After my divorce, I became a Tokyo literary giant

Chapter 1: A System 8 Years Late

Chapter 1: A System Eight Years Late

Tokyo, Shinjuku Ward.

The sky was dark and the clouds were rolling, as if it was going to rain heavily.

In the coffee shop across from the district office, Tazaki Saku looked at the woman in front of him with a bitter expression: "Is it impossible to save this relationship?"

Ryoko, who had a delicate and beautiful face and was dressed in expensive clothes, pushed the divorce agreement in front of him and said, "Sign it."

The bright lights in the store shimmered on her black hair, making her look warm, but her eyes didn't express any emotion.

"From high school until now, I've wasted eight years on you. How many eight years can a woman waste? My sister is right. With my conditions, I can live a better life. There's no need to cling to you..."

"It's your sister again. Whatever your sister says is right! Since the day I met you, she has never said a good word about me..."

"My sister is doing this for my own good."

"Ah!"

Tazaki Sakuto was so angry that he laughed.

"I liked you in high school because of your literary talent. I didn't mind that you came from a poor rural family. I married you in college despite my family's objections, thinking you would shine in the literary world in the future. But now? You've disappointed me so much..."

"Besides your literary talent, have you never liked me as a person?"

"...Maybe." Ryoko did not deny it.

Perhaps she felt that at this point, there was no point in saying anything more, so she refused to explain even a single word.

Tazaki Saku sighed deeply, and the bitterness on his face gradually turned into a smile: "Okay! I understand."

This smile contained a sense of helplessness and relief, as well as a reflection on the futility of a lifetime.

Twenty-two years ago, he was reborn in a remote fishing village in Hokkaido.

There are no trams there, and the bus runs every two hours.

Convenience stores close as soon as it gets dark, everything on Google Maps is just a mosaic, and you can see the end of life at a glance.

By the time he was old enough to go to elementary school, Tazaki Saku still hadn't received the system, so he had to give up some unrealistic fantasies and decided to change his destiny through his own efforts.

This is a Japan in a parallel world, and there are many differences in details compared to the original world.

The historical process is basically the same, major events occur as usual, and the differences are mainly reflected in individuals.

Specifically in the field of literature and entertainment, some small writers exist, but many well-known great writers are absent, their works are nowhere to be found, and the literary world is filled with a lot of low-quality works.

There have been no popular movies, TV shows or animations, and instead there have been some things with similar names but irrelevant and inferior content.

The lack of top-notch works has resulted in the quality and influence of Japanese entertainment in this world being far inferior to that of the previous world.

This situation made Tazaki Saku unable to help but have evil thoughts.

Make a lot of money by being a plagiarist!
then……

He no longer has any evil intentions.

As an ordinary person, it is impossible for him to remember the contents of an entire novel.

Those plots in online novels that can be copied from novels at any time after traveling through time are all fantasy.

The reality is that I can only remember the general plot and it is impossible to expand it into a complete novel!
Tazaki Saku spent the entire elementary school trying, piecing things together, but in the end he could only copy the famous works in his mind into more than ten short stories.

It is impossible to make a debut as a writer by relying on these short stories.

Writing music is impossible.

He hasn't listened to many Japanese songs. Even if he still remembers the covers from Hong Kong and Taiwan, he doesn't know what the original Japanese lyrics are.

Not to mention comics and animation.

After entering junior high school, Tazaki Saku decided to make a name for himself through studying.

After three years of hard study, he was successfully admitted to a key high school in Tokyo.

From the countryside of Hokkaido, he moved to bustling Tokyo and met Ryoko in high school.

He will always remember the day they first met.

It was after school, and there were only two people left in the club activity room.

The breeze blew the curtains, the setting sun slanted on her body, and the literary girl was reading in the orange halo, as beautiful as a scene from a comic book.

At first sight, Tazaki Saku fell in love with her.

The subsequent plot development is similar to many novels and comics, with the two gradually getting to know each other and falling in love.

He was a poor boy and she was a rich girl. They were not supposed to have any connection, but she fell in love with his stories and his understanding of literature.

Although they experienced some setbacks and disagreements in their later life, Ryoko married him during college despite her family's opposition.

After graduating from university, Saku Tazaki went to work at the publishing house run by Ryoko's family and lived the life of an ordinary office worker.

Although the income was not much, Ryoko didn't mind it.

It’s such a blessing to have such a wife.

Tazaki Sakuben thought he could live with her forever.

However, he didn't expect that when he ran out of ideas, Ryoko's love for him disappeared in an instant.

What she liked from the beginning to the end was literature, not him as a person.

All the feelings and efforts over the years have been in vain, futile and ridiculous.

After realizing this, Tazaki Saku became disheartened and picked up a pen to sign the divorce agreement.

There was no property division in the divorce agreement. He had just started working for less than a year and had spent all his earnings on his wife. Now he was a pauper and had no property to divide.

Ryoko took the agreement, stood up and left with an expressionless face, walking towards the Shinjuku Ward Office across the street.

The ward office in Japan is equivalent to the district government, and marriages and divorces are registered here.

There were not many people in the hall, and the process took half an hour for the two to complete. Legally, they were no longer husband and wife.

"Live a good life in the future, leave the publishing house as soon as possible and find a good job. Also... if there is an ending to "Snow Country", please send me a copy..."

It seemed that all her remaining emotions were put into this sentence. After saying it, Ryoko left without looking back.

Tazaki Saku had no reason to miss it and was about to turn around and leave.

suddenly.

【Ding! 】

Suddenly, I seemed to hear some sound.

It seemed as if blue subtitles floated past my eyes.

Tazaki Saku paused.

"Tongzi, is that you?"

Immediately afterwards, a blue panel appeared before his eyes.

The evening breeze blows the curtains, and the setting sun shines into the classroom. You muster up the courage to push open the door to the activity room and see a literary girl reading in the setting sun. From this moment, a young but beautiful love begins!

[The first step is, of course, to shine in the field she loves! ]

[Mission: Impress Saionji-san with your talent]

[Sponsored by: Full text of "Hear the Wind Sing"]

[Bonus: Complete Works of Haruki Murakami]

After the blue subtitles floated by, a text suddenly popped into Tazaki Saku's mind.

Then he was surprised to find that he could easily remember every word of the entire "Hear the Wind Sing".

"It's really a system..."

Tazaki Saku looked strange.

The system is here, but it’s eight years late…

He is already divorced, and now he has to pursue the woman who has become his ex-wife again. Isn’t it a bit funny?

Ryoko's cold and ruthless eyes still hurt his heart.

"Absolutely not!"