Gokou Ruri maintained a calm facade, but the trembling of her arm, which caused distortions in her movements, still revealed her true feelings.
Who was Kani Nayuta?
One of the two brightest stars in the light novel world today, getting her help, the process was almost without any psychological preparation, and not difficult at all.
Her breathing grew more rapid.
Kani Nayuta's thoughts were simple: she absolutely had to get Miss Kuro Neko to cosplay as Homura to satisfy her own desire.
Both sides, each with their own thoughts, reached an agreement.
"Nayuta-sensei."
"I told you, just call me Nayuta."
"Alright, Nayuta, this is my LINE account."
"Okay, let's get in touch when we have time."
The game ended, and Gokou Ruri and Kani Nayuta exchanged contact information.
"Goodbye, everyone."
Before leaving, Gokou Ruri's attitude was very friendly, and she bowed slightly.
"Such a huge difference in attitude, people really are realistic."
After she left, Eriri let out a cold laugh.
Izumi Chihiro smiled without speaking.
If he were in the same situation as Kuro Neko now, receiving such help, his attitude would naturally also change.
"Well then, Senpai, Eriri, I'll head back first."
Kani Nayuta waved her hand, making a hasty farewell.
Because her mind was entirely focused on the game disc in her hand.
Although she also wanted to follow him onto the train and find her Senpai's address, she chose to be sensible.
"Ahhh, today is ending again, I wonder how much data there will be tomorrow."
Eriri stretched, looking at her phone, and muttered to herself.
She was worried about the game's sales performance.
How much was sold on the first day, promotion accounted for a large part of the credit, but for the second day, many people had already rushed to finish the game, and now word-of-mouth would come out.
Those waiting would start to consider whether to purchase it.
This included some people who don't read light novels and mainly play games.
Gaining their support was also very important for increasing the work's sales.
"It feels like it should be pretty good, everyone's general reviews are very positive."
Izumi Chihiro also took a moment to glance at the ordering situation on the website and found that the numbers had clearly increased.
"Is that so?"
Eriri scrolled down, looking at the comments constantly popping up below, then looked at him with an unreadable expression.
"You call this good reviews?"
She complained.
["I was the first to finish grinding... My liver hurts now, ah, no, my stomach hurts! The Old Thief's script, I can only say... those who know, know!"]
["The Old Thief's style is still so distinct; even a youthful romance story is written so 'healing' by him, he's something else!"]
["Ah, I like both Ogiso Setsuna and Touma Kazuha, why isn't there a harem route! I want them all!"]
["Right, right, I found that besides the two main characters each having a route, the remaining route is the bachelor route... The most outrageous thing is, in the bad ending of the bachelor route, Setsuna and Touma get together as yuri, leaving the protagonist all alone..."]
["Upstairs, now that you mention it, I'm interested!"]
["No one would like Ogiso, right? Bitch! Do you understand first come, first served?! The mistress is despicable!"]
["Touma is the best in the world!"]
["What's so good about Touma? Girls should be the type that makes people feel pity and love, and the contrast is really cute!"]
["Hehe, I really like a line Touma said—Old Thief, how skilled are you?! This kind of love story leaves me speechless, it's too painful..."]
["Strongly recommend not skipping the intro, the music is really too good!"]
["How old is the Old Thief? What the hell does he know about love?! Damn it, where's my harem route!"]
...
"I also want to ask, Chihiro, why are you so skilled?! So many lines in there, if I didn't know better, I'd think you've actually been in love."
Eriri asked, her face full of suspicion.
"This is all the result of my training! To write white album well, I referenced many light novels and manga, plus my refined writing skills…" Izumi Chihiro replied.
Aside from replicating famous lines, the remaining details had to be entirely his own creation. If he hadn't put in so much effort, he wouldn't have been able to sustain the entire content with just a few plot points from memory.
He was actually a bit anxious.
But after seeing the online comments, he relaxed a lot.
Everyone's main complaints weren't about how bad or boring his writing was, but rather the heart-wrenching style and the instigation of factional disputes. That explained everything.
"Hmm…" Eriri mused, "Now everyone's comments aren't exactly praise, but at least there aren't any negative reviews…"
Now, she was already looking forward to what kind of results tomorrow would bring.
…
With a 'click,' the door closed.
"Mafuyu, I bought everything you wanted." Shiina Minatsu called out from inside.
"Okay…!" Shiina Mafuyu immediately walked out of her room.
"Here." Shiina Minatsu handed over the bag.
"Thank you, big sister." Shiina Mafuyu took the items.
"It was my first time attending that comic convention… There were so many people dressed strangely, saying inexplicable things. Is that what they call 'chuunibyou'? And it was so crowded in there! I waited for ages just to buy the game you wanted. It was really exaggerated; even the people eating in the cafeteria weren't that many!" She casually complained.
"Oh, that's cosplay! It's when enthusiasts dress up as their favorite characters, but… treating it as chuunibyou is fine too." Shiina Mafuyu explained, holding up a finger.
"I see." Shiina Minatsu nodded thoughtfully.
"Then I won't bother you while you play your game." Then, she ended the conversation and turned on the TV.
…
Shiina Mafuyu returned to her bedroom and first took out a Kyubey plushie from her bag.
"Hehehe…" Her eyes instantly became terrifying, like something from hell.
The girl picked up a nail, then firmly nailed Kyubey to the wall, taking a photo to commemorate it.
"Finally, I've vented some of my anger…" Shiina Mafuyu placed her phone on the table, then took out the game disc from her bag.
This was the main event of the day!
As a shut-in, her usual hobbies were games and manga. During holidays, she often stayed up late playing games.
Now that it was winter break, she naturally had to intensify her efforts, immediately clearing all routes of this galgame called white album!
"Izumi-sensei's style of love story, let me experience it firsthand!" The girl murmured.