When he walked into the living room, Jiang Yu was startled by everyone's silent gaze.

He tugged at the collar of his clothes, blinked, and asked dryly, "Even if I'm late, you don't have to stare at me like a prisoner, right?" ”

Megumi Kato pursed her lips and stopped talking.

Dekai, Shiraishi Kanna and the others also had similar expressions, the only exceptions present were Michiru, who was bored, and Mashiro, who stared at the drawing board with an indifferent expression and was still writing.

By the way, since the relationship between a certain producer and today's original protagonist is really not good, so I sent my blessing to my sister and brought it over.

Jiang Yu looked at a table of prepared dishes, desserts and other things, and pressed the temples on both sides: "Even if I want to say, 'Let's eat first'—I guess it's not good, right?" ”

The crowd nodded silently.

Jiang Yu simply raised his hand in surrender and recounted what he had seen and heard this afternoon. When the story was finished, everyone's expressions were different. But except for Michiru and Mashiro, who don't know the weight of the name "Akasaka Zhuyin", there is probably a bit of surprise and absurdity.

Although due to Iori's protection of going to sea, she has not actually met Akasaka Zhuyin himself. But she used to be a painter in "Rougeenrouge", and she also got to know that person more by hearing and seeing.

Therefore, she may be the one who has the last time to accept this fact.

"How, what? That man ......"

He lowered his head and muttered quietly.

Jiang Yu looked at this scene, but as if he suddenly remembered something, he added: "Although I don't say it, I think you should also know that this news is temporarily blocked from the outside world, so you don't go around to publicize it?" ”

Lun also exhaled a long breath, shook his head and said, "Just to convince me that Akasaka Zhuyin suddenly fell is incredible enough...... Where is the energy to preach to others? ”

Michiru whispered to Asarono and asked, "...... the 'Akasaka Zhuyin' you are talking about?" Isn't it amazing? ”

Kanna Shiraishi took over the words, still with a shocked expression on his face, and said, "Akasaka Zhuyin...... In terms of commercial works, whether it is anime, games, or manga, it is probably the best in the world and the best in Japan. ”

"That's amazing......"

Michiru let out a small exclamation, and seemed to understand a little bit why the rest of the people were reacting like this.

Jiang Yu rubbed his forehead and exhaled: "That's probably how it is, and then ...... Then, well, Shiyu-senpai and Sawamura's side may be a little chaotic next. I'll pay attention to the senior sister's side, and you'll be more concerned about the labor in Sawamura. ”

Lun's eyes widened when he heard this, and he subconsciously wanted to refuse, but in the end he just nodded with a heavy expression.

Glancing at Megumi Kato's overly complicated expression at this moment, Jiang Yu added: "Of course, this is not a problem that our club should worry about. The reason why I said what I just said was only out of a friend's position. Everyone is usually busy with their own business, and the progress of the game production is also according to expectations, no problem, right? ”

The rest of the people were stunned for a moment, and then nodded in confusion.

After dinner, because of the too heavyweight news brought by Jiang Yu, everyone didn't have the heart to celebrate too much. So although I apologized a little to Megumi Kato, I still left home one after another.

Jiang Yu sent Megumi Kato, who had already cleaned up the mess on the dining table, to the door, hesitated for a while, but still said, "I'm sorry today, Kato." It's clear that it's good ......"

"I'm fine." Megumi Kato shook her head indifferently and responded lightly, "Well, I can understand. Akasaka Zhuyin suddenly fell, and there would definitely be chaos over there. Kasumigaoka-senpai and Eiri are also ......"

Speaking of this, Megumi Kato seemed to feel that the next words were difficult to speak, and she was silent for a long time before she continued in Jiang Yu's unexplained gaze: "Na, Jiang Jun. ”

"Huh? Kato: You say. ”

"Can you promise me one thing?"

“…… You said. ”

"I won't stop you from helping Kasumigaoka-sani and Eiri Riri, well, I won't stop you." As if to give herself a psychological hint, Megumi Kato repeated it twice, and then said, "In the meantime, you have to promise me that if something unexpected happens, you can discuss it with me first, okay?" ”

Jiang Yu frowned when he heard this, then stretched out again, nodded, and said yes.

"Okay."

……

The next few days passed without any waves. It's not that nothing happens at all, but that's probably too far away for "SimplePlanSoftware", which is still just a fandom at the moment.

The news of Akasaka Zhuyin's fall has not yet been exposed by the media, but Marz's side is indeed carrying out the record, and he is going to do something busy.

As for Shiyu and Yingli Li, the deadline set by Marz has not changed at all, and it is still three months before the official release of the game, that is, at the end of September, all the materials will be handed in. In other words, for those two, there is only one week left to complete the fight.

And how much work do they need to accomplish in a week? Ying Lili has already taken a week of sick leave at school, and is in the hell of rushing to the draft, and depending on the situation, she may also suffer from other bizarre infectious diseases.

According to Lunya, who visited yesterday, the rest of the workload seems to be 12 event illustrations that are about to be completed, 10 event illustrations that have not been written at all, and 18 illustrations of store bonuses, and she is also doing the work of coloring supervision.

Normally, this is an impossible task, and there is only one option: postponement.

But Ying Li Li did not complain at all—perhaps in private, and had cursed in private—and put on the professionalism of a painter and planned to make the final sprint.

And what about Shiyu's side?

Since Akasaka Zhuyin fell at this delicate time, Marz's side did not replace the second draft of the script and replaced it with the first draft at the beginning, so as to reduce the workload and ensure the development deadline.

However, such an idea seems to have been strongly opposed by Zhuyin Akasaka, who is still in the hospital, and her idea is still to use the second draft, and then add the supplementary HappyEnd.

Compared to Ying Lili, Shiyu's workload seems to be a lot easier. But for the writer who has reaffirmed his path, I am afraid that it will take a lot of hard work before he can come up with a work that satisfies both himself and Zhune Akasaka and everyone in Marz.

But there is a serious problem. A problem that didn't matter at all before Akasaka Zhuyin fell, but as soon as she left the front line, it immediately erupted.

Shiyu and Yingli Li, who were separated from the development site by Hongsaka Zhuyin for some reason.

Except for the time when they went to Osaka in April to meet with the head of the Marz side, the two of them never went to the game development site again.

In charge of reviewing the finished products submitted by the two and acting as a contact between them and Marz, there is only one person, Zhuyin Akasaka.

In the case of the fall of the only person in charge, all Shiyu and Yingli can do is to finish the work and hand it over directly to Marz.

Audit? Except for Zhune Akasaka, there are no tyrants and dictators in the entire development team who will still find fault with the works of these two people.

At the same time, the two of them, as script writers and original artists, did not know exactly what would happen at the development site.

Cutting materials, changing scripts, and testing while developing...... Marz is working at full speed to ensure that the game will be released on time.

Guaranteed ...... This masterpiece, which should have been praised by players in five or ten years, and expected and worshiped by today's players, has stepped on the altar with one foot.

……

The date of receiving the long-lost contact from his editor was the fifth day after Akasaka Zhuyin fell.

Of course, this time it's not because of "Spring Things" or the other party's work that has been intermittently revised for more than half a year. Gojo Ruri just stood in the editor's position and relayed the contact of Machida Yuanko.

"Go to the hospital tomorrow and keep an eye on Akane, boy!"

Just this simple sentence.

And Machida Enko, who has been guarding Akasaka Zhuyin in the hospital for several days, seems to have to return to work to deal with the work accumulated in the past few days.

Jiang Yu's expression at that time was quite stunned, but in the end, he still stayed up late to finish tomorrow's workload in advance, and went out early the next morning.

When he first arrived at the hospital, he happened to bump into Zhuyin Akasaka, who was wearing a hospital gown and seemed to be negotiating something with the taxi driver.

Suddenly, Jiang Yu understood the reason why Machida Enko would let her keep an eye on Akasaka Zhuyin today.

After stopping the other party's behavior and then apologizing to the driver, Jiang Yu returned to the ward with Zhuyin Akasaka, who seemed to have given up resistance because he had given up resisting because he had no chance to escape today.

After asking the other party to lie down on the bed, Jiang Yu took a chair and sat down, and after a brief explanation of "I will be here until the morning examination", he played with his mobile phone.

Of course, he wasn't actually playing, but just keeping in touch with the rest of the community.

Looking at Jiang Yu like this, Hongsaka Zhuyin frowned, sighed and said, "What about the school?" You're still a high school student, right? Can you graduate like this? ”

"Don't worry, my deviation is quite high. Anyway, Miss Akasaka had a cerebral infarction or something at such a young age, shouldn't she reflect on her attitude towards life a little at this time, and then become a little docile for the time being? ”

Jiang Yu raised his head and put down his phone for the time being.

"Heh......" Akasaka Zhuyin sneered, "I don't think this kind of words coming out of the mouth of someone who stayed up late last night are the slightest bit convincing." ”

Then, before Jiang Yu could answer, Hongsaka Zhuyin continued to say to himself: "So, you should be able to understand, right?" It doesn't matter if it's physical or anything else, as long as you can move well. Everything can be sacrificed in the face of the completion of the work, and this is my way of life. ”

Hearing this, Jiang Yu's gaze became sharp, and he said in an accentuated tone: "The creator is not a martyr, if you can understand this, Miss Akasaka, I really can't be more grateful." ”

However, in response to Jiang Yu's accusation, Hongsaka Zhuyin had a surprised expression and asked rhetorically: "Are you ...... Seriously, saying such things? ”

"Aren't you also a resident of this world?"

“——！”

"Can you take it lightly? A work that should have been a 'work of God' has been forced to become a 'good work' for a variety of indifferent reasons. Can you accept this kind of behavior calmly? ”

Faced with Hongsaka Zhuyin's sudden question, Jiang Yu was speechless. For a moment, it seemed that all I could hear was the buzzing of my heart and the sound of blood rushing in my veins.

He was introduced by that Akasaka Zhuyin as a kind of fellow and confidant.

In a way, he was that kind of person. But the fundamental difference between Jiang Yu and Akasaka Zhuyin is that he will only force himself, not his companions.

This is probably the decisive factor why Shi Yu thought he was not suitable to be a qualified producer.

"Haha...... Is that so? I see. Akasaka Zhuyin laughed, "Are you still in the confused growth period, you guy?" Hahaha It's so funny! ”

Then, her voice turned cold for a moment: "But, I understand, huh? It is precisely because you are the same kind of person as me that I understand that what you desire is the same as mine. ”

"Praise from the outside world? Media hype? Players' favorite? Huge benefits? Akasaka Zhuyin seemed to have fallen into some kind of madness, but maybe it was just because of the illness, and the brain was once again unable to think calmly, "No, no, no! You, like me, have a certain consciousness and want to stop! Creation! Outstanding! Opus! ”

Those words were deafening.

Jiang Yu only felt that his whole body began to be numb, and his consciousness began to blur, obviously he didn't even know the location of his hands and feet, but he couldn't have understood the location of his heart incredibly.

Something other than blood flowed into the body from the heart, and it was a dark, viscous, powerless emotion.

Does the deep thoughts in my heart, which may not even be clear to myself, be spied on by others without any scruples, bring people such a degree of powerlessness?

Looking at Jiang Yu's reaction, Hongsaka Zhuyin smiled quite contentedly. Then she seemed to remember something, her face softened a little, and she said again: "Do you remember the first time you came here, I told you, 'You came just in time'? ”

Jiang Yu looked at her blankly.

Hongsaka Zhuyin said in a voice like bewitchment: "I know that no matter how strong I am, there is a high probability that I will not be discharged from the hospital in the near future." So, are you going to try to take my job? No, no, no, only you can take over my job now, after all, you are so close to those two geniuses. Are you going to do it? From a bird's-eye perspective, he accurately grasped the progress of Kasumi-sensei, Kashiwagi-sensei, and Marz, and was active as a coordinator and supervisor of both sides. ”

"Can you take on this responsibility? As a kind, but also as an enemy. ”

"Still in the growth period...... Heirs. ”

……

One o'clock in the afternoon.

"He's gone?"

Machida Enko took a plastic bag from a convenience store and sat down on a chair next to her bed, tearing open the package and eating her food without hesitation.

Akasaka Zhuyin glanced at the other party with a strange expression that you said isn't nonsense, and remained silent.

After eating the sandwich and taking the last sip of coffee after two or three times, Machida Enko blinked, half puzzled and half teasingly asked, "So, is the decision you told me on the phone serious?" Give it all to that kid? ”

Akasaka was silent, then nodded.

"Hey, hey! You've always been the way you do it, but what are you thinking this time? Madder! ”

Machida Enko looked at Akasaka Zhuyin, who seemed to have made up her mind, and couldn't understand the reason at all.

"He's just a high school student, right? Do you want to put all such responsibility and honor on him? ”

Looking at Machida Enko, who seemed to be getting more and more excited, and kept telling the "truth" that was taken for granted in the eyes of the general world, Akasaka Zhuyin spoke with great courage that could not be interjected: "That kid...... No, he is a resident of the same world, just like me. ”

Machida Enko frowned and asked tentatively, "...... Because of this? ”

Akasaka Zhuyin suddenly laughed, it was a soft smile that was not too suitable for her and for the business queen who stood at the top of the industry.

Then, she said softly: "As a creator who has been deeply influenced by the previous generation of game producers and this industry, I occasionally wonder if I should pass on this spirit and stubbornness to a guy who is pleasing to the eye. ”

"Of course, if the other party wants to get to the top, they have to beat me."

"And if I lose, it will also mean the death of 'Akasaka Zhuyin', and it has nothing to do with me how the industry will develop next."

"But if I'm defeated by my own kind, maybe I'll be a little more receptive, right? Won't it be more interesting in the future? ”

"Can you understand? Garden. ”

Machida Enko had her mouth open, unable to speak.

To be honest, Hongsaka Zhuyin's sudden confession really shocked her. Although they were close friends in college, after stepping into society, due to the change in each other's status, the relationship is indeed changing.

It's no longer intimate, and of course it's not necessarily estranged.

The distance between friends and ordinary friends, up or down.

"Haha! Of course, in the case of this incident, is there a reason why only he can work smoothly with those two difficult geniuses? Hahaha - what, that's, this harem representative! ”

In the face of Hongsaka Zhuyin's ridicule, Machida Yuanzi's face changed for a while, and finally he just said helplessly: "At least I don't want you to say that he is the representative of the harem." ”

"Huh? Ahh Well, it's Kasumi-sensei, right? ”

“…… To be precise, it's even more tangled here. ”

"Poofha——! I really heard a joke about a year today! Hahahaha! ”