mind to let Yinglili go.

He understood one thing, if he allowed Yinglili to stay with him like this, her wireless future would be ruined sooner or later.

That energetic girl who is an eroge artist, that one who shows a confident smile and never gives up her ability to illustrate, Kashiwagi Eri, Kashiwagi Eri, Sawamura Eri... If she has lost her way at this moment, then it has always been from her eyes. Li Yan, who was looking for answers, felt the need to do what he could.

In the end, before Ying Lili's eyes, Li Yan's face showed no hesitation at all.

"It's time to let go... Ying Lili." Li Yan raised his head and looked at her and said.

"..." Yinglili didn't let go.

"My work will be waiting for you, Eiri, you have to move forward according to your dreams, not mine, and become an excellent illustrator. You have qualities that Akane Kurisaka and I don't have. That is that you love the most simple creation no matter what, no matter how brilliant we have created, once the work is over, we all start again. Happiness, sadness, life full of life, we must let go...I I hope you do this, and you also hope you can do this. Such hesitation is really not in line with your style, Ying Lili." Li Yan smiled and looked at her and said.

"...Maybe...maybe you won't be able to come back for a long time, do you know?!" Ying Lili lowered her head, her bangs covering her eyes, and asked hoarsely and sternly.

Li Yan was silent and said: "As long as you keep working hard, time will fly by quickly. Don't worry, sooner or later we will continue to cooperate."

Sawamura Eiri remained silent. Finally, her fingers moved slightly and gradually loosened her grip on Li Yan's collar. She said nothing more and sat on the chair for a long time, her eyes changing with many different emotions. Finally she stood up, took the drink, and headed back to her home alone.

Everything has changed.

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