Chapter 265: One Match After Another
May 7th, the second Monday in May.
After the first physics class, Toru Watanabe sat opposite his seat, facing Miki Kujo, and treated her desk as his own.
"You guys can help me think about it too." He held in his hand the pen and paper that Koizumi Aona bought for him from Kamakura yesterday.
"What are you thinking about?" Miki Kujo supported her chin with her hand and looked away from the window.
"The script for Keisuke Saito's bishoujo game. Didn't you all say that what I wrote last Friday was totally useless? I have to rewrite it," Toru Watanabe explained.
"What you wrote is useless." Kiyono Rin, who was reading a book, pointed out the grammatical errors of Watanabe Toru.
Toru Watanabe looked at Kujo Miki, expecting the two to start arguing.
This time he will definitely stand on the side of Kujo Miki!
Miki Kujo yawned lazily, and Toru Watanabe, who was close to her, could see her wet and tender tongue tip and her snow-white and neat teeth.
...There was no quarrel.
I can only go up by myself.
Watanabe Toru turned his gaze to Kiyono Rin and said, "What I wrote is useless. Then please, Kiyono-san, write a wonderful script for me to see."
Qingye Rin didn't respond. She didn't know what book she was reading today, and there was a book cover on it.
"I was admitted to Kamikawa from the countryside, and then from third in Kamikawa to first in the country. Although I chose science, my liberal arts are also impeccable. You don't have any works, but you say that my writing is useless. This is not like your style of speaking with strength, Qingye-san."
"You asked others to review your own work, and you were dissatisfied when your shortcomings were pointed out. And you want me to write a book too?" Qingye Rin said sarcastically.
"Well, I am this kind of person, so what? Are you scared?"
Kiyono Rin raised her eyes from the book and looked at Watanabe Toru disapprovingly:
"Since you want to challenge me, I will let you know the gap between us."
"The gap between the first and second place in the country?" Toru Watanabe asked curiously.
Kujo Miki, who was lazily leaning on her head with her hands, laughed rudely.
"Ah, the third place is laughing." Qingye Rin said with a sneer.
"In terms of study time, I can only get third place." Kujo Miki also sneered back.
"Study time? Can you get into the top three in the country just by having more time? Some people work hard their whole lives, but even if they are given one chance every year, they still can't get into the top 100 in the country."
Finally, Kiyono Rin concluded: "Kujo-san, the real pinnacle belongs to the smart people. If you don't have a smart head, no matter how hard you work, it will be useless."
Miki Kujo put down the hands that were supporting her head, and looked at Kiyono Rin with her eyes slightly narrowed, which looked both sharp and charming.
She was about to open her mouth to speak.
"I agree." Watanabe Toru placed the pen on the indentation of his upper lip, as if smelling the scent of Kamakura's hydrangeas. "I think the best in the country is the smartest, and the rest are not worth mentioning."
The two young ladies looked at him together, with cold gazes and cruel smiles.
"You're kidding." Watanabe Toru slapped his pen on the table, looked at the two and said, "The real top belongs to the smart people who work hard. In order to exclude the parameter of hard work, the three of us use a script to decide who is the first, how about it?"
He added: "The first is writing the script."
"Who will be the referee?" Qingye Rin, who considered herself to be very smart, accepted the challenge.
"Hmm..." Watanabe Toru thought for a moment, "Submitting to a writing contest? Let the editors have the final say ."
"Submission?" Kujo Miki asked.
"Dengeki, Fuji, Kadokawa, MFJ, GA and other library companies all hold essay contests every year, with high prize money, such as the grand prize of 3 million yen and the gold prize of 100 yen."
"That kind of thing takes a long time to judge, and there's no time to play games with you." Miki Kujo didn't know much about this industry, but from a business perspective, she immediately deduced the operating model of the essay contest.
Toru Watanabe took out his mobile phone and clicked on the essay submission interface of Kadokawa Bunko.
Submissions are accepted from April to November, and the list of winners will be announced in March of the following year.
"It is indeed very long." Watanabe Toru half answered, half said to himself.
He clicked on various document libraries to see if there were any recent essay competitions, and finally found a suitable one on the interface of a document library he had never heard of.
"We'll accept manuscripts from March to May, and announce the results in early June, so the timing is just right. But there's only one prize, 200,000 yen, which is enough for you two to treat me to a meal." Watanabe Toru raised his head and asked them, "That's it?"
"Excuse me, I won't participate." Miki Kujo lazily lay on the table.
"Club activities are fine anyway, why don't you give it a try?" Watanabe Toru asked her, his voice so soft as if he was talking to someone who was about to fall asleep.
"Don't bully the third place, Watanabe." Qingno Rin advised without a trace of kindness.
Miki Kujo remained lying on the table, her beautiful eyes staring at Rin Kiyono motionlessly.
"Forget it," Toru Watanabe regretted, "Even if I write well, I may not win the award."
“But those who win awards are generally good writers.” Qingye Rin said leisurely.
Watanabe Toru looked at her with a look that said, "Hey! Do you really have to do this?!", but Kiyono Rin ignored him.
Miki Kujo took her eyes off Kiyono Rin and asked Toru Watanabe: "Submission requirements."
"...light novels and light literature, the subject matter is limited to high school or college life."
"Where's the bet?" Qingye Rin said again.
"More bets?!" Watanabe Toru couldn't stand it.
"One year's living expenses." Kujo Miki sneered, "And the loser is not allowed to accept money from his family for one year."
"The money you earn using the Kujo family's resources must be counted as family money." Qingno Rin put forward her own conditions.
"no problem."
"You are also not allowed to give money to Watanabe-san in advance and ask him to support you."
"You sound like you've already won. I'm really looking forward to seeing you work part-time." Kujo Miki showed a cruel smile, "Since we grew up together, I can introduce you to a job - be a maid in my house, and the hourly wage is 10,000 yen."
"I'll say the same thing to you, but the hourly wage is only 5,000 yen." Kiyono Rin smiled contemptuously.
"Do you really know the average hourly wage in Tokyo?" Watanabe Toru, who used to be a laborer, did not say this.
"It's better not to gamble. Gambling is bad. Try something else," he said.
Miki Kujo raised her chin, indicating that he should express his opinion.
"Tell me about it." Qingye Rin said.
"The loser will be a maid in the club for a week?" Toru Watanabe said in a tentative tone.
There was a brief silence, and the aura of the two beautiful girls seemed to become more and more terrifying.
Aoi Ikki, a girl who was concentrating on studying during break, moved her butt under her pleated skirt a little uneasily.
"I agree." Qingye Rin nodded.
"I'll have someone make a maid uniform for me when I get home today." Kujo Miki looked at Kiyono Rin, "Tell me your size, Kiyono-san."
"Please tell me too, Kujo-san." Kiyono Rin stared back coldly.
Outside the dust-free glass window, the sky was cloudless and as blue as the sea. Watanabe Toru was in a good mood.
"Maid...maid...maid is nice. Yes, that's nice."
Just when Toru Watanabe was thinking about whether to buy a high-end camera, Miki Kujo suddenly grabbed his tie and pulled his upper body over.
"Honey, you look very happy." She said with a smile, enunciating each word.
The two were so close that they could feel each other's breath.
In the front left, Kiyono Rin was also looking at Watanabe Toru with a cold gaze.
"It's okay, baby." Toru Watanabe looked at Kujo Miki's beautiful lips that were like peach blossoms.
"If we lose, we will wear maid uniforms for a week; if you lose, you will wear them for a month." Kujo Miki announced without any room for rejection.
"Wait a minute!" Toru Watanabe grabbed her hand, "I, a boy, wear a maid outfit? Can I change it into a butler uniform?"
Kujo Miki smiled affectionately, but said cruel words:
"no."
"I agree." Qing Ye Lin nodded, then put her hand on her chin and muttered to herself: "Where is the SLR camera I bought for the cultural festival last year?"
"...Very good." Watanabe Toru took away Kujo Miki's hand, pulled down the school uniform tie together with the shirt collar, "Maid outfit, you guys wear it... um!"
Before he could finish his words, Miki Kujo helped him tie his tie back.
She was always persistent about this.
The second period was English class, and Koizumi Aona came in with a lesson plan.
She is gentle and pretty, dresses fashionably, has a mature and charming temperament, and is the object of admiration for many female students in Kamikawa.
When he was in the first year of high school, Toru Watanabe heard Ikeda Kazumi often discussing Koizumi Aona's cosmetics, hairstyle, and clothing with other girls.
Every time he had an English class, when he thought about the admired teacher Aona Koizumi being held in his arms, Toru Watanabe couldn't help but feel excited and his heart beat faster.
The same is true for Koizumi Aona.
Toru Watanabe has a handsome appearance, a tall figure, and a charming smile. He is the person that all the girls in Kamikawa want to date, and even many young female teachers often mention him.
When the classes were divided, everyone wanted him to go to their own class.
And such a young, handsome and energetic boy has an affair with her.
I always have an urge to show off to everyone around me, but I am very shy inside.
Various emotions interweave into happy troubles.
Class starts.
Koizumi Aona continued to explain English grammar as before, occasionally looking towards the corner, and every time Watanabe Toru was looking at her.
Although she wanted him to listen to the lectures and study hard, this feeling was so good that she didn't want to remind him deliberately.
I tried to make myself feel at ease by using reasons like "students should look at their teachers in class" and "it's okay for Watanabe to be a little distracted given his English grades."
During lunch break, Watanabe Toru, Saito Keisuke and the other two went to the cafeteria to eat, and during the meal they talked about submitting their light novels.
"The entire Human Observation Department, the top three in the country, help me write the script?!" Saito Keisuke was very happy and excited and forgot to eat.
"It's just me." Watanabe Toru was eating a deep-fried pork chop. "They said they wrote the light novel for the bet and didn't want to participate in any bishoujo games."
That being said, it would be different if Toru Watanabe made a bishoujo game.
"Watanabe!" Kunii Osamu angrily ate a tempura shrimp, "You help Saito but not me? I want to break up with you!"
"I pestered Watanabe for most of the day before he agreed to help write the script," Saito Keisuke boasted.
"Then I will keep pestering you from now on!" Kunii Osamu said to Watanabe Toru.
"You are all more troublesome than the other." Watanabe Toru said helplessly.
The two of them burst into laughter.
Toru Watanabe promised Kunii Osamu that he would go to the baseball club after school.
It was only then that he realized that more testing was needed.
Kunii Osamu had been talking as if he could play as long as he went, but it turned out to be just a chance.
But it’s better this way. As long as the test fails, Kunii Osamu won’t think about it anymore.
After the baseball club's issue was resolved, Toru Watanabe asked Keisuke Saito: "The script will be given to you in the form of a light novel at the end of June. How are you preparing?"
"I'm still working on it. Ichiki-san from the wind orchestra said he would ask for me. I plan to go to the art department to look for Chichiko after school today."
Keisuke Saito was in a good mood to talk, and he talked to them about how he wanted to make a very touching and best-selling beautiful girl game.
Watanabe Toru listened to what he said intermittently.
He is only responsible for the script and doesn't care about or have any interest in anything else.
If you have that much time, you might as well read a couple of books, or review the "Master Level Video Editing" that you haven't used for a long time, to see if it can help you with your photography.
Kiyono Rin and Kujo Miki, who are both wearing maid outfits, may only have this one chance in their lifetime!
After the afternoon class, Toru Watanabe dropped his schoolbag at the Human Observation Department, said goodbye to Miki Kujo and Rin Kiyono, and prepared to go to the baseball field.
"I'll go with you." Miki Kujo, who had just laid down, stretched out her fair and tender hands and let Toru Watanabe pull her up.
"What are you going to do? It's all dust."
Toru Watanabe held her hand and kneaded it gently, but did not pull her up immediately.
"Observe high school life." said Kujo Miki.
She is usually busy with work, and when she is in school, she spends .
The only time she appeared in her high school life on the island was at the cultural festival - in "400 km from Iwate to Tokyo", she played the girlfriend of Toru Watanabe who died young.
"Okay, let's go." Toru Watanabe pulled her up.
Miki Kujo deliberately did not stand still and fell to the ground lazily.
Toru Watanabe quickly hugged her and put his hands on her slender waist.
"Be careful." After hearing his harsh words, Kujo Miki immediately asked with concern, "Didn't you sleep well last night? You should just lie down and rest. Don't go."
She was very satisfied with this reaction, but she still said coldly:
"You don't love me anymore."
"ah?"
The clever Toru Watanabe, who occasionally acts silly, is so cute.
If it weren't for the need to continue acting, Kujo Miki would have wanted to push him down on the sofa, straddle his waist with her legs, and kiss his lips.
"You just told me to lie down and rest now, and you didn't say to cancel the script competition," she said.
"How sweet." Qingye Rin sneered coldly.
Watanabe Toru patted Kujo Miki's waist through her school uniform and said to Kiyono Rin, "Kiyono-san, why don't you come too?"
"Hmm?" Both of them looked at him.
Watanabe Toru leaned close to Kujo Miki's ear and whispered, but without lowering his voice:
"We agreed on Friday to play rock-paper-scissors, and the loser will run. She's too weak to take any blow."
After hearing this, Kujo Miki looked at Kiyono Rin from Watanabe Toru's arms.
"Snap!" The literary girl slammed the book shut.
"Go to the playground." She stood up and said coldly.
"Tōru, put on my shoes for me." Miki Kujo left Toru Watanabe's arms.
They competed with each other.
Toru Watanabe was thinking about exchanging the [Qi and Blood Medicine] to drug the two young ladies.
