Wednesday, lunch break.

In the department room of the Animal Research Department, the three of them sat opposite each other at the birch table.

"Ciallo ~ two seniors!"

Inari Xue gestured to Ye with one hand, put it in front of her delicate little face, and greeted the two with a soft smile.

"Poof......

Seeing this, Izumi Kurose couldn't help but laugh.

"Before, the seniors are too good! Laugh out loud! Inari Yuki's smile suddenly collapsed, turning into a desire to cry without tears.

Obviously when we were having lunch together.,Casual chat and talked about galgame.,And then she said casually.,Recently, I've been playing the work of the Yuzu Club.。

Therefore, Izumi Kurose also casually asked what the Yuzu Society's signature greeting was.

Then, she imitated the character in the game, Inaba Patrol, and said hello!

"I can't help it, it's kind of funny." Izumi Kurose shrugged, the corners of her mouth rising wildly.

He didn't expect that Inari Xue would imitate it, and it would be good to say it verbally.

"It's cute, Inari." Shiraishi Chiren also chuckled, but her words were very considerate and gentle.

And this also made Inari Yuki clench her fists with both hands and stare at Izumi Kurose angrily!

"Mmmm! Kurose-senpai is a fool! ”

"Why are you scolding me?!"

"Because Kurose-senpai is a stupid person!"

"Okay, okay, you scold......"

Adhering to the principle that good men don't fight with women, Izumi Kurose gave in first.

If you are scolded twice, you won't lose a piece of meat, so it's good not to care.

He smiled and opened the brown bento box—this was made in the morning with Chiren Shiraishi.

The menu is hearty, with hot dogs spread out like octopus, black pepper pork cutlets, pan-fried salmon, and broccoli.

"Is this what Shiraishi-senpai did?" Inari Yuki looked at her share of the bento, her eyes shining.

"Well, Shiraishi made it, I'll help deal with it, and I'll do it." Izumi Kurose nodded in reply.

"Wow~~~"

After Inari Xue exclaimed, she picked up her chopsticks, clasped her hands together and said, "Then I'll start unceremoniously!" I'll eat it with gratitude. ”

"It's too heavy." Shiraishi Chiren smiled, "It would be nice if I could taste it with you." ”

"Of course!"

Izumi Kurose preempted Inari Snow and answered first.

Then, he said, "Shiraishi, the food you cook is delicious, even if you have eaten it more than a dozen times, you still never get tired of it!" ”

"Huh?"

When Inari Xue heard this, she was stunned.

Eat it a dozen times, never get tired of it, and help out - what does it mean?

Dongken was just founded, and I heard them say that they used to eat in the cafeteria, and the bento was something I suddenly wanted to make......

Based on the above information, Inari Xue came to a conclusion, that is-

"Are the seniors living together?"

Kurose Izumi, who was originally a mouthful of food, was swallowed immediately when he heard Inari Yuki's words!

He patted his chest hard, swallowed the food, and coughed dryly:

"Ahem! Suddenly, suddenly, what nonsense are you talking about? ”

"Are you really living together......

Inari Yuki saw that Izumi Kurose reacted so violently, and immediately confirmed it.

If you weren't living together, you should be able to refute it very blandly, right?

"Nope!" Izumi Kurose vetoed it.

"Really...... Well, then no. Sorry for the strange thing all of a sudden. ”

Inari Xue didn't bother with the question of whether there was cohabitation or not.

After all, it's someone else's privacy.

After she asked rashly, it was already too much to say it again.

"It's okay, I don't blame you." Izumi Kurose shook his head slightly, signaling Inari Yuki not to care.

And Shiraishi Chiren, who had been quiet, ate lunch silently and did not join the conversation between the two.

"The bento made by Shiraishi-senpai is delicious!"

"Thank you for the compliment, and your appetite."

It wasn't until Inari Yuki praised her that she spoke.

After lunch, after cleaning up, Inari Yuki went to the cupboard to get the tea set and brewed three cups of steaming black tea.

She has studied the tea ceremony, so she is solely responsible for making tea.

Although Shiraishi Chiren will, she doesn't want to show it in front of Kurose Izumi, lest this trait overlap with Fuyuko Kuchiki.

Anything that would show flaws, she would try to avoid as much as possible.

The truth is often connected by clues.

Inconspicuous details, overlooked little things...... These are all flaws.

"Let's start coding."

Izumi Kurose said, opening the tablet and clicking on the new TXT file, his fingers tapping quickly on the keyboard.

There are about sixty or seventy thousand words left before the finale is completed, and if the speed is faster, it will be completed next week.

After completion, the manuscript is sent to the editor-in-chief of MF Library, where it is polished, posted on the website, and finally printed into a physical form.

This cycle can be good in about a week, but it only takes two days to polish and publish.

Inari Yuki looked at Izumi Kurose, who was carefully coding words, and said, "Senpai, I went back yesterday to see the 'Boy's Abyss'." ”

"Huh?"

Izumi Kurose paused, took his eyes off the computer, and looked at Inari Yuki: "How is it?" How many have you watched? ”

"I read slowly, so I read two volumes. But I feel that the writing is not bad, and it is quite interesting. ”

After taking a sip of tea, Shiraishi said, "When the fifth volume begins, I hope you can still keep this idea." ”

The first four volumes of "The Abyss of Youth" are all small fights, just describing everyday life and funny.

But from the fifth volume onwards, when the emotions and plots of the heroines were developed, my stomach instantly became a stomachache!

Especially in the "Eternal Flower" volume of the eighth and ninth volumes, my stomach hurts to the extreme!

The pure white flower blooms, but it is so ugly and false that the male protagonist falls into despair.

He never imagined that the flowers he painted would be so ugly and disgusting when they bloomed.

And this is also the original ending, the trigger for BE!

The male protagonist, who finally learned the truth and everything, committed suicide by throwing himself into the lake, ushering in liberation.

"Caged bird, when will it fly?"

This sentence, throughout the whole text, has been telling about the paranoid male protagonist, who is bound in a cage and has never been able to break free.

All readers are looking forward to the male protagonist breaking free, and they are also speculating about how to break free in the end.

But—

They didn't expect that the final way to break free was so shocking.

"—In death, spread your wings and fly high."

This is the abyss of youth.

The male protagonist is always in a state of meaninglessness, drifting aimlessly like duckweed, rising and falling with the mercy of the outside world.

Shiraishi Chiren has an extremely strong empathy for such a story.

Her seventeen years of life don't seem to have any special meaning, it's like being injected with anesthetic, and the ground she is stepping on has no real sense at all.

's own emotions are lacking to the point where they can be disguised arbitrarily.

But no matter how much you disguise it, it seems to have opened a gap in your heart, it is extremely empty, and you can't feel anything.

Twelve years with his parents, his reputation spread far and wide, and he was praised countless times, and he was called an all-round genius......

These, Shiraishi Chiren does not have the slightest emotional ups and downs, and she can't feel the so-called happiness and pride.

She is like the male protagonist in "The Abyss of Youth", losing her meaning and following her responsibilities.

The male protagonist has been working hard in order to shoulder the burden of treating him, and the family with tens of millions of debts.

She responded to her parents' expectations – a gift that should be repaid.

The male protagonist was punished for blaspheming the love of the female protagonists, deprived of emotion, and turned into an emotionless monster.

Facing the heroine's anger, sadness, accusations, and despair against him......

He felt nothing but emptiness and loneliness.

'Emotionless monster......

Shiraishi Qianren silently recited this sentence in her heart, remembering that one day five years ago, she was also said like this.

The state of mind at that time really fits.

Empty and lonely, it makes no sense at all.