Anime rating game

"Humph…"

Adagaki Aki gave a soft snort, pointed to the top of her head, and asked in a deep voice:

What do you see here?

"... "

Masamune wanted to say that there was nothing there, but she knew very well that what she wanted to say was that there was a green light above her head.

"This shouldn't be something that can be resolved with just an apology, right?"

"What do you think?" Adagaki Aki asked in return.

"If I give up..."

"Then I'll go home, pack my bags, and move to the Hayase family's house to live with you. As for the reason, I'll say: there's malice all around me, the maids are all laughing at me, and I can't stay at home anymore."

Masamune was speechless, but he couldn't help but want to laugh.

'This is really strange, how did everything turn green all of a sudden? Haha…'

Because it was a little uncomfortable to hold back his laughter, he had to pinch the back of his hand.

'Think quickly, is there any solution?'

Chapter 344 Lord Masamune's Secret Treasure

"If it's just about controlling the comments, it should be easy if you spend more money, right?" Masamune pondered.

"Do you think that once a crime has occurred, destroying the evidence will make it seem like nothing happened?"

"This doesn't amount to a crime, does it?"

"What's the difference between malicious insults and defamation and a crime? Defaming others can lead to imprisonment."

She seems really angry.

Masamune smiled unconsciously, then said:

"If we do nothing, things won't calm down."

"Hmph... I hate doing things that are like burying your head in the sand." Adagaki Aki crossed her arms, her face showing disdain.

"I see. Then we can only try to make the audience forget about you."

The popularity on the internet is like the wind—it comes and goes quickly.

When the hype is high, everyone knows about it; when the hype fades, nobody cares.

After a moment's thought, Masamune pondered and said:

"Perfect timing. We at Musashino are planning an event, which was originally scheduled to start promotion next month. Moving it up a little won't be a problem."

"Once the event details are released, no one will talk about you anymore."

Adagaki Aki frowned slightly, still feeling a little annoyed at being spoken to like that.

"what activity?"

"The joint activities between K-On! and CL mainly consist of various competitions, such as city marathons and anime quiz contests."

Will anyone participate?

"If the rewards are substantial, I think... quite a few people would be willing to participate, right?"

"What's the reward?"

"If the story is interesting enough, it wouldn't be a problem to create an anime tailored specifically for Musashino Animation."

"I see, using superpowers as bait?"

Adagaki Aki seemed to be deep in thought. Since the evaluation mechanism was launched, the threshold for animation production has become increasingly high.

For an ordinary person to gain superpowers, the first hurdle is the interview at an animation company. Even if they pass the interview, they still have to work hard for decades to have even the slightest chance of success.

Moreover, it is essential to ensure that not a single step is flawed.

Musashino's reward is practically telling you outright that he's giving you a chance to win a reward, and what abilities you get are entirely up to luck.

Once such a large-scale event is launched and publicity is carried out, one's own affairs are indeed insignificant and will soon be forgotten by those forgetful groups.

Over time, it becomes just an old joke that people occasionally bring up.

Sure enough, I still felt a little annoyed.

"In your opinion, what has the greatest impact on the victim in a crime?"

"Time, perhaps?" Masamune said as he thought. "In the process of resolving matters, lawsuits and judgments will waste a lot of time. Even if you win the judgment, most of the time you don't get anything; you just win."

"That's how it is. So, how do you think I should make up for the time I lost?"

"You mean I should make up for it?"

"if not?"

"...This has nothing to do with me, right? Strictly speaking, I only made two animations. I admit that the one from two years ago had some influence on you, but this one has nothing to do with you."

"So you mean I should bear the loss myself?"

Masamune was speechless, feeling that no matter what he said, it was his fault.

However, to be honest, I do bear a significant responsibility for this matter.

"Okay, what kind of compensation do you want? As long as it's not too excessive, I can consider it."

Adagaki Aki remained silent, seemingly having no desire for him to do anything.

Ultimately, I don't even know what I'm really thinking.

Do you like it? A little, but not too much.

Is it annoying? A little. We are childhood playmates who have been separated for a long time, but now we are just ordinary friends.

Do I miss them? Yes, a little bit. In any case, those are the most unforgettable memories of my life.

Do I regret it? Maybe a little...

"Because of something that happened when I was a child, I still really hate men to this day."

“My family has arranged a few gatherings for people my age, which are pretty much the same thing, but just being in that kind of environment makes me feel like I’m suffocating.”

"However, I don't dislike you."

? ?

Masamune paused for a few seconds, then smiled and shook his head:

"Thank you, I don't dislike people who are nostalgic. But for me, those are all things of the past."

Ultimately, before graduating from high school, after the awakening of past life memories, my mindset was closer to the moment before my sudden death in my past life.

For someone who lived through that time, their childhood experiences may have remained a lingering regret and a constant source of worry.

But for me afterwards, it was just a dream.

"I've always felt that my childhood experiences are just a very nostalgic dream, but dreams eventually end."

"Just like a river that flows endlessly, it moves straight ahead and never looks back."

"However, it seems you're still stuck in the past and haven't moved on yet."

"You make it sound so easy." Adagaki Aki glared at Masamune fiercely, and snorted coldly again. "After that, I not only developed bulimia, but my personality also became irritable and cold."

"The binge eating disorder is cured now, but the other effects are not so easy to recover from."

The scars you left in my heart can never be healed in my lifetime.

"Uh..." Masamune couldn't help but ask, "Didn't we apologize to each other and forgive each other for this?"

"That was just something I said to go with the flow."

"So, you've been holding a grudge all this time? Really..."

"Could you say in that situation, 'I will never forgive you'? If you did, Aunt Kinue would probably burst into tears immediately, wouldn't she?"

“You underestimate my mom. She will definitely push me to your house and apologize to me face to face until you say you forgive me.”

Masamune smiled unconsciously, then lowered his head to think seriously.

Unlike herself, Lady Aiki has many problems.

Although she attributed all of this to herself, Masamune believed it was more a reflection of her own personality.

However, to be honest, there are indeed many things that are our own fault.

"Speaking of which, your understanding of me probably all comes from that animation from two years ago, right?"

“Hmm…” Adagaki Aki nodded slightly, her face showing curiosity. “So, even though we haven’t seen each other for many years, the anime describes me in such detail. Many things can’t be explained simply by a detective investigation.”

Masamune removed his keychain, took out one of the keys separately, placed it on the table, and said with a smile:

"The last drawer under the desk is different from the animation, but there are many similarities. The difference lies here."

"When I was making the animation two years ago, I brought it from home, intending to use it as a reference for the animation."

"But after taking a closer look, I found that much of the content was too embarrassing to share, so I ultimately didn't have the heart to show it."

"After that, I forgot to bring it home at first, and then I was worried that Mashiro would find it, so I just left it there."

"What?" Adagaki Aki picked up the key and asked in surprise.

"A diary from when I left the Adagaki family as a child until I graduated from high school."

"Um...?"

Chapter 345 Finally Overcoming the Shadows of Childhood

Out of curiosity, Adagaki Aki opened the drawer under her desk and rummaged through the numerous documents for a while. Soon, a somewhat worn notebook came into view.

It has a black cover, is textbook-sized, and is about two centimeters thick.

Turning to the first page, it was filled with words like "hatred," "severing ties," and "never seeing each other again."

Adagaki Aki felt a chill run down her spine, and her hands trembled inexplicably as she continued to turn the pages, continuing for another twenty or thirty pages until the following year arrived.