December 17th, Solar Day, nearly two o'clock in the morning.

Jiang Yu, Megumi Kato, and Ryanya sat around the dining table in the living room, and they didn't speak to each other, just quietly drank tea.

In this silent atmosphere, the hanging bell in the living room, which looked a little old, made a dull sound.

Two o'clock in the morning.

Four hours have passed from the time Jiang Yu felt that something was wrong to the time he came to the Nasu Plateau.

What can you do in four hours at this time in the present period?

You can convert all the remaining six illustrations into the game; Each person is responsible for a different part, checking from beginning to end if there are any problems with the text and program of the game; You can also travel thousands of miles from Tokyo, rush to Nasu Highland, and then don't say a word to each other.

Feeling the hot tea gradually spreading to his limbs, coupled with the burning fireplace, Jiang Yu felt that his body was tired and his spirit was in a trance, and he recovered. At this time, he took a moment to ask, "So, how is the situation in Sawamura now?" Lun also. ”

Lun Ye's left cheek was slightly red and swollen, but he didn't look like he was in pain, and responded in a low voice: "Before you arrived, the doctor had already come, and asked Ying Lili to take medicine and sleep, and asked the person who sent me here to change her clothes." ”

"The one who brought you here before?" Jiang Yu raised his eyebrows and grabbed the word he was most interested in, "If I heard it correctly, it should be Iori Hajima, right?" ”

Lun also nodded, looked at the tea in the teacup in front of him, and continued to answer: "To be precise, it's Iori and the accountant of his club, a middle-aged uncle who looks a bit like an unruly and handsome man, but is actually a lady." Ying Lili's clothes were also changed by her. ”

"I don't really care about that." Jiang Yu waved his hand indifferently, "Since there is no way to know the situation first-hand on the Sawamura side now, then please trouble Lun Ye to tell me what happened, so that you choose to give up the game and rush here." ”

"Ah~ Of course, I didn't mean to blame you. The previous 'friendship fist' was just a little vent of the anger that chased all the way. ”

In the end, Jiang Yu had another expression of "whether you believe it or not, I believe it anyway", and said blind words.

Lun is also very clear about this.

He knew very well how bad his choice was, and it could be said that he had betrayed his companions who had helped him all the way to this day; He also knew very well that it was impossible for Jiang Yu not to blame him in his heart, but it was not because he came here, but because he refused to ask for help from this group of partners and friends, and came here alone.

Lun is also like a mirror in his heart, and he knows all these developments and reactions well. The only thing that exceeded his expectations was probably how Jiang Yu and Megumi Kato, who did not have an address here, rushed over an hour after him.

So, it's almost time to admit it.

He, An Yilun also.

A series of decisions made from the beginning of the retreat were made simply because they wanted to monopolize each other.

Or, in other words, I want her to always be the same as when she was a child, and follow him, and when he looks back, he can see her within reach.

On that day in the summer, with the help of Kasumigaoka Shiyu and Jiang Yu and others, he finally made peace with Yingli Pear, and he was so excited to encourage Yingli Pear to grow, but he was actually ...... at all I don't want her to grow.

I didn't want her to fly alone to a place that was too far away, to a place where he couldn't even look at it.

This kind of emotion reached its peak when he came here, when he saw the Ying Li Li sleeping on the floor, and when he saw the pictures scattered around the girl who was exuding burning breath in his nose.

“…… When I arrived, Ying Li Li had passed out and was lying here. Lun also stiffened his face and said in a cold tone, "And at that time, the six paintings she spent a day painting are also scattered here. ”

"Ah...... How can I describe how I feel when I see those paintings? Lun also had a complex expression on his face that was mixed with pain and joy, relief and loss, "It's probably the same mood as when I watched Senior Sister Shiyu and Ah Yu's plan before." ”

"Vision."

"Worship."

"I want to catch up, but I am so pressed by my inferiority complex that I stop in place."

"At the end of the day, I'm just a cowardly, selfish guy."

Lun also clenched his fists, clenched his teeth, and his expression was distorted: "When I first met Senior Sister Shiyu, she was so powerful, so the feelings in my heart directly turned into worship for the creator; When I first met you, although you were taciturn and we had different preferences among otaku, I could also vaguely sense that you were not a simple guy...... However, she is the only one, and she is the only one who ...... pear."

Jiang Yu and Megumi Kato just remained silent, looking at the representatives of the community in front of them who were dissecting their hearts, and at the producers in front of them who were facing their true thoughts in their hearts.

It's hard, it's really hard.

Not everyone has the courage to break the walls erected in their hearts, and not everyone can be open-minded enough to be able to tell others all the darkness in their hearts.

"This guy is obviously not a big deal. Since I was a child, I've only been my sidekick.,I don't have any friends other than me.,I'm a coward who always follows me.。 It's easy to get sick.,A little bit of everything.,But it's not proficient in anything.,What you draw at the beginning can only be described as rotten.。 ”

"She became an otaku because of me and her parents, but she's just a guy with no autonomy."

"So I ...... So I ...... I decided that I couldn't recognize this guy, I definitely couldn't agree with her work, I definitely couldn't ......"

Lun Ye's voice was vaguely crying.

Painful and desolate, sad and frightening.

"But at the same time, I was so emotional, so grateful, I almost cried. Because in those paintings, all the hard work of Yingli Li in the past few years since she aspired to become a painter...... Moreover, the willful and reckless Ying Lili may have burned himself out for the sake of the club and everyone's dreams, and fought to this point. ”

"But...... That's not going to work. If this continues, won't she become the outstanding creator I admire, leaving me far behind? ”

"Senior Sister Shiyu was right before, in fact, I ...... From the bottom of my heart, I don't want to see the growth of Yingli pear. ”

After finishing speaking, Lun also seemed to have lost the strength to support himself, and looked at the two opposite with a hollow expression.

Jiang Yu exhaled a long breath, nodded, and said with emotion: "I see." ”

"I've come to understand that you have a very different past. The next words, maybe you don't like to listen to them, but Lun, I still have to say it. Jiang Yu stared at his friend with burning eyes, "Blindly indulging in the past, the final result is just drowning." ”

"No past experience, or hidden secret, is a reason to bind the present, let alone the unknowable future."

"Moreover, from what you said just now, I understand one thing, although there are some clues in ordinary times, but today is undoubtedly the conclusion of the coffin."

"Sawamura is your first love, right?"

When the words fell, Kato Megumi frowned slightly, and then immediately stretched out, obviously she had guessed this possibility before. And Lun also opened his mouth, wanting to say goodbye, but in the end he just lowered his head and remained silent.

But his silence was tantamount to giving Jiang Yu a gap to turn speculation into a sure truth. So he smiled, but mentioned something else: "I'm sorry then, I want to ask another question, if Kato and I hadn't come here today, what would you do?" I'm referring to how to properly handle both the game and Sawamura. ”

Lun also replied in a muffled voice: "I will hand over the original painting and the manufacturer's contact information to you before noon tomorrow, and you will be troubled in Tokyo to handle the rest of the affairs." ”

Hearing this answer, Jiang Yu smiled again, and this time the smile seemed very happy: "Then do it." Although I guess if there is no me in this community, Lun will probably pretend to be deaf and dumb directly, and directly give up sending the master film to the factory for suppression. ”

The corners of Lun Ye's mouth twitched, and his face regained a little anger: "That's really ...... There is no way to refute it. ”

He knew very well that since he had come to Nasu Plateau and had done something that he could never do to the producers and community representatives, he could continue to do it with a sense of guilt.

"Haha......" Jiang Yu shook his head, his expression suddenly became serious and gloomy, "Although if Lun Ye and your answer just now is also this, I will probably punch you again in the right cheek." ”

Lun also subconsciously touched his left cheek, felt a slight tingling sensation on it, sighed and said, "That's the only one, it's better to trouble you to spare me." ”

"By the way, about what I just said......

Looking at Lunye, who wanted to speak and stopped, Jiang Yu smiled understandingly and said, "I know, I won't tell Sawamura." It's the same with Kato, right? ”

Megumi Kato nodded lightly: "If this is An Yijun's choice." But ......"

"But?" x2

"But I think that even if she told Ying Lili, she would probably just be shy and bow her head, and then immediately recover, shouting 'so stupid' while slapping An Yijun's face back and forth with her double ponytail."

"That's really...... The image of the future is overdone......"

Jiang Yu felt his throat dry, and Lun also had a shocked expression.

"And, I said that before, right? Ying pear pear she ......"

Megumi Kato looked at Jiang Yu and suddenly said such abrupt and meaningful words.

Jiang Yu was stunned for a moment, then nodded clearly. Not long ago, he asked Megumi Kato what he thought of the person Eiri Riri, and one of them was "Once you take off your defense, you will never betray the other party."

There is no doubt that Lun is also the existence of that girl from the beginning, and has never set up a mental defense.

"Okay" Jiang Yu stood up and stretched, "Although there are still some imperfections, this matter will end here." Now all we have to do is finish the game! ”

"As for Lun, you ...... If you still can't figure it out, feel free to ask me to give you another punch, free."

"I've said this kind of thing before, and I'm still not sensitive!"

After finishing speaking, Lun Ye and Jiang Yu looked at each other and smiled, and the slight estrangement between them before came to naught.

Because Lun also understood one thing after the words of Iori and Jiang Yu, and after that punch, if you can't stay where you are and watch the other party's back, then work hard to improve yourself and let yourself be able to move forward side by side with him.

Even if it may seem stumbling at first, even if you may want to give up countless times halfway, even if you will experience countless cynicisms before reaching the end, it is at least closer to happiness than staying where you are.

Now that Yingli Li has transformed to this extent, as a teammate in the same club and as a childhood sweetheart, what he can do is naturally to do the same as he did before to Kasumigaoka Shiyu, Jiang Yu, and going to sea, and try his best to promote her works.

Promote those pictures, the best paintings he's ever seen this year.

With the best games he has personally helped make.

"Ah~~ Does it mean to stay all night?"

"Of course, Kato! Now is not the time to back down from this suffering! ”

"That's right, Kato. But now we're in this situation, and it's all because of what this guy did, so it's okay to blame him as much as you want. ”

“…… I know, I'll take it all! Whether it's abusive or complaining, come on! ”

"Uh...... Until then, I'd like to borrow the kitchen. ”