Chapter 220: In The Future... Who Will Be The Loser?

Ikioi Ito originally wanted to say hi to Kimura Kazuki and maybe chat awhile. However, seeing the scene in front of him, not only was Kumoko a bit dizzy, but he also felt a bit dizzy.

Why are there four copies of my sister-in-law? What's more, they look exactly the same, though their hairstyles are different upon a closer look.

Quadruplets? Ikioi Ito suddenly thought of something dirty, looking at Kimura Kazuki with eyes filled with envy.

Sigh... It is great being strong. Even anime scenes about love triangles have appeared.

Of course, out of all who were trying to conquer Kimura-kun, apparently the girl with straight, long, black hair, and of immense beauty progressed the most. They had already exchanged names in such an intimate manner. Moreover, it seemed like Kimura Kazuki was not averse to it.

Being one of the gossip-hungry audience, Ikioi Ito was still rooting for Furuhashi Harunaka. After all, they were both members of the Kendo Association, and she was even Kimura-kun's junior. The most important thing was, he could feel that Furuhashi Harunaka was not like before. Her power and skills felt completely different. He was shocked. Could it be that she had suddenly realized her sword power?

If so, Ikioi Ito supported Furuhashi Harunaka even more. In the world of normal people, a marriage was mostly comprised of two people who were from similar backgrounds. Although there were no such rules in the circle of Kendo, if both husband and wife were gifted practitioners who realized their sword powers, their offspring would most probably possess a practitioner's potential. In addition, there was a chance where their child could be a super genius!

Chiba Shiori was obviously just a normal person, having nothing except for her beauty.

Of course, everything depended on Kimura Kazuki's decision.

Nonetheless, clearly Ikioi Ito had misinterpreted things as Kimura Kazuki was most definitely not making any decisions. He did not even have thoughts about love.

Upon seeing Chiba Shiori, he was stunned. "Why are you here too?"

"I came to cheer you on. Are you not touched?" said Chiba Shiori in a rather playful manner, secretly scanning her surroundings after speaking. Seemingly having a conclusion in her mind, she then smiled and said, "Some of the later scenes in the novel are about Kendo. It just so happened that the Jade Dragon Flag Competition has begun, so I am here to gain exposure. Of course, the main reason is to support you."

I see!

Furuhashi Harunaka and the others were instantly cleared of any doubts they had, ignoring the first and last sentence of her explanation, especially Akino, whose eyes immediately brightened. "I have been reading your books recently, and I started to dislike the male protagonist. The minute he gained power, he began to puff up and go against society. He even belittled the famous detective, Shiina Makotoshi who returned from overseas. However, little did he know that every move of his was noted by the detective. Even though he used mind reading, his next moves were still detected. Is the protagonist going to be caught?"

Glancing at Akino, Chiba Shiori could not help but be surprised. She did not expect that Akino would be able to guess correctly.

Indeed... the protagonist of Loading File of Tokyo, Manatsu Hokuto, would always have to experience all sorts of torture before he could execute his power of mind reading. Of course, it was also a part of the plot she had specially arranged. Now that the novel was around 30,000 words, the protagonist had met enough perverse people. Those were psychopathic killers, murderers who dismembered corpses, sufferers of cannibalism... He had also experienced conspiracies of the cult members. Having used his mind reading abilities to get rid of the scoundrels for the sake of the people, the protagonist actually had to go into hiding from the police who were tracking him down.

Any normal person would probably have begun to feel mentally distorted. Therefore, in the recent plot developments, the protagonist, Manatsu Hokuto's personality had already begun to go against the society. He would do anything to achieve his goal, even if it meant killing some innocent townsfolk!

The majority of the readers were able to understand the spiralling downfall of the protagonist's character, but there were also a great many who could not. They discussed the topic in the comment section. Of course, no one had condemned the author... Currently, Loading File of Tokyo was already ranked as the number one light novel on the website "Let's Be A Light Novelist". A lot of publishing companies had already contacted Chiba Shiori, and it could be said that the recognition Loading File of Tokyo had gained was immense.

That was why Chiba Shiori had no need to rush. She only had to do her best in conceiving the ending of the third and the beginning of the fourth volume. With that, even if the novel could not be regarded as a classic, it would definitely be the most popular crime light novel in recent times. Moreover, with her writing speed she could further develop the plot in the time span of these few days. However, she had told her readers that she was going on a break, because the Jade Dragon Flag Competition had begun.

Coincidentally, the plot had progressed to the moment where the protagonist, Manatsu Hokuto, was hunted down to Fukuoka, where the Jade Dragon Flag Competition was held.

In addition to the beginning of the Jade Dragon Flag Competition in reality, many readers were unsurprised. It was likely that Miss Gentera had run off to watch the Jade Dragon Flag Competition, and she wanted to catch the trend in her novel. Of course, as Chiba Shiori was like having tentacles and wrote at least 10,000 words a day, the readers did not object against her break. They were very content with her writing speed. In fact, some of them actually asked Chiba Shiori not to write that fast, in case she rushed her work, giving the novel a bad ending.

"I cannot reveal any spoilers." Facing Akino's questions, Chiba Shiori did not answer. Akino was in no way displeased as she was only curious. If Chiba Shiori were to give out spoilers, Akino might stuff her mouth up.

"Since you're already here, you can stay with us." Kimura Kazuki still felt grateful to Chiba Shiori. After all, she was helping him to fulfill Yuriko's aspiration. Besides that, novels took time to finish, not to mention for it to become popular was another issue. Nevertheless, the novel she was working on gained popularity in the light novel world. It was possible that it might even reach other people. People who did not read light novels were also beginning to notice this book.

Being able to attract non-light novel readers was enough to prove how awesome Loading File of Tokyo was.

After Sakura Kyu High School emerged as champion during the Jade Dragon Flag Tokyo District Qualifiers, the headmaster had allocated a lot of funding to the Kendo Association, allowing the Kendo Association to stay at a better hotel upon their arrival in Fukuoka.

"Alright." If it was in the past, Chiba Shiori would definitely politely refuse, but now, she would not turn down such an offer.

Although she and Harunaka had only met several times, each time they did, she could tell that Harunaka's feelings for Kazuki had deepened. Hence, she became alert. Furthermore, Harunaka and Kazuki were in the same school. Even though there was a saying that one shouldn't do anything to harm one's neighbors, there was also another saying that one could benefit from intimacy with an influential person.

At that moment, Harunaka heard loud bells of alarm ringing internally, but on the surface she did not show any flicker of emotion.

A tad shorter and smaller, Kumoko stood at the side and could more or less observe everyone's facial expression. Of course, the one she observed the most was onii-chan. She noticed that Harunaka-neesan and Shiori-neesan who just arrived both had special feelings toward onii-chan. Although both of them were smiling and talking merrily, the change in the atmosphere was still quite noticeable.

However... Kumoko noticed that onii-chan's emotions had not changed at all. She suddenly realized that Harunaka-neesan and Shiori-neesan both were silent admirers of onii-chan. However, based on their interaction, she really could not tell who was closer with onii-chan.

Before this, she thought that Harunaka-neesan had no other competitors. Who knew that one would pop out so suddenly?

Anyhow, as his younger sister, she was happy to see that happen. Onii-chan was outstanding since he was popular among girls, and she was proud of it.

The only thing was... she did not know who would end up as the loser.