On the first day of her new book's release, although Kasumigaoka Utaha already knew the future of her work from multiple channels including the novel, anime, and even manga.
There would be some twists and turns in the early stages, but in the end, it would smoothly run its course, and the results could be considered excellent for a newcomer.
But at this moment, she was still just a new writer. In the process of waiting for the first day's results, it was inevitable that she would feel a little nervous.
However, as a prompt of "Reading Value +1" sounded in her ear, she gritted her teeth and took out the diary.
"What has that bastard mysterious person made up about me in the diary today?"
She was very sure that whenever the mysterious person mentioned her in the diary, it was never anything good.
And then, she saw that the mysterious person had actually written a whole review of her new book in today's diary?
So the mysterious person really bought my book and finished it?
Although this couldn't alleviate her resentment towards the mysterious person, she was indeed very curious about his opinion of her new book.
And so, she was once again pushed to her breaking point by the mysterious person's one sentence: "Kasumi Utako-sensei, you really are born to be a loser heroine."
"How can that be considered a loser heroine? The matters of writing a novel, how can they be generalized with reality..." Kasumigaoka Utaha's face darkened as she tried to defend herself to no longer bear the name of a loser heroine.
But as she read on, she suddenly noticed something was wrong.
She would let herself lose, and not just once?
"That's not right. Sayuka's position as the number one female protagonist should be unshakable. Why would I let her lose in the end?"
Kasumigaoka Utaha began to fall into self-doubt.
Is there really something wrong with me? Did I subconsciously write the situation into a must-lose scenario for Sayuka in the novel?
Kasumigaoka Utaha hurriedly shook her head, trying to throw this thought out of her mind.
If the thought that she was a loser heroine really entered her subconscious, then her life would be over.
Anyway, the persona for Koisuru Metronome has already been set. Setting aside how it will end, in the future, I should just learn from my future self. If I'm going to write, I'll just pull Eriri over to be the cushion.
If she and Eriri are placed together, as long as a third person doesn't join, her chances of winning should be greater, right!
Although it seemed that this didn't bring her any sense of victory.
When she saw the dialogue and pictures that the mysterious person had posted at the very end, which were a bit painful to look at.
Although the mysterious person did not mention the names of those "senpais," with just one glance, Kasumigaoka Utaha could feel a resonance from the depths of her soul, confirming that the other party was indeed her senpai!
I was here first.
How many times have you kissed her?!
...For the first time, I have someone I like, and someone I can be friends with for a lifetime... But, why, did it turn out like this?
Ahhh, this complex and twisted love was indeed what she really wanted to write in her works!
Just looking at these words, the inspiration in Kasumigaoka Utaha's mind instantly burst forth.
She had even already thought that in the future, if she really let the Sayuka in her work reach that step, she would definitely have her come up with a similar inner monologue of "But I was here first."
It was a perfect match!
Kasumigaoka Utaha immediately began to create the second volume of Koisuru Metronome in her diary. Being able to input text with her mind, the words before her eyes almost instantly filled a page of the diary!
In this state, she didn't even notice that she had already defaulted to seeing Sayuka, who was based on herself, as a loser.
It had to be said, there was a reason why White Album was so popular back then.
Let's not even talk about Kasumigaoka Utaha, this "kouhai," who had already entered a yandere writing mode because of these few sentences. Even the other girls in the Diary Interest Group were repeatedly savoring these few sentences at this moment.
That scene where they kissed—one heroine crying as she's kissed, the other gripping her chest from afar, watching helplessly... the emotional turmoil was overwhelming!
More importantly, Kasumigaoka Utaha's work was created by the same author as the other?
Although everyone knew before that Kasumigaoka Utaha would lose to that passerby heroine in her original story, they had never really thought in such a tangled direction before!
Thinking this way, the gossipy girls in the group seemed to have become even more interested in Kasumigaoka Utaha's story.
Some people even directly started urging for updates in the comment section, wanting to see more details of her story.
After all, the Demon Slayer Corps and vengeful spirits were still very far from them for the time being, but they couldn't miss out on the gossip story of a group member!
As long as the mysterious person's blade doesn't fall on me, anything is fine!
But in the end, the comment selected today was from that Kuroneko in the group.
She was not interested in these angsty stories. As a chuunibyou, she was naturally interested in things related to superpowers and battles.
Because of the things the mysterious person had written in the diary these few days and what she had learned after meeting Yotsuya Miko, she had written dozens of pages of world settings in her own diary, preparing to write them into her own novel in the future.
With the thought that her own comment would not be selected anyway, she had been casually posting a paragraph of the settings she had conceived in the comment section these past few days to get Reading Value, wanting to ask the mysterious person to appreciate her work.
Today, because she had seen that Kasumigaoka Utaha's new book was on sale, she had even whimsically asked at the end if she could become a light novel author in the future.
She had never expected that after so many days of peace, she would be selected today.
Even though Kuroneko usually didn't care about these things in her daily life, and she had even taken the initiative to exchange contact information with Kasumigaoka Utaha, to have herself displayed in front of a group of girls who had diaries in this way now was still somewhat shameful.
That childish Tyrant's Eye is probably holding the diary right now, laughing at me!
Thinking of this, Kuroneko, Goko Ruri, in Chiba, could only cancel her phone's message notifications and wait until the diary updated tomorrow before opening it.
And on Miyauchi Hikage's side, he was also amused when he saw Kuroneko's comment.
I let you off the hook the past few days, but you came looking for it yourself today, didn't you?
He was just thinking about how to have a friendly exchange with this black cat tomorrow when he suddenly heard Jerry's excited cries from behind him, followed by a series of crashing sounds.
Miyauchi Hikage hurriedly turned his head and saw a mouse exuding an astonishing aura of air, excitedly running around his room, showing him the results of its research.
Everywhere it went was a complete mess.
"Holy crap, Jerry, you really figured out Mouse Breathing?"
It's only been a few days, and Jerry has already figured it out. With this talent, even Yoriichi Tsugikuni would have to call him an expert.
Hearing Miyauchi Hikage's sigh, Jerry finally stopped its actions, proudly patted its chest, indicating that a mere Hamon was this easy?
He, Jerry, could easily master it.
Back when he was competing with Tom, there was nothing he couldn't do.
Looking at Jerry's smug appearance, almost at the same time, a new idea appeared in Miyauchi Hikage's head.
Now that Mouse Breathing had been researched, the next step was to test its strength.
A normal test wouldn't bring out Jerry's characteristics.
Thinking about it carefully, since Kuroneko is also a cat, why not let Jerry go and play a game of Tom and Jerry with her for a few days? By the way, he can also guest star as a Hamon instructor to improve the ripple strength of those girls.