Reborn in Tokyo after picking up Sayu who ran away from home

Chapter 659 Bottleneck Period

On Thursday, everything in the "TYPE-MOON" studio was as usual.

"呵啦~" sounded.

Ying Lili tore off a piece of sketch paper with great force, crumpled it into a ball and threw it into the trash can, and leaned back in the chair slumped, muttering to herself.

"...As expected, it still doesn't work."

"Huh? Mr. Kashiwagi Eri, did you say something?"

Sagara Mayu, who was sitting next to her, took off the earphones in her ears and looked over inquiringly.

"Ah... well, it's nothing, I was just talking to myself."

In order to conceal the embarrassment in her heart, Ying Lili took the initiative to ask back.

"So what? Miss Xiangle, which picture are you drawing...Wait——you're just playing with your phone! Is it working time now??"

"Ah~ Oops, have you been found?"

Xiangle Zhenyou stuck out her tongue as if acting cute, and said frankly:
"Sorry, I'm just a little fascinated by watching the video sent by Ms. Kato, and I accidentally forgot the time. Hehehe..."

"Huifa's video... Huh? Where is it? Why didn't I receive the notification?"

"Ah, it's not posted now. I'm referring to the videos about Master that Ms. Kato posted in the contact group yesterday."

"Is that so..."

"It means that the master is really good~! Mr. Eri Kashiwagi thinks so, too?"

"Eh?"

"It's the music created by the master, music~"

Xiang Lezhen put a little force on the ground with one foot, and pushed his swivel chair towards Ying Lili with the reaction force, placed the mobile phone in the center of each other's field of vision, and adjusted it to the external mode.

Ying Lili glanced at the screen of the mobile phone. On it was a video of Kato Yusuke conducting the musicians.

"That's great~ I really want to see the handsome look of the master, but Kato-san is too cunning. Also, these songs are really cute~~~"

"...That idiot, doing this kind of showy thing again."

"Hee hee~ After all, he is a master."

Sagara Mayu said with a smile: "But to be honest, hearing such a great song makes me look forward to the completion of the game even more~~~"

Ying Lili remained silent, feeling inexplicably anxious in her heart.

Such emotions are not aimed at others, but at yourself.

She is currently in a certain bottleneck period, and her inspiration and creativity have been severely hit, so that no matter what she looks at now, she doesn't like it, and she doesn't know how to get out of the predicament.

Although the person told her not to worry, she still couldn't get rid of this negative emotion and fell into a state of self-doubt.

Especially at this moment, the more eye-catching Kato Yusuke behaved, the more she felt guilty.

Obviously the other party had high hopes for her, but she couldn't draw anything.Like being stuck in a quagmire, the pressure made her suffer.

Ying Lili watched the video uninterestedly for a while, casually said a few words about Sagara Mayu, and decided to continue drawing pictures.

Trim the pencil slightly with a pencil sharpener.

Then use a feather broom to sweep away the rubber crumbs on the sketchbook.

Pick up a pencil.

Close your eyes and picture what you want in your mind.

After a while, she numbly opened her eyes.

He obviously wanted to cheer up, but his mind went blank.

This situation has lasted for more than a day or two, and now I am getting used to it.

She stared blankly at the blank sketchbook for a while, feeling bored with drawing for the first time.

The pencil twirled a few times on the beautiful fingertips.

Faced with the situation that she couldn't draw the original painting, she planned to draw something else first, so she started to paint.

rustle, rustle~
The pencil scratches the paper, and time flows quietly.

Half an hour later, Sagara Makoto put down the phone contentedly.

Seeing that Ying Lili was still painting, she couldn't help poking her head curiously, and then saw such a picture——

On the drawing paper, a girl in a gym suit is tied to a vaulting horse in a sports warehouse, surrounded by a few people without facial features, wantonly spraying some kind of paint on her body.

"—!?"

Xiang Lezhen's face turned pale, and she blushed and yelled, "Yeahhhhhh~~!"

"—Wow!!"

Ying Lili shook her body, she was also very frightened by her, and even took out the pencil, "Wait, why are you suddenly scary...!"

"Because, because..."

Xiangle Zhenyou covered her face with her hands, opened her eyes wide between her separated fingers, and stared at the uncorrected sketches in the sketchbook that hadn't painted over the sensitive parts.

"Kashi... Kashiwagi Eri-sensei! The game we make should not have such content, right? It should be a warm and touching theme, right?"

"?"

Ying Lili looked back and forth between the sketchbook and her face, and waved her hands disapprovingly.

"Oh... You said this. Don't worry, this is not the original painting of the game, but a random essay I used to relax. You are also the creator yourself, why are you making such a fuss?"

"An essay for relaxation..."

Xiangle Mayu stared straight at the helpless girl on the drawing paper, and said with some difficulty:

"Hmm... Well, although I also have the habit of drawing essays... But Eri Kashiwagi-sensei's way of relaxing is really...uh, unique taste? Shouldn't it make you feel uneasy?"

"Really? I've always drawn like that anyway."

"All the time!? Ah... no, it is indeed the big touch of the Ling family, Mr. Kashiwagi Eri is really amazing..." Xiangle Zhenyu praised against his will, and the corners of his dry smile twitched slightly.

"Hmph, what's the matter?"

Ying Lili saw that her words were insincere, curled her lips and said:

"Speaking of it, Yusuke's notebooks were even more eclectic when he debuted. The content in them is so powerful that even now some fans invite him to come back."

Sagara Mayu put on an indescribable face.

"...Wow~~ It's the first time I've seen someone use eclectic descriptions to describe the author of NR works, Mr. Kashiwagi Eri, you really like the master~"

"haha a--!?"

Ying Lili, who was still there a second ago, blushed instantly.

"Wait! I'm just talking about the facts! Why do you talk about liking this kind of topic? You are so annoying, why are you either fishing or gossiping! Work hard!"

"Hey, but~~~"

Xiangle covered her mouth and snickered.

"Even if you say that, Kashiwagi Eri-sensei, all the work in hand has been completed. Before you and the master give me a new picture, there is nothing I can do~"

"Well--!"

Ying Lili shook her body, speechless.

Is this disgusting that my progress is too slow...?
She couldn't help thinking like this, and couldn't help but feel lost.

At this time, Shi Yu just walked into the office with two cups of coffee and put one of them in front of her.

"Here, Sawamura, this cup of coffee is for you, you don't have to thank me."

Seeing this scene, Xiangle couldn't help but laugh.

"Hey~ Teacher Kashiko is so eccentric! The coffee is only given to Teacher Eri Kashiwagi, isn't your relationship too good?"

"Miss Sagara, what nonsense are you talking about? I originally made this cup of coffee for Yu-chan, but he was called to apply for music copyright, so it's just cheap for Sawamura."

"Eh? Master is applying for music copyright?"

"Yeah, Yu-chan's video of him singing at Cube Company yesterday was posted on the Internet. Kano and Kato asked him to register the copyright, and the three of them are dealing with this matter in the conference room right now."

"The video of master singing!? Liar? Where is it? I want to see it, I want to see it!"

"On YouTube, you can search for "The Big Tuanzi Family" and you will be able to find it."

"Okay~~~~~"

So Xiangle Mayu immediately put on the earphones and began to fiddle with the phone.

Shiyu cast her eyes on the workbench, paused for a moment in Yinglili's sketchbook, and asked, "...Sawamura, what are you drawing?"

"...Nothing." Ying Lili took a sip of coffee and said casually, "I'm just drawing essays to relax."

"Oh?" Shi Yu sat down on the seat next to her, raised her eyebrows and looked at her, "In other words, you still haven't made any progress on the original painting, right?"

"You are so noisy, leave me alone."

"Hey, it doesn't seem to make sense to talk about you in this situation... why don't you tell me what you're worrying about, maybe I can give you some advice?"

"You don't know how to draw."

"I'm also a creator. Some things are interoperable in nature. How do you know if you don't tell me?"

"..."

Ying Lili drank a few more sips of coffee, hesitated for a while, and asked suspiciously:

"Then... what if, I mean, what would you do if you were uninspired?"

"For example, you obviously want to cheer up and work hard to create, but the things you write can't satisfy you no matter what. For this reason, you can't help but doubt yourself..."

"At a time like this...how do you always...?"

Shi Yu took a deep look at her, then lowered his head slightly to think, and raised his head after a while.

"About this issue... If it was in the past, I would talk to my editor or go out to collect materials or something.

Now, as long as Yu-chan is willing to treat me gently, my inspiration will flow out continuously, okay? "

Ying Lili frowned, and muttered: "I think [-]% of what you will come up with is not inspiration, but something else?"

"...The erotic author who painted Ling Tong Renben is so incomprehensible. Every word she utters is extremely obscene. It will only make people worry about her future social life."

"I don't want to be written as a model student, only to find out that it's a sullen female author immersed in erotic delusions who said that!"

"...I listen to your troubles with good intentions, and you treat me like this?"

"Who told you to speak in such a misleading tone on purpose, and even show a youthful face!"

"...I don't know what you're talking about, and I don't remember making that shameful face... Cough, anyway—"

Shiyu put the mug of coffee on the table and let out a sigh: "I generally understand your state. Simply put, Sawamura, you are in a bottleneck period, right?"

Ying Lili straightened her face and closed her lips.

Seeing her deceiving her ears, Shi Yu turned her head slightly in amused manner, and pondered for a moment.

"Well~ To be honest, I don't have any good advice for you in this regard, after all, you still have to survive this kind of thing by yourself.

Whether you fall from the ashes or rise from the ashes depends entirely on yourself, and no one else can help you.This is a process that every creator goes through. "

A brief silence.

"Tsk... why are you acting like someone who has experienced it? You have just written a work! Where did you get such a deep understanding?"

Facing Yinglili's question, Shiyu lowered his eyes slightly and answered softly.

"...Sentiment is only affected by experience and has nothing to do with other things.

For me, the process of pursuing Yu-chan has been a lot of pain.

Compared with that kind of thing, the bottleneck of creation is not worth mentioning at all. "

"Xiazhiqiu Shiyu...you..." Ying Lili looked at her speechlessly, her expression a little moved.

"Well, let's not talk about those that are available."

Shi Yu waved his hand casually, and dismissed this sad topic.

"At least it's a good thing that you haven't given up your efforts yet. As for the bottleneck period, you will naturally break through when the time comes."

"...What?" Ying Lili said with a bitter face: "Your words are the same as if you didn't say anything. I am a fool for expecting you without authorization!"

"Ah, I'm serious, okay? For creators like us, the most terrifying thing is not the pressure, but the indulgence and self-abandonment of those who value us?"

"……What's the meaning?"

"It means that you and I belong to the type that the greater the external pressure, the more we will be able to stimulate our potential, and vice versa, we will lack the motivation to forge ahead."

Shiwa made a statement calmly.

"Fortunately, Yu-chan didn't intend to coddle you in this regard, and you didn't give up your efforts either.

Wouldn't that be fine?

As long as the two of you can maintain this state, your bottleneck period will break through sooner or later.

Now it can only be said that the time has not yet come, no matter how much you worry about it, it is useless, you might as well relax a little bit. "

"opportunity……"

Ying Lili read this word lightly and fell into deep thought.

At this time, Xiangle Mayu suddenly yelled.

"Ah~ It's Renjian-san and Kato-san, are you here? I heard from Mrs. Kasumi Shiko, have you applied for the music copyright?"

At the entrance of the office, the two people whose names were called walked in together.

Kanoko Hasumi answered Mayu Sagara's question.

"Well, although it took some time, I finally submitted all the materials, and the next step is to wait for the review by the Patent Office."

In fact, she has been preparing for this matter since she received Hui's contact yesterday, but it was delayed until today due to the large amount of information to be filled out.

Sagara Mayu said again: "By the way, I just watched the video of Master singing on the Internet. Everyone in the comment area said it was so cute and nice to listen to!"

This time it was Kei who spoke up.

"Well, let's not talk about the "good to hear" comment, the ones who say "so cute" are probably girls, right? "

"That's right, that's right! And most of them are members of Master's support group~!"

"Well, I guess so."

"..."

Shi Yu glanced at the direction of the entrance, wondering: "Xiao Jia Nai, where is Yo-chan?"

"Kato-kun's words are still in the meeting room."

Hasami Kanoko explained with a smile.

"The people from Cube Company are talking to him. They seem to have found the employee who leaked the video. They are now negotiating to deal with this matter. Kato-kun should come later."

Shiyu nodded lightly to express her understanding, and then continued to unravel Ying Lili, playing the role of a confidant big sister.

……

(End of this chapter)