Onmyoji who mingles in the world of anime

Although Zhao Long didn't know what Yue Tu had said to his grandfather, Shen Qiye understood lip reading. It turned out that Yue Tu wanted to stay in Xinshi to develop his career because he saw Tang Hai doing so well at such a young age, driving a Mercedes and leading a group of followers.

Moreover, Shen Qiye noticed that Master Yue refused, and the two even started arguing.

"Here, my grandpa wants to talk to you. He agreed." Yue Tu knew that Shen Qiye was the boss of everyone, so she handed him the phone.

Shen Qiye nodded and took the phone. Master Yue's ability to forge a ring-pommel sword for him was a great favor, and he should thank the old man for his kindness and courtesy. However, Master Yue's first words after taking the phone were unexpected.

"You exude a murderous aura; you have at least dozens of lives on your hands," Master Yue said gravely.

Shen Qiye was slightly taken aback, then understood. Last time, he and Zhao Long both realized that Master Yue was a martial arts expert, so it was normal for him to be able to see the murderous aura on him. But for him to say that he had dozens of lives on his hands, he was indeed not simple.

"Master Yue, don't worry, I won't take Yue Tu in in Xinshi; it's too dangerous," Shen Qiye said.

There was silence on the other end of the phone. Just as Shen Qiye was about to hang up, Master Yue said in a deep voice, "The child has grown up, he's got wings, and I can't control him anymore. Young brother Shen, could you grant me one request?"

Shen Qiye looked at Yue Tu, who was all smug and self-important, and shook his head speechlessly. He didn't know why Master Yue would change his mind at the last minute, but since the other party had helped him a lot, why not listen to him?

"Master Yue, please speak, I'm listening," Shen Qiye said politely.

Promise me you'll protect Yue Tu. My Yue family owes you a favor.

Chapter 844 Outsiders

"100 people, including light novel authors, editors, well-known bloggers, and even ten randomly selected fans."

"There are way too many people!" Tsuchimikado Fuyu complained speechlessly.

It's just a newcomer award! Even if it's a reform, there's no need for such a big deal. People who don't know any better would think it's some major competition.

"Well! After all, this is the first time that Ku has used this method for selection. In order to be on the safe side, the intensity was a little higher. But this will only happen this time. The newcomer award next year should be different."

The two chatted idly along the way and soon arrived at the banquet hall.

The hotel next to the warehouse isn't a five-star hotel; it's just an ordinary large hotel.

After all, this was just a selection for a new talent award, so the requirements weren't that high, and there was no need to do anything fancy, so it was handled rather casually.

As for five-star hotels, they are available. According to Machida Wanko, the Newcomer Award ceremony will be held in the banquet hall of a five-star hotel tomorrow night.

However, it doesn't really matter to Tsuchimikado Fuyu.

Upon entering the banquet hall, one sees tables and chairs set up all around, with a large stack of manuscripts, a bottle of water, and a pen already laid out on the table—the conditions are quite rudimentary.

In the center of the banquet hall was a rectangular table, and above the table was a chair with the words "Editor-in-Chief" written on it, which was the organizer of this year's Newcomer Award.

Five chairs were placed on each side of the table, and on the corresponding tables were signs with the names of the main judges and a microphone. The rest of the setup was the same as the tables for the secondary judges, with nothing special about it.

In addition to the decorations in the hall, a large screen on the banquet hall stage was also turned on, displaying the message: "Fantastic Library 16th Annual Newcomer Award Competition!"

There weren't many people in the banquet hall at this time, and there wasn't a single judge present. Tsuchimikado Fuyu was considered to have arrived early.

But thinking about it, it makes sense. After all, the editors are busy entertaining the other judges, so they certainly couldn't be the first to arrive, while the other judges are waiting for everyone else to come.

Before long, the banquet hall gradually became lively. People entered the banquet hall in groups, went up to chat with people they knew, and then agreed to find a place to sit together.

"Hey! Why is this guy here? And sitting in the main seat? Why do I only get to sit in the second seat? Are you guys looking down on me?"

In this harmonious atmosphere, a little girl's voice suddenly rang out, arousing everyone's curiosity.

Beside Tsuchimikado Fuyu, a blonde girl glared at Machida Wanko with displeasure, pointing at Tsuchimikado Fuyu as she spoke.

Before Machida Wanko could answer, a girl's voice rang out behind Yamada Elf: "Oh my! She's an outsider, yet she has the audacity to want the head seat. I've really seen something new."

"You!" Yamada Fairy immediately turned her attention to Kasumigaoka Utaha, huffing and puffing. "Heh! Who am I talking about? Just a defeated opponent, not worthy to speak to me."

"A defeated opponent? I don't know what's so great about someone who only became famous by writing fan service content. Has education in Japan become so distorted?"

"you"

Yamada Elf and Kasumigaoka Utaha stared intently at each other, leaving Tsuchimikado Fuyu and Machida Wanko, who were watching the scene unfold, speechless.

You two have probably only met a few times! And you're not on the same wavelength at all, there's no competition between you, so why are you acting like mortal enemies?

"Alright, you two." Seeing this, Machida Wanko quickly tried to mediate. "Kasumi Shiko-sensei and Yamada Elf-sensei were specially invited by our library. Besides them, there are nine other light novel authors from other libraries."

Then there's Yamada Elf-sensei. The reason Tianyu-sensei sits in the head seat is undoubtedly because of his excellent work. But as a writer from another library, do you think you might have a head seat?

"Hmph!" Yamada Fairy and Kasumigaoka Utaha both snorted coldly, turning their heads away and ignoring each other.

However, Yamada Elf did say something harsh to Tsuchimikado Fuyu, "No matter what, you're going to lose our match!"

"Yeah, yeah, you're definitely going to win." Hearing this, Tsuchimikado Fuyu suppressed a laugh and said perfunctorily.

Just kidding. Although he didn't know how far the anime adaptation negotiations had progressed, Tsuchimikado Fuyu had already finished discussions with Rakusakura Workshop and was just waiting to sign the contract on Monday.

In this situation, he didn't believe that Yamada Elf could be faster than him.

"What do you mean? Are you looking down on me?" Yamada Elf noticed the disdain in Tsuchimikado Fuyu's tone and immediately bristled, saying, "I'm not afraid to tell you, I'll sign a contract with them in two weeks at most."

However, given your attitude, even if you wanted to beg for mercy and admit defeat now, I wouldn't agree. You can just wait to accept my conditions and become my slave!

At this moment, Machida Wanko finally couldn't hold back. To prevent Yamada Elf from saying anything even more embarrassing, she kindly reminded her, "Um, Yamada Elf teacher, Battle Through the Heavens has reached an agreement with Cherry Blossom Workshop, and the contract will be signed next Monday."

So, barring any unforeseen circumstances, you've already lost the game.

"Huh? What nonsense are you talking about? Do you think I would believe your bluff?" Yamada Elf naturally didn't think Machida Wanko was telling the truth. She just thought that she was saying it to save face for Tsuchimikado Fuyu.

After all, the phrase "unless something unexpected happens" is quite interesting. In other words, even if the contract isn't signed on Monday, it can be attributed to an unexpected event!

Therefore, in Yamada Elf's eyes, Machida Wanko said this partly to save face for Tsuchimikado Fuyu, and partly to trick him into admitting defeat in advance.

"Well! If that's what you think, Yamada Elf-sensei, then I have nothing to say. Just remember to check our official announcements on Monday." Machida Wanko shrugged and said helplessly.

After all, he had already said so much, and there was nothing he could do if Yamada Elf didn't believe him.

Anyway, if she loses the game and ends up crying and feeling embarrassed, it'll be her own fault, it has nothing to do with me.

On the other side, Kasumigaoka Utaha, who knew herself very well as an editor, looked thoughtfully at the three people in front of her.

Although she didn't know exactly what happened between Tsuchimikado Fuyu and Yamada Elf, judging from Machida Wanko's reaction, this little girl who hadn't experienced the harsh realities of society seemed to be at a disadvantage!

However, this kind of thing has nothing to do with her; in this matter, she is just a bystander.

Chapter 845 Kana Nayuta

Speaking of anime adaptations, Kasumigaoka Utaha recalled that Machida Wanko had mentioned to her before that animation and game companies had their eyes on her "White Album Metronome" and wanted to adapt it.

To be honest, this incident made her both happy and disappointed.

She was happy that her lightness was recognized, but disappointed that the other person recognized not her love rhythm, but Tsuchimikado Fuyu's creativity.

Of course, this was just something Machida Wanko mentioned casually, and when it would be adapted was still unknown, so Kasumigaoka Utaha didn't take it to heart.

For her, the most important thing now is to give herself a perfect ending.

After all, both the main story "Love Metronome" and the side story "Snow White Metronome" have already entered the final stage.

"By the way, are you really going to make this into an anime, you scumbag?" Kasumigaoka Utaha asked softly after Yamada Elf left.

Tsuchimikado Fuyu smiled slightly at Kasumigaoka Utaha, and then, just as she was filled with anticipation, he said something that almost made her have a heart attack: "Guess!"

Kasumigaoka Utaha gritted her teeth and glared at Tsuchimikado Fuyu, then left without looking back.

"Huh, is she angry?" Tsuchimikado Fuyu turned around and asked Machida Wanko, looking somewhat bewildered.

"This is the first time I've ever seen Ms. Kasumi get so angry! Ms. Tianyu is really amazing."

I'll take that as a compliment.

“Machida Wanko looked at Tsuchimikado Fuyu, who was pretending to be stupid, rolled her eyes at him speechlessly, and then left.”

Before long, all the judges and staff were in place. At this moment, the editor-in-chief walked onto the stage to give a speech for the competition, welcomed by the host.

Fortunately, the speech was very short, lasting less than two minutes. He briefly thanked everyone for coming and then explained the competition process and what everyone needed to do.

He concluded by saying, "So, I hereby declare the 16th Fantastic Library Newcomer Award Finals officially open."

As the editor-in-chief announced, all the judges picked up the manuscripts in front of them.

People don't read the manuscripts exactly according to their order.

Some people randomly pick a stack and start reading, or they read them in order.

Some people are picky and choose, taking out whichever name they like.

Others had already seen many entries in the preliminary rounds and chose their favorites to read about later.

As for Tsuchimikado Fuyu, he's the kind of person who picks and chooses; he looks at the names first, and if the name is interesting, he looks at it first, and if he's not interested, he looks at it last.

After all, when you don't know the quality of a work, the most attractive things are its name and synopsis.

These light novels are all just drafts now, and Tsuchimikado Fuyu hasn't looked into them beforehand, so naturally, he can only look at the names first.

There's no need to read Kuroneko's; I wrote it together with her bit by bit, and Tsuchimikado Fuyuki almost memorized the content, so you can skip it.

After glancing at the other nine books, Tsuchimikado Fuyu suddenly spotted two that caught his eye: "Mei Dushi" and "Ma Po Cang Qiong"—just kidding, nothing more, hehe!

Let's not even talk about Ma Po Cang Qiong; it's obviously imitating me. But seeing this name, Tsuchimikado Fuyu felt a strange sense of unease, and at the same time, he wanted to complain about it like crazy.

Goodness, I never expected this thing to still appear in a crossover anime world. I'm truly impressed.

Especially after reading the contents, Tsuchimikado Fuyu had a feeling that "Could this author also be a time traveler?!"

After all, it's about turning fighting spirit into a horse. Even if you're a war god, you can't catch me because my horse runs faster than yours, and so on.

Fortunately, the author messed up. It's quite obvious from the second half that the imitation was poor, with humor outweighing plot and rationality, causing the first volume to completely collapse. It was then hastily concluded, making it a lighthearted, unfinished work that ended with the first volume.

The fact that this book passed the first round was purely by chance. The other party probably just wanted to write it for fun, but because only the first half was released in the first round, everyone only saw the interesting plot, so it passed smoothly.

As for another book that interested Tsuchimikado Fuyu, it wasn't the title or the content, but rather the fact that, in Tsuchimikado Fuyu's memory, the book seemed to have been written by Kousaka Kirino.

Then he looked at the author's name, "Rino".

Alright, that's right, this was written by Kirino Kousaka.

Upon closer inspection, there are quite a few flaws, the most fatal being the immature writing style.

However, although the content of this book is somewhat like a patchwork of various Gaga-style fan service stories, and the plot is very old-fashioned, it is very much in line with the current market. From a purely commercial point of view, it is definitely a success.

After all, Kirino Kousaka's control over fan service is almost on par with Yamada Elf's, which shows that she has played quite a few games of this type.

Time passed little by little, and everyone gradually finished reading the ten manuscripts. Although they didn't read them in detail, they all had a general understanding of the situation.

After all, those who can serve as judges are not laymen, so this level of expertise is not a problem for everyone.

Moreover, of these ten books, only one is truly captivating enough to make one want to savor it carefully: Silver Season!

When I first saw this book, I didn't realize it was written by Tsuchimikado Fuyu. It was only after I finished reading the whole book and couldn't help but reread it that I noticed the author.