When the hodgepodge world of anime meets the shadow king

"Kasumigaoka-senpai, please join my club!"

On the rooftop, Aki Tomoya sincerely invited Kasumigaoka Utaha

"Club?" Kasumigaoka Utaha turned her eyes away from the notebook in her hand and looked at the boy in front of her.

"Yes, I want to set up a club that makes galgames. Senior, your "Love Metronome" has shown your potential. With your joining, our club will surely be a great success!" Amaki Tomoya said excitedly.

"Love Metronome... huh..." Kasumigaoka Utaha was a little distracted when she heard this familiar name.

"Yes, Senior, your "Love Metronome" is a rare masterpiece! I can't wait to read the third volume!"

"Feel sorry…"

Kasumigaoka Utaha came back to her senses

"Love Metronome has been cancelled"

"Huh?! Why...why? Didn't the sales of the second volume improve later on? There's no reason for the Fuzugawa Bunko to cut it off!" Aki Tomoya was horrified.

"The library didn't cut it off, I gave up on it myself," said Kasumigaoka Utaha, shaking her head.

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At that time, she submitted her novel to the Fuzugawa Library with full confidence, and the novel was successfully published.

As proud as she was, she thought she could easily gain a foothold in the light novel industry, but reality soon dealt her a heavy blow.

The sales of the second volume of the novel were extremely poor. Those merchants who had purchased "Love Metronome" said they were losing money and wanted to withdraw their products. Fuzugawa Bunko also told her that the novel might be forced to be cut short.

During that time, she went to the bookstore every day and stayed there for the whole day, just hoping that someone would praise her novel after reading it by saying "Oh, this author writes well." Unfortunately, her efforts were ultimately a drop in the bucket.

Just when she was discouraged, he walked into the bookstore

Kitahara Akira walked straight to the counter and, despite the boss's advice, insisted on buying the "Love Metronome" which was being taken off the shelves.

As he was looking at it, he kept muttering, "This is the love metronome. I have been looking for it for a long time and finally found it."

"Someone actually came to buy my book." This was her inner thought at the time

A novel with dismal sales that was about to be cancelled actually had readers come to buy it

Out of curiosity, she approached and started chatting with Kitahara Akira.

Surprisingly, they had never met before, but he seemed to know her very well and asked many questions that she had never noticed.

Just like a Thousand-Li Horse meeting Bole, Han Xin meeting Xiao He, Azhen meeting Aqiang, Chunjiao meeting Zhiming, and the Joker meeting Batman, you all feel that it is a destined arrangement when you meet her.

Kasumigaoka Utaha also felt that she had met her soulmate, so she revealed her identity and took the initiative to exchange contact information with him.

Only then did she realize that the other person was from the same school as her, and was a junior one grade below her.

There is no doubt that she is stunningly beautiful and has an outstanding figure, so she has a large number of admirers in the school.

She thought that Kitahara Xiao would be as eager to send her messages to please her as those boys.

Until midnight, she looked at the blank chat interface and fell into deep thought...

Thinking about the pleasant conversation during the day, she couldn't help but send a message to Kitahara Xiao.

"Are you there?"

The moment she pressed the send button, she felt an inexplicable regret.

"Maybe he's already asleep."

She hypnotized herself and wanted to withdraw the message, but it was too late

"Sorry I didn't take any notes. Who are you?"

Kitahara Akira's reply petrified her on the spot

He actually forgot about me! Damn it! Is my charm so low?!

She was sulking for a while, but she didn't forget her purpose. She told Kitahara Xiao her identity and said she wanted to ask him some questions.

The two chatted for a long time, and she really didn't make a mistake and gained a lot.

It's just that Kitahara Xiao is very slow in replying to messages. Usually, she asks three or four questions before Kitahara Xiao replies one.

She didn't know if it was her illusion, but she always felt that Kitahara Xiao was chatting with someone else at the same time.

"It's late at night, he's not chatting with his girlfriend, is it not nice for me to disturb them like this?" She couldn't help but think

"Ha, how is that possible? This guy smells like a virgin, how can he have a girlfriend?" Kasumigaoka Utaha lied to herself

(The fact is that Kitahara Akatsuki was chatting with Kato Megumi at the same time that night and they chatted very late, as Megumi's mother mentioned in Chapter 9)

The relationship between the two gradually became closer, and naturally became friends.

Until that night, she finally plucked up the courage to ask Kitahara Akira whether she should stick with "Love Metronome"

Kitahara Xiao was silent for a long time, and the message he sent was incoherent.

“If you really love it, do your best to do it.”

That night, she rarely chatted with Kitahara Akira, but lay in bed thinking about the meaning of this sentence.

“Be the best…”

Finally, she decided

Cut it off!

The gears of fate began to turn

Maybe it's a joke of fate, or maybe it's the blessing of heaven, or maybe it's the watchful eyes of gods.

That night, she also acquires a supernatural humanoid creature, which she calls the "Love Metronome"!

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"Senior? Senior!" Akitomo waved in front of Kasumigaoka Utaha.

"Hmm? What?" Kasumigaoka Utaha's thoughts were brought back to the present.

"Why did you cut yourself off? Your grades have obviously improved, haven't they?" Akitomo asked puzzled.

"Because I don't think it's perfect enough, it's that simple" Kasumigaoka Utaha looked at Aki Tomoya

Although the day after she decided to cut the film, "Love Metronome" became a big hit due to the recommendation of Tomoya Aki, she did not regret it.

It should be said that she never regretted any choice she made.

"But...but" Aki Tomoya wanted to argue a few more words

"No buts, if you want to argue with me about this, I'll excuse you." She turned around and wanted to leave.

"Sorry... I'm sorry! So, senior, how are you thinking about joining our club..." Aki Tomoya quickly apologized and changed the subject.

"…What is the specific content of the game?" Kasumigaoka Utaha decided to think about it.

Although she didn't need Tomoya Aki's help, his recommendation brought her some popularity and traffic, which was equivalent to owing him a favor.

She hated owing favors to others, so if this club was reliable, helping them make a game would be considered a favor.

"It's like this, I plan to use Kitahara and Kato as the male and female protagonists, and the content of the prologue will be..." Aki Tomoya told Kasumigaoka Utaha about his plan

"Wait a minute," Kasumigaoka Utaha interrupted him.

"This Kitahara classmate, could it be Kitahara Akatsuki..." Kasumigaoka Utaha asked with an unnatural look on her face.

Kitahara may be a surname, but she happens to know a couple who are on good terms, Kitahara and Kato.

"Yes, senior sister, do you know him?" Aki Tomoya asked doubtfully.

But when he looked at Kasumigaoka Utaha's expression, he felt that the two of them were more than just acquaintances.

"Since this is a club that makes games, you should have a plan, right? Let me see it." Kasumigaoka Utaha did not answer him directly.

Since Kitahara Akatsuki is also in this club, it's no big deal for her to join, and she can also repay Aki Tomoya's favor.

"Yes, yes!" Seeing Kasumigaoka Utaha's attitude change so quickly, Amaki Tomoya was overjoyed and hurriedly took out the business plan he had prepared from his bag.

Kasumigaoka Utaha took it and looked at it for a while, and her veins suddenly popped up.

"You call this a business plan?!!!" She pointed the side with the words at Aki Tomoya

There are only a few lines of words on the plan, which looks extremely unreliable.

"The fifth grader next door to me has more words in his essay than you!"

As she said this, she crumpled it into a ball and threw it at Aki Tomoya's feet.

"If this is the extent of your sincerity, then I advise you to go to bed early. Dreams can hold anything!"

She was really blind. She spent a whole afternoon on him and still expected Akitomo to come up with something reliable.

"Wait! Kasumigaoka-senpai! I can still change!" Aki Tomoya stretched out his hand to try to keep me.

But it was too late. Kasumigaoka stepped down from the rooftop with such force that it seemed as if he wanted to poke a hole through the ground.

"boom!"

There was a loud slamming sound.

Aki Tomoya stood blankly on the rooftop, one hand still raised weakly in the air