The live broadcast of the 20th anniversary event of the "Chronicles Worldwide" ended...... To be precise, after the first promotional video was played, everyone had no intention of continuing the conversation, and soon left the scene and went home.

It is worth mentioning that before leaving, Iori glanced at Megumi Kato a few times with a strange gaze, and then pulled Jiang Yu over, and said in a frivolous tone as always, "Your girlfriend has always been like this?" It feels really heavy and ......", before he said goodbye and left.

Well...... Because that sentence must have been heard by the person concerned, Jiang Yu didn't even know how to refute it. Should it be a "girlfriend" or a "heavy"? Although from a practical point of view, the former point of view is simply untenable, and the latter is so subtle that it is impossible to firmly refute it.

After the rest of the people left, Jiang Yu couldn't bear to watch the promotional video again on the Internet, and his eyes stayed on the huge original painting at the end of the video for a long time and couldn't take it off.

To tell you the truth, before today, although he respected the decision of Eiri and Shiyu, he never thought about the possibility of "not being able to control each other's talents".

It's not that he's conceited, it's just that there are so many classic works in his mind, and Jiang Yu thinks that his performance can be regarded as humble.

But after seeing the progress of Ying Li Li in the side of Akasaka Zhuyin for a month, he really had a sense of fear.

It's not that I'm overwhelmed by the overwhelming strength of Ying Lili like going to sea, but I think of the arrogant blonde girl, if she really stays in the club, and works under the hands of two producers like him and Lun who will not ruthlessly force and squeeze creators, will there be such great progress as today?

There is no doubt that it is indeed a talent that the current "Simple Plan Software" cannot contain, and even in the field of Galgame, I am afraid that there is no work that can accommodate the current British pear. To put it into analogy, it's like an internationally acclaimed artist suddenly saying that he wants to draw manga.

No...... Wait, isn't that a bit inappropriate for this example?

Cough! In short, has grown...... No, Eiri Kashiwagi, who has evolved, is destined to belong to a higher-grade realm.

If he could, Jiang Yu really wanted to bring the other party to the production team of "Dark Souls". It's a pity that he has only barely gained initial recognition there, and Ying Lili is afraid that he will be busy with the new work of this old RPG for the next year, and he has no room to participate in the rest of the projects.

As soon as he thought of this, Jiang Yu couldn't help but sigh with some regret. However, when I think that my emotions are so complicated, I really don't know what Megumi Kato, who is a friend of the other party, and Lunya, who is a childhood sweetheart, think about it now****** it's okay to say, those two have experienced so many ups and downs in the past ten years since they were children, especially the recent series of reconciliation and breakup, break and reconciliation events, his heart has long been unaware of how strong it is exercised.

And Megumi Kato...... There was still a conflict between these two girls, and now that there was this incident, Jiang Yu really couldn't think of how to solve it for a while.

Jiang Yu shook his head, inhaling and exhaling, only to feel that his body was weak and there was nothing he could do.

He looked at the main visual on the screen and whispered, "This idiot...... Even if you want to prove yourself, don't push yourself too hard? ”

……

On the school day a few days later, during the lunch break.

Due to the fact that he rarely overslept in the morning due to staying up late last night, Jiang Yu did not have time to get up early to make a lunch box at noon, but simply bought bread and coffee and milk at the commissary.

The body subconsciously walked to the door of the rooftop, but suddenly remembered that the girl who was always reading alone had graduated for several months, and returned to the classroom after laughing.

As soon as he returned to his seat in the classroom, Jiang Yu found that Megumi Kato, who was sitting next to him this year, was bored playing with his mobile phone, and on the table in front of him was a half-eaten lunch.

He looked at it curiously, and found that Megumi Kato seemed to be the same as usual, or that the events of the previous few days didn't seem to affect her at all...... It's impossible to think about it, right? After all, this girl could rarely show such a weak expression at that time?

As if sensing Jiang Yu's gaze, Megumi Kato turned his head and asked suspiciously, "What's wrong?" ”

Jiang Yu came back to his senses and subconsciously waved his hand in response: "It's nothing...... Anyway, Kato, is it okay for you to chat leisurely like this now? ”

After all, it had been almost 20 minutes since he went downstairs to buy lunch, to the rooftop, and then to return to the classroom.

"Laid back...... Is it? Megumi Kato muttered to herself, then turned the phone screen to Jiang Yu's side, and motioned for him to look, "By the way, I have the permission of the person concerned, and the conversation record can be shown to you." ”

Jiang Yu looked fixedly, it was the chat window on LINE, and the object was ...... Sea.

Out to Sea: "Ah! The omelette appeared! She, she, she wants to feed the seniors!"

Out to sea: "The school and the senior seem to have managed to resist the temptation! Come on, senior!"

Out to sea: "The distance between him and the two of them is getting closer and closer......

Go to sea: "Senior, don't be deceived! That woman is the enemy! She's a traitor!"

After reading these few words, Jiang Yu had no intention of reading it, he seemed to be able to imagine the embarrassing scene that made the parties concerned and surprised others.

Don't talk about the question of whether a traitor is a traitor or not, and the enemy is not an enemy, at least Ying Lili doesn't seem to be maintaining her eldest lady demeanor in school anymore, and deliberately keeps her distance from Lun, no matter what, this should be a good thing.

Maybe the rest of the people will be shocked and can't figure out what happened, but in a month or two, Ying Lili's eldest lady aura that she has maintained for the past two years will probably be shattered in the case of her current reckless self-expression.

At that time, maybe the blonde girl who has never opened her heart easily to others will be able to make a little more friends.

It's just that......

The other party's appearance of not understanding the crux of the matter at all, and the slightly proud "I've worked so hard, shouldn't you praise me?" The performance really made Jiang Yu speechless.

To put it bluntly, although that guy has grown rapidly in painting, he is basically the same as a year ago in terms of behavior.

Otherwise, Megumi Kato would not have maintained this kind of careful wrapping of her true heart at this moment, pretending to be calm.

Jiang Yu naturally couldn't see that this person's sense of existence had become stronger recently, and his sense of heaviness was also ...... cough, in short, the girl whose influence has increased rapidly in all aspects is deliberately covering up her sincerity.

He only speculated from the girl's actions in the past.

In the past, when encountering this kind of development, Megumi Kato would always make people forget her existence, and suddenly inserted a word full of presence, although the expression at that time was also the same calm as now, but it was always a little different.

Alas, to put it simply, there is less spitting and spitting!

In Jiang Yu's opinion, this is the proof that the other party doesn't care at all.

But the tricky part is that he can't do anything about the change of friendship between girls, which he has neither the ability nor the experience and the guts to deal with.

And there is only one person he can think of, who may be able to help him in this matter.

After turning this thought in his mind, Jiang Yu put it aside for the time being, and took the initiative to talk about another topic: "Speaking of going to sea, is the progress of the character design and the original painting still going well?" ”

Megumi Kato played with her mobile phone and replied casually: "After all, the script hasn't been completed yet, and she won't progress so quickly." ”

Jiang Yu hesitated for a moment, but still asked more: "After last weekend, did you receive any pictures from the sea?" Whether it's character design, backgrounds, or whatever. ”

Megumi Kato was silent for a moment when he heard this, and then said, "I actually go up to see the shared server of the club every day. But ......"

However, the last update date of the image resource happened to be before the end of last week.

In other words, since then, not even a single map has been handed over to the sea.

Looking at Megumi Kato, who was slightly frowning because of his words, and his expression seemed to be a little worried, Jiang Yu was relieved: "But it's only been a few days, and it may be because it's not going well." ”

However, he himself doesn't quite believe in this reason. So after thinking about it, he added: "I'll ask Tolun a little bit later." ”

Megumi Kato was surprised: "An Yi? ”

Jiang Yu smiled and said, "After all, he is the master on the road of her house!" ”

……

After school that afternoon, after talking to Lun about his worries at noon, Jiang Yu went home and locked himself in his room and dialed another number.

"Oh, what did you say to the woman who abandoned you in the past? Still using such serious words in the newsletter? ”

After the phone was connected, it was the same as always, belonging to the tone of the black senior sister with long straight hair and belly.

Jiang Yu didn't have the intention of deliberately using that kind of ambiguous words when he talked to the other party on the phone last time, and said straight to the point: "I'll just say it directly, Senior Sister Shiyu." Do you have any advice for me on how to reconcile Kato and Sawamura? ”

"Hmm...... I can guess your intentions, but is it really okay to skip foreplay and go straight in? ”

Facing the other party's half-concealed and half-concealed yellow tone, which was still deliberate, Jiang Yu sighed and corrected: "It's the 'greeting' that omitted and went directly to the 'theme', right?" ”

"Yes." Shi Yu's voice was still bright, and then he became a little self-pitying, "But I have already vaccinated you in advance, and it turned out that things are still like this." Sure enough, can't you fully believe the words of the woman who abandoned you in the past? ”

Jiang Yu took a deep breath, his expression was serious, and his tone was serious: "Senior Sister Shiyu, I really ask you for advice on this issue, because it has even faintly affected the normal operation of the club. ”

A sigh came from the other end of the phone, and he asked rhetorically: "Obviously, Brother Bodao is the producer, and Lun is also the representative, are you the brain?" ”

"Why did I suddenly become a metaphor?" Jiang Yu couldn't help but complain, and then immediately returned to seriousness, "Probably because Kato is more ...... than anyone else Well, she's probably the glue and the center of the community's operations, anyway. ”

Jiang Yu also discovered this recently, especially after the other party took over the responsibility of supervision, this situation became more and more obvious.

Although he is the one who provides the plan and shows the way forward; The person who grasps the progress and asks the creator to be an ideal producer is Iori; As a person who speaks to the outside world, the person who can voice the entire community to a certain extent is Lunye.

But the person who really makes this club work, and acts as an exchange center for people such as Ikai, Michiru, and even Kobury, is Megumi Kato.

It's the one who used to only serve as a complaint, but since the new semester, it has become faintly heavy...... I'm talking about the humble girls who are gradually stepping onto the main stage and playing an important role.

It is a lubricant between members who are not easy to talk, and it is an all-round helper who is easy to talk.

Obviously the joining process is the most casual among all the members, but now she is the girl who has the most feelings for the club among all the members.

Come to think of it this way, what is this? How to raise the heroine of passers-by?

Thinking of the reason why Megumi Kato entered this club in the first place, Jiang Yu had such an idea in his mind for no reason.

"Ah~ I can understand this." Shiyu agreed with the matter, "So because of Sawamura's painting, Kato, who was already a little relieved, became even heavier, so that it affected the normal operation of the club?" ”

"You must not mention the word 'heavy' in front of me."

"I can understand that I'm absolutely right, right?"

“…… Yes. ”

"Hmm...... I have one of the simplest and most straightforward solutions to this problem, but I don't think you're going to actually do it. ”

Jiang Yu was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "What plan?" ”

"Let's not have any connection with Sawamura, and so do you."

Jiang Yu was silent for a long time, and said in a heavy tone: "Let's not say that Lun will do that, first of all, I won't tell him this plan." ”

Shi Yu chuckled twice: "That's why I said that you probably won't agree." ”

Jiang Yu said a little weakly: "Please think in the direction of allowing Kato and Sawamura to reconcile smoothly." ”

"Hmm~~" Shi Yu pondered for a moment, and suddenly said simply, "Then I can't do anything." Because I don't actually have a friend who is enough to make myself worry about this after falling out. ”

"That's ......"

“…… is obviously a junior gentleman. ”

Jiang Yu didn't answer this question, nor did he complain that it was obviously the other party's own evaluation, he slightly echoed why it seemed to be a sin. After a moment of silence, he whispered as if he was powerless to himself, as if he was seeking the last hope, "So, is there really nothing to do?" ”

"Actually......" Shi Yu, who had just said bluntly that he couldn't help it, suddenly said such a sentence full of turning meaning, "This kind of question, generally let the person himself explain it clearly, right?" ”

"Only when we both have a deep understanding of each other's thoughts can we truly reconcile and calmly take the next step, right?"

Jiang Yu was stunned for a moment when he heard this, a little surprised that the other party would give such a correct argument that it is easier to know than to do, and frowned and said, "But, this is very difficult, right?" ”

It is quite difficult to accurately dissect one's own heart, or to convey that deep, incomprehensible, and sometimes ugly thought to others correctly and without shame or hesitation.

"Yes, it's difficult, at least I can't do it calmly." Shi Yu's tone has a natural component, "It is precisely because of this that the intervention of external objects is needed." ”

“…… Foreign objects? ”

……

Time goes back to before Jiang Yu and Shi Yu's conversation.

In the nearest station to Fengzhiqi Academy.

Lun also checked the content of the new text message, raised his eyebrows in surprise, and after replying, put the phone back in his pants pocket.

Then, he looked up at the boy next to him who was wearing a uniform different from Feng Zhiqi, pulling his brown curls up, and standing aside in a strange posture that only in comics, just looking at it felt contrived.

Well...... How many subjective thoughts of the parties involved are mixed in the above paragraph, let's ignore them for the time being.

"So, Iori, you specially blocked me on the way out of school, what do you have to say?"

Lun also watched this male friend who parted ways during junior high school and was considered an enemy until the beginning of school this year, but now he has become a partner by chance, and he is helpless.

After all, this guy did something similar when he first returned to Tokyo from Nagoya last year.

Iori laughed, patted Ryonya on the shoulder while laughing, and said, "Don't say it so badly, Ryanya. Obviously, we are partners in the same trench now, so it is only right to exchange information with each other, right? ”

"So?"

Regarding Iori's obvious perfunctory words, Lun did not let his guard down at all.

Iori stopped joking, and changed her expression to a serious one with a little abruptness, and Masashi said, "I have something I want you to see." ”

"Huh?"