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"Hello." The girl in the windbreaker shrank her neck, buried her face in the scarf, put her hands in her pockets, and lowered her head to ask the man lying on the ground.

"Are you awake?"

"Do you still want to die?"

Beside them, red lights flashed on a no-go sign, and a train whizzed by.

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【From Mr. Oda

I haven't received a letter from Oda-kun for many days, so I'm a little worried.

Did Oda-kun put down his writing pen because of his busy work?

Such worries have been spreading in my heart.

I have received many letters from readers, and like Oda-kun, many of them expressed their desire to become writers.

In recent years, every time I reply to these people, I am very careful, for fear that any of my wording will cause the person on the other side to give up their dreams.

Oda-kun was one of the first readers to write to me, and I remember my callousness when I first replied.

At that time, I still thought that there are books in this world that are worth reading, and most of them are not worth reading. Writing those that are not worth reading is not only a waste of the reader's time, but also a waste of the author's time.

So although I received a lot of manuscripts at that time, and those readers asked me for suggestions for their works, I often pointed out every disadvantage and never told them the advantages.At that time, I took those advantages for granted—if I didn’t even have these things, wouldn’t such an article be worth reading at all?

However, I found that I was wrong.I thought that the good books in this world would be enough for me to read until I was a hundred years old, and they could keep me from reading them before I could not write any worthwhile books and decided to die.

But not like this.

Only a few years have passed, and I wish I could take back and burn all the letters I wrote before, and then sincerely apologize to them in person. Although the works of those readers are very problematic-I cannot deny this, but , such a work at least allows people to read on without thinking that they are wasting their time.

There are too few books worth reading in this world!

It's as if there is a ruthless assassin hidden in history. This assassin with predictive ability killed all the authors before they wrote the book, not only burning all their manuscripts, but also erasing these people. traces of existence.

Otherwise, how could there not be a scrap of these people left in history?

What I am happiest now is that I have known Oda-kun. At least the anticipation of waiting for Oda-kun’s story every week can allow me to spend the entire boring week.

Junhei Yamamoto—the man usually referred to as my father, but I prefer to call him my guardian—also received a lot of letters when he first started his writing career, because he could not yet invite In addition to assistants, the publishing house will not arrange a staff member for a writer who is not well-known to help him filter letters from readers, so those letters were sent to our home all at once.At that time, I helped him sort out his letters from readers. Since then, I have read many letters from readers, but whether it is the letters he received or I received, all of them have read our books and are willing to read our books. A fraction of those who write to us send us their own manuscripts with the dream of becoming a writer, and an even smaller fraction of that fraction is gifted.

Oda-kun is one of the best, you want to become a writer is simply the best thing.

I have always believed that when a person is born into this world, he has his established responsibilities.Of course, I’m not a Christian, and I don’t think that everyone should be engaged in a given occupation. Otherwise, the children of politicians are politicians, and the children of businessmen are businessmen. Such a world would be too sad. ?

But I believe that everyone born in this world must be accompanied by special talents.

I was lucky enough to find my talents and my purpose at a very young age, long before you know I wrote my first story.

When I saw Oda-kun’s writing for the first time, and when I saw on that letter paper that Oda-kun wanted to become a writer, I felt a spontaneous sense of happiness.

Oda-kun said that you read the first half of an author's book and were encouraged to write the second half yourself. I couldn't help but smile when I saw this story.

This is really the happiest thing as a writer.

Although Oda-kun didn't say who the writer is, since he didn't say, it must not be me or Yamamoto, but I still feel a sense of happiness that empathizes with me.

I have been looking forward to Oda-kun that you can write your own story. Although you said that you can’t publish it because of your professional relationship, it’s great that you have been insisting on writing.

However, after several months, I have not received a letter from Oda-kun for nearly half a year.

I began to wonder if it was because I said something bad in a letter that caused Oda-kun to give up communicating with me. If so, I beg Oda-kun to forgive me.If you can't forgive me, please Oda-kun continue to write and publish your work so that I can see it.

I doubted myself like this for a few days, however, even though I didn't have many friends in my life, there was no one around me who hated me.I can't believe I'm such a nasty person after all.

Just last month, I opened the cabinet and sorted out all the previous correspondence with Oda-kun, and found that our correspondence had lasted for almost five years.It took me two days to finish reading those letters—it’s not that I’m a slow reader, it’s just that I was fascinated when I read the novel that Oda-kun sent me—I’m finally sure that I didn’t say anything wrong , if Oda-kun decides to break up with me, it must be your problem.

Fortunately, I received a letter from Oda-kun again.Hearing that you said that you couldn't write because of your busy schedule, I was immediately relieved, and the strings that had been tense all the time were relaxed.

When this letter was written, it was already a week after I received Oda-kun’s letter. The reason why I replied so late was that I was preparing for the final exam. Oda-kun knew that I hadn’t gotten rid of the troubles of exam-oriented education.There is another reason, because I want to let Oda-kun experience the anxiety of waiting for the letter, but I am a close friend of Oda-kun after all, so that Oda-kun can also experience the pain of waiting that I have endured for the past six months, That's so inhumane.

So I just made Oda-kun wait for a week before replying.

This letter talks about some messy trifles. I have attached the important manuscript on the next sheet. It is the beginning of a new novel I have recently completed. The whole book is about 20 words, which I wrote in the past six months , Oda-kun probably hasn't seen it yet.

Ps: I originally wanted to send some manuscripts to Oda-kun, but the post office staff said that if they were overweight, they would have to pay extra. The postage from Tokyo to Yokohama was already very expensive, so I only sent Chapter 1, and the rest Part of Oda-kun can wait until it is published half a year later.

PPs: To be honest—after all, Oda-kun, you are a person who really can’t understand hints—actually, I don’t really look forward to your letter, but the story you wrote in the middle of your last letter can bother you next time Should the letter be sent together? :)

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Osamu Dazai lay back on the sofa, read out the last few lines of the letter with emotion, and then started laughing.

Oda Sakuyuki's assistant was holding the attachment mentioned in the letter, a stack of A4 paper about seven or eight sheets thick, which was originally intended to be read, but because Osamu Dazai insisted on reading the previous letter for him, he has not waited until now. look.

"What's the matter? Dazai, it's easy to choke when lying down and talking, and it's more likely to cause tracheal blockage when you laugh like this..."

Before he could finish his words, Osamu Dazai was really tricked, and he choked on himself and began to cough.

Oda Sakunosuke, who had predicted that Osamu Dazai would choke, quickly walked to his side and lifted Osamu Dazai up to prevent him from choking to death.

Bending down and coughing a few times, Osamu Dazai finally recovered, and the first reaction of Osamu Dazai who returned to normal was to record this way of death: "Well...Although I said I was laughing, but laughing Dying is not comfortable..."

After quickly writing down this method of death in the notebook, Dazai Osamu answered Oda Sakunosuke's initial question: "Didn't you hear about Oda Sakuno? Teacher Ayuu's new work will not be published until half a year later. And here is Chapter 1, doesn't this mean that after reading Chapter 1, you have to wait for half a year before reading the next chapter!"

He complained: "Teacher Ayuu must have done it on purpose!"

Oda Sakunosuke hesitated for a moment, and folded the manuscript that hadn't been read yet, so he didn't want to read it, but he still couldn't help but said frankly: "Dazai, you... when I got the letter just now, Didn't you go over with the manuscript first, have you already read it?"

Osamu Dazai's expression froze in the middle of his smile.

"Hahaha... Teacher Ayuu must be joking, right? Odasaku, tell the truth, the teacher must be joking!" Osamu Dazai seemed to have lost his soul, "Didn't you always see Odasaku in advance? The full text? It must be a joke, right? It must be!"

Although Dazai Osamu wanted to change this cruel reality over and over again, Oda Sakunosuke still honestly broke his fantasy.

"It's true. Hibiki-sensei seldom jokes." Seeing Osamu Dazai's tragic situation, Oda Sakunosuke still proposed a credible plan.

"However, you can try to start writing something. For the manuscripts sent by readers, Mr. Xiang will generally read them. If you write well, you may reply with a long reply. If you chat too much, you will send Give us little stories that haven't been published."

"Write it yourself..." Dazai Osamu thought for a while, "Although it feels good, we are running for our lives now. Although it is not a big problem, it is not unavoidable to run for our lives and communicate with our favorite writers at the same time. It's too disrespectful to Mr. Mori who chased us down."

Speaking of this, Dazai Osamu's eyes suddenly lit up: "This idea seems to be good!"

However, this time it was Oda Sakunosuke who shook his head and refused: "You reminded me that this communication will have too much impact on the safety of Mr. Hibiki and Mr. Yamamoto, and I still rely on the owner of the curry shop to forward the letter. It's not safe for the children either. I'd better tell Mr. Hibiki to stop the communication for now."

"Hey!" Osamu Dazai sighed, "Mr. Mori is really evil!"

Oda Sakunosuke picked up the manuscript paper that came with the letter, went to the kitchen, and set fire to the stack of papers on the stove, since he didn't read it, and also to prevent the port mafia who were still chasing after the two of them. It is better to burn any evidence left behind.

After dealing with all this, Oda Sakunosuke also made dinner for tonight. They are now living in the safe house that Osamu Dazai prepared when he planned to leave the port mafia not long ago. Will Osamu Dazai remember to pay the water, electricity and gas bills so that he can Cooking is already very good, if you have to count on him for more, such as preparing some kitchen utensils and seasonings, it is really difficult, so Oda Sakunosuke only cooked a very simple meal.

When he walked to the restaurant with the dinner plate, Oda Sakunosuke was surprised to find that Osamu Dazai was writing something on the coffee table holding a pen and paper.

Oda Sakunosuke showed a relieved smile.

The author has something to say:

①I used what Hui Yuanai said in "The Dead on Baker Street".

The heroine's name, Nian (nian), Can (can) and Ring (xiang), was not chosen by me!It's true, that's her name in the original work!

So let's just call her Loud, pronounced Hibiki

The original form of Hibiki comes from "Hiyo ~ How to Become a Novelist", but the background is used before time travel, so it can be viewed as an original character

This comic is roughly like this: the heroine published her first work at the age of 15, and she won the Akutagawa Award and the Naoki Award. During this period, she made, including but not limited to, violently beat another at her award ceremony because she looked down on her because of her age The winner of the Akutagawa Naoki Award Ceremony beat up the reporter who wrote for her editor, kicked the judge who molested her classmates, followed and threatened the reporter who wanted to film her black material, and finally conquered all kinds of things with her talent. Writers whose age looked down on her, Jiang Langcai who relied on his previous fame to maintain his status, etc., etc., in short, he is a long Aotian.

This cartoon is actually quite unreasonable, but I really like the attitude of that character, that is, everyone will change themselves because of literature, no matter if they are old critics or journalists who want to make black material, they will be rejected because of their true talent. Impressed, get back the original intention of writing or practicing, no one in this is a bad person.

People who can really be moved by simple words like this, no matter how well their novels are written or what their character is, in my opinion, they can all be regarded as qualified novelists.

———Advance receipt———

"How NPCs Get Rich [Western Fantasy]"

Traveling to the magical world in No. 15 years, Mei Weisi, who inherited the small shop at home, met a group of customers with strange names, and she discovered that she was actually an NPC in the game.

This group of players are all fools. The 0-durability old armor they sold to Mei Weiss can be sold back to the players at ten times the price after being scrubbed and polished. A pot of potion can be divided into small bottles and sold as many potions. With two magic lines on it, it can be sold at a sky-high price.

Mei Weisi found a good way to make a fortune.

As long as you give some equipment with magic patterns, players can get anything. The only regret is that they still can't find advanced magic materials.

But Mei Weisi picked up a little monster that claimed to be a demon.

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Train grew up so big, and it was the first time he met such a strange human being. Not only was he not afraid of himself, a big demon, but the most important thing was that he couldn't beat her when he was injured.

And why is her focus so strange!

Meiweisi: "Do you have wings? The kind of feather tips that can be used to draw magic patterns can cut through the wings of a diamond's fallen angel?"

Train: "No."

Meiweisi: "Do you have scales? The scales of the hard dragon that can be ground into powder to make potions?"

Train: "...No."

Meiweisi: "Then... You always have that kind of cute little horns and triangular tails that can't be used as magic materials, right?"

Train: "..."

Mei Weisi (disgusted face): "Oh——"

Train (fried hair): "You wait! When I recover from my injuries, I will go back and pull out the hair of the fallen angel who guarded the door for me and the scales of the magic dragon pulling the cart in our family, and bury you alive! !!"

Mavis: "Okay, okay!"