In this crossover anime, Yoshikage Kira longs for a peaceful life.

"Good morning, Kira-kun."

Kitagawa Kaimu flashed a bright smile and greeted her warmly.

Chapter 9 Ammonia Zinc, Coal-Depleted Technetium

Good morning, Kitagawa-kun.

Kira Yoshikage gazed at the girl's small, fair hands with nail plates on them and calmly replied.

He has a good pair of hands, but he prefers them to be all-natural.

But the pair of shoes in front of me are clearly a waste of resources, like chicken ribs—tasteless to eat, but a pity to throw away.

Even putting aside her hands, Kitagawa Kaimu and he are from completely different worlds. Although it has only been two days since the start of the semester, she has already successfully organized her own little group and is a true "normie".

In the eyes of Yoshikage Kira, who longed for a peaceful life, such people were nothing short of a disaster.

Kitagawa Kaimu sensed something strange about Kira Yoshikage's gaze, but still explained earnestly:

"It's like this, Kira-kun. A girl named Aoyama Nanami just approached you. Do you know her?"

"Aoyama Nanami?" Kira looked up, as if seeing the girl's appearance for the first time.

"Ah."

Kitagawa Kaimu nodded slightly. "It seems she has something very important to tell you, but since you haven't been around, she asked me to pass on the message. Um, could you please add her on LINE? Even just a quick chat would be fine."

With her hands clasped together and a sincere expression, Kitagawa Kaimu was hard to refuse.

LINE?

Kira Yoshikage seemed to be deep in thought. Although he and Aoyama Nanami worked at the same bookstore, they had no interaction outside of work, and they hadn't even added each other on LINE.

"Row."

Yoshikage Kira nodded slightly and took out his phone.

Kitagawa Kaimu put away her phone with a satisfied smile:

Thank you~

The awkward English sounds strange, but for Japanese people, the pronunciation is just right.

But just as she was about to leave, Yoshikage Kira, who had been looking down at his phone, suddenly grabbed her hand:

"Isn't this Aoyama Nanami's LINE account?"

Kitagawa Kaimu winked, gesturing for Kira Yoshikage to look towards the podium, and said slyly:

"Class is about to start~, I'll send you a message on LINE in a bit."

Yoshikage Kira glanced at the teacher who was about to step onto the podium, and then let go of Kaimu Kitagawa's hand.

Kitagawa Kaimu returned to her seat and confidently gave her friend Miura Yumiko an OK sign.

She could have simply given Aoyama Nanami's LINE account to Kira Yoshikage, but Kitagawa Kaimu had her own selfish reasons. She had added almost all of her classmates on LINE, but not Kira Yoshikage, which made her feel that it wasn't perfect.

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No. 8-19, Fujimi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.

Dengeki Bunko Editorial Department.

"Ugh, that's enough!"

Kagurazaka Ayame, with short brown hair and dressed in a professional office lady outfit, sat in front of her computer and sighed deeply.

Although she is no longer an ordinary editor and has signed several authors with outstanding achievements, she is still busy with the newcomer awards that will close in April.

Every year, thousands of light novel works are submitted to the Newcomer Awards. These works are then distributed among various editors, who evaluate them and select the qualified ones.

Although the first round was an open selection process without very strict judging criteria, each light novel submission was a whopping 100,000 words long, totaling 400 million words across 4,000 submissions. And most importantly, the vast majority of these thousands of works were pure toilet paper!

"No, they're not even as good as toilet paper! Toilet paper is only good if it can be published, but these works aren't even worth publishing!"

Kagurazaka Ayame's comments were somewhat influenced by personal feelings.

Toilet paper isn't the most painful thing; the most painful thing is that some works, despite poor writing and a terrible beginning, have brilliant plots. With a little polishing later, they could easily become a hit.

Therefore, in order to avoid missing out on such 'gold', these editors have no choice but to read every single light novel submitted to them to the end.

"Reviewing is already a painful process, and to have to endure the pain of having your eyes contaminated while reading is practically murder!"

Kagurazaka Ayame muttered to herself, but her body obediently continued working, opening yet another submission.

Infinite Stratos

Pen name: 17 years old, afraid that there is not enough violence in school.

"Infinite Stratos?"

Kagurazaka Ayame was slightly surprised. These days, light novel titles are getting longer and stranger. It's indeed rare to see a light novel title like this one with a 'retro' style.

and……

"At 17, I was afraid that there wasn't enough violence in school..."

Kagurazaka Ayame's lips twitched slightly. What kind of pen name is that?

With that in mind, Kagurazaka Ayame clicked on the link.

After only a quick glance, my eyes lit up.

Because the author's writing style is quite excellent!

Even the worst article can at least be described as a collection of flowery phrases.

But when Kagurazaka Ayame finished reading the article, her expression became somewhat subtle:

"The writing is excellent, and the world-building is quite ingenious. Although the plot is somewhat bland, it becomes secondary thanks to the excellent writing and harem elements. The only problem is..."

"Did I submit this to the wrong document library?"

While this light novel is indeed quite excellent, and despite the addition of mecha elements, it's essentially a school romance. This clashes sharply with the isekai (another world) genre primarily promoted by Dengeki Bunko, but it fits perfectly with the neighboring Shinazugawa light novel—

Incidentally, the three major Japanese paperback publishers are actually all part of the same company.

Initially, the three major paperback libraries were indeed independent of each other, but due to mergers and acquisitions among their parent companies, the three major paperback libraries today are actually different departments of the same company.

Of course, the three major libraries remain competitors in order to boost their respective performance.

It's just that much of the vicious competition has turned into healthy competition.

"who cares!"

Kagurazaka Ayame slammed her hand on the table, speaking with righteous indignation:

"Once a manuscript reaches Dengeki Bunko, it becomes a Dengeki Bunko work!"

To prevent the author from running away because she couldn't win the award, Kagurazaka Ayame didn't hesitate to give her the 'Grand Prize' rating!

Anyway, the evaluations are free, and she's not the only one making the selections.

She offered a large reward, but others might offer a gold reward, a silver reward, or even nothing at all.

These evaluations can only determine whether a work passes the first round of selection. Whether it can pass the second and third rounds and enter the finals will require a re-evaluation.

So, it's just a big award evaluation, it's not gone!

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Ring ring!

12: 40.

After all four morning classes have ended, there will be a one-hour lunch break.

Small groups that had gradually formed were gathered in small groups, some pushing tables together to enjoy their homemade lunches. Others left the classroom to head to the cafeteria for lunch.

After all, most of the students are not locals; their parents work in other places and cannot prepare lunch boxes for them.

Kira Yoshikage simply replied to Aoyama Nanami's message on LINE, and then got up and walked out of the classroom.

Yumiko Miura, known for her strong personality and slightly wavy blonde hair, led her friend to an empty stairwell and asked somewhat nervously:

"Hai Meng, how are you?"

"OK~"

Kitagawa Kaimu made a V-sign and showed Miura Yumiko her LINE friend whose contact name was "Kira-kun".

"Phew, thanks!"

Yumiko Miura breathed a sigh of relief, thanked him softly, and saved his contact information on her phone.

Kitagawa Kaimu looked at her cautious manner and found it somewhat strange:

"You could have just gone to him for this yourself, Yumiko, right?"

Yumiko Miura's eyes were somewhat dim, and she offered no explanation.

But her hesitant attitude did not dispel Kitagawa Kaimu's doubts; on the contrary, it made her even more curious.

What exactly happened between them before?

Chapter 10 Da Ga Kou Kou Wa Lu

Ring ring!

At 3:20 PM, as the bell rang for the end of the last class, Yoshikage Kira picked up his bag to leave. But at the same time, two female voices called out to him.

"Kira-kun."

"Yoshikage Kira!"

A blonde beauty, Kitagawa Haimu, was waving and smiling at the tour guide. Beside her, Miura Yumiko, who also had dazzling blonde hair, looked somewhat regretful.

Yumiko Miura wanted to stop her friend right away, but Kaimu Kitagawa, who was about to say something more, shut her mouth because a female teacher with long, straight black hair wearing a white coat was walking towards them at the classroom door.

That was their Mandarin teacher and homeroom teacher, Shizuka Hiratsuka.

Hiratsuka Shizuka walked straight to Kira Yoshikage and spoke bluntly:

"Yoshikage Kira, come with me to the office!"

After saying that, Hiratsuka Shizuka left the classroom without looking back.