Sumire Tohsaka

Although I heard from Amano Fumyo that Maki Yumeto has the intention of collaborating with her on a new picture book, Tohsaka Sumire only asked Amano editor to reject the other party for her on the grounds that "I have a lot of work recently and want to take a break". .

The reason is very simple. Although she likes the novels of Yumeto Sanaki, she doesn't want to cooperate with Yumeto Sanaki.

Amano Fumyang also expressed his understanding.

"Although I am looking forward to what kind of stories you two will create when you cooperate. But I also understand your feelings." He said, "Mengren is a difficult person to get along with."

Sumire Tohsaka nodded silently.

Yes.

She clearly remembered that the first time she met Zhenmu Mengren was at the company's annual meeting. The guy looked at her for a while, and suddenly said to her——

"You are the kind of person who is easily cursed, Asahi-sensei."

He said to her with a smile.

Fumyo Amano seemed to recall this scene too, he sighed slightly, and showed that slightly regretful smile to Sumire Tohsaka.

"I'll help you say no over there," he said.

Although the personality is very distorted in some aspects, Fumyo Amano is an excellent editor after all, and he will not force the authors under him to create creations that are not suitable for him.It can even be said that he cared too much for his writers.

Sumire Tohsaka thought this episode was over.

However, she did not expect that when school was over the next day, she heard a long-lost commotion at the gate of Luoshan High School.

Students gathered at the school gate, and even some teachers were among them, which almost caused a traffic jam at the school gate during the end of school hours when there was already a lot of people.

With such a scale, it almost makes people think that some star idol came to the entrance of Luoshan High School to shoot the scene.

When Sumire Tohsaka just walked out of the school gate, she had a bad premonition, and when she saw the luxury car, this bad premonition reached its peak.

In the middle of the crowd, the man surrounded by everyone suddenly turned his face. He smiled, rejected all the hands that were stretched out to him, and walked towards this side instead.The crowd stepped aside like Moses divided the Red Sea, making way for him.

"Ah, the person I was waiting for is here."

The person greeted her in a voice that everyone could hear, but it was Sumire Tohsaka's pseudonym.

"Long time no see, Asahi-sensei."

"..."

Sumire Tohsaka was silent for a while, then turned around silently.

"Ms. Maki." She called the person's name in an emotionless voice.

Maki dreamer.

A novelist who is close to my own age, and a ghost writer who specializes in horror stories.

Unlike Haruka Asahi, who is low-key and almost autistic, Yumeto Sanaki is also an extremely active type among high-profile writers.

Not only debuted directly under his real name, but also always wore a very elite three-piece high-end suit, and was active in the media as a famous writer.

Ordinary people are afraid of sudden success, and even consciously or unconsciously procrastinate and screw things up in order to avoid too terrible success.As the saying goes, "not to be envied by others is mediocrity", reputation is a double-edged sword, and success itself means attracting curses and envy from others.

But Maki Yumeto is different, he always shows off his success with that sarcastic smile.

Disabled right leg, born in the countryside, dropped out of school... No matter how you look at it, they are all people at the bottom, and they are only worthy of appearing in the parent's dinner table conversation as a negative example of "absolutely not like him...".

However, Yumeto Sanaki has an amazing writing talent. At the age of 15, he made a stunning debut with his debut work "Curse Test".

If a man in a situation like his suddenly achieves such great success and falls into the praise of everyone, he will inevitably become self-inflated to the point where he can't find his way.

The so-called "killing with a flattery is more terrible than killing with a club", because the flattery of others will inevitably make people forget who they are, their shortcomings, and their mistakes, thinking that they have grasped the truth...

After being carried to the shrine for a long time, I also forgot that I was a mortal.

Maki Mengren will not be like this.

No matter how many turmoil he has experienced, whether he is praised or attacked, praised or ridiculed, his eyes have never changed.

Yes, just like the way he looked at Sumire Tohsaka now, it was no different from when they first met.

"It's rare to come to Kyoto, so I want to visit Mr. Asahi."

The young man's tone was quite theatrical, and he sounded like he was on some kind of stage.He wears a three-piece couture suit, and because of a disabled right leg, he always uses a cane, which makes his overall style almost artificial.

"There are too many people here, it's not convenient to talk." He opened his arms and turned sideways exaggeratedly, "Please get in the car. Be sure to give me a chance to invite Mr. Asahi to dinner."

The crowd rioted.Many people couldn't help whispering and whispering with various expressions.

"Ms. Asahi? Did you hear that? He called her Teacher Asahi!"

"Mr. Maki can be called Asahi-sensei, could it be—"

"Who else can it be! It must be Asahi Haruka! Yes, yes, the age is also right-wow! Asahi Haruka is actually studying in our school!"

"..."

Sumire Tohsaka was silent for a while.

Although when she accepted the event, she thought that she would definitely be recognized by the people around her one day... It's rather strange to be recognized by her classmates now...

But this kind of scene of falling off the horse unexpectedly was never in her expectation under the watchful eyes of so many people.

"I see."

Tohsaka Sumire looked at the crowd gathered around, and their curious and excited eyes, couldn't help but sighed softly, and got into Maki Yumeto's car.

The driver quickly started the car, leaving the continuous exclamations and erupting discussions far behind.

For a moment, there was only a barely audible whine of air-conditioning blowing in the car.

"I didn't expect Mr. Zhaori to transfer to Luoshan. I thought you would stay in Liyuan until the day you grow old."

Yumeto Maki looked at Sumire Tohsaka, showing his usual...sarcastic smile.

"However, your appearance hasn't changed at all, because it's so unexpected that I was surprised. I thought that even Mr. Asahi would change if it was hard to get outside."

Sumire Tohsaka sighed again.She reached out and brushed the long hair that had slipped from her sideburns behind her ears.

"Teacher Maki." She turned her face, her gem-like green eyes fixedly stared at Mengren Maki's face, "You came to Luoshan to announce my identity on purpose, probably just to mock me, right? ? In my impression, although you have always been boring, you are not so boring."

"Well... I retract my preface."

Yumeto Sanaki heard Sumire Tohsaka's sarcasm, but the smile on his face became a little more sincere.He stroked his chin with one hand, adding a bit of interest to his eyes.

"Ms. Asahi hasn't changed... Isn't this more human? It seems that after you left Liyuan, a lot of things happened to you. If it was before, no matter how ironic I am, Mr. Asahi is not the same. I'll take it to heart."

Just like when they first met, when he suddenly said "You are the kind of person who is easily cursed", Tohsaka Sumire's expression did not change at all, but she just looked away in disinterest.

Compared with the way she didn't care at that time, Sumire Tohsaka, who would directly fight back and frankly express her dislike for him, made Maki Yumeto find it much more interesting.

"You're really more boring than before, Maki-sensei."

Sumire Tohsaka withdrew her gaze, and turned her gaze out of the window in a bored manner.Because of the lingering bad mood that the previous incident had brought her, she now spoke in a much less polite manner than usual.

"If you just want to come and tease me, please stop now, I'm getting out of the car."

"Indeed, as Mr. Asahi said, although I am a very boring guy, I am not so boring."

Maki Yumeto laughed and raised his left foot casually.

"I said, isn't Teacher Asahi not curious at all? Why did I suddenly ask you to collaborate on a picture book before?"

"..."

Hearing this question, Sumire Tohsaka finally turned his gaze back to his face.

Indeed, considering the huge difference in the style of their works, and the relationship they can only say "meet", she can't say that she is not at all curious about this sudden collaboration invitation.

"I've been investigating the curse of 'falling from a height' recently. In order to collect materials, I searched all the way from Guanbuzi to Tokyo, and then from Tokyo to Kyoto. As a result, I found a very interesting thing."

Yumeto Sanaki propped his cheek with one hand, and cast his interested eyes on Sumire Tohsaka's face.

"You know, Asahi-sensei." He continued with a smile, "You are cursed."

Seeing Sumire Tohsaka's unwavering expression, Yumeto Sanaki raised his eyebrows.

"What, look at you, you already know."

"It's hard not to think of it." Tohsaka Sumire's tone was very calm, "After all, even if it's an accident... there are too many times."

Yes.

Although everything can be explained by "coincidence", if an accidental disaster happens to the same person four or five times in a row, it cannot be accidental.

"Then, let me just talk about the results of my investigation."

Maki Yumeto propped his chin with one hand and continued with a smile.

"As far as the venue is concerned, most of the incidents of falling from high-altitude buildings occurred in Kyoto City, and they gradually spread to the surrounding areas until recently. The 'James of the Brave' popular among the children was first popular in a certain elementary school in Kyoto. It’s a test of courage. Interestingly, I heard some people in the industry say that the building that finally became a cursed building was an abandoned building in Mihuacho, Tokyo.”

He paused, and the smile on his face silently widened.

"Out of curiosity, I went to the abandoned building. As a result, I found a very interesting thing inside. Guess what it is?"

"..."

"A cursed doll made from the hair of the victim."

Maki Yumeto's tone sounded extremely happy.

"It's the real thing, it's completely real. It's rare to see something with such a high purity of curse. The person who made that kind of thing is definitely an expert, a rare master of curse. So I specifically called Amano to ask about it." edit--"

Tohsaka Sumire softly explained the result for him.

"Last weekend, I went to Mihua Town."