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"Alright, let's hear your thoughts,"
Zaimokuza Yoshiteru, still dressed in his school uniform and a brown overcoat, said confidently, his hands folded across his chest. He surveyed the members of the Service Club with a domineering air, his black glasses seeming to gleam with a bright sheen.
Looking at Zaimokuza Yoshiteru before him, Yukinoshita, or rather, Qiyun's adorable face, drooped involuntarily, a shimmer of silence in her azure eyes. Zaimokuza Yoshiteru seemed quite confident, thinking,
"Should I go first?" Qiyun, perplexed, glanced at Yukinoshita beside her. Yukinoshita's head was moving up and down like a chicken pecking at rice, as if she were still half asleep, her drowsy expression threatening to collapse at any moment.
"Hold on, Yukinoshita, don't collapse, or I'll be hurt and hurt."
"Why does Yukinoshita look like me, after staying up all night playing games and then reenergizing myself? Did she not finish reading the manuscript last night?" Qiyun wondered.
"Ahem, Qiyun-san, this isn't the time for you to sleep," Qiyun cleared his throat and looked in Yukinoshita's direction. Her cold voice echoed through the clubroom, trying to wake her.
Unfortunately, Qiyun's words failed to register with Yukinoshita. Instead, Yuigahama Yui, who was also dozing off, sat up straight as if suddenly awakened, letting out a startled cry like a small animal. Her expression became serious, as if she didn't want to be caught napping.
"I'm not talking about you, Tuanzi. There's no need to be so nervous. Look, the main character hasn't moved at all,"
Qiyun silently shook his head.
"Though, you shouldn't sleep at this time either."
As Qiyun asked, Zaimokuza Yoshiki and Hikigaya both glanced at the dozing Yukinoshita.
Qiyun suddenly seemed to see a bright white light flash across Zaimokuza Yoshiki's glasses. He suddenly stood up and hummed, "Qiyun-san, have you actually fallen into the abyss of chaos at such a critical moment? It seems I have no choice but to rescue our precious friend." "
I didn't think things were that serious. After all, it just looks like he didn't sleep well,"
Qiyun muttered silently, feeling that his understanding of Zaimokuza Yoshiki's chuunibaku level should be improved.
"What's wrong?" Yukinoshita looked up at the crowd, a hint of confusion in her eyes, as if the voice had woken her.
"Hmph, it seems you've finally returned. That terrifying bottomless abyss couldn't swallow you after all." Zaimokuza Yoshiki placed his right hand on his forehead and uttered a low voice, seemingly trying to be mysterious.
Seeing this, Qiyun's face drooped even further. Hikigaya's dead eyes grew even more lifeless, and he turned away quietly, as if trying to distance himself from the two.
Yukinoshita, on the other hand, looked completely oblivious, seemingly unaffected. Instead, she looked at Zaimokuza Yoshiteru, picked up a heavily marked manuscript, and said,
"Since that's the case, let me first share my thoughts."
After a pause, she looked at Qiyun and asked calmly,
"Is that alright, Yukinoshita-san?"
"Qiyun-san, please do as you please," Qiyun agreed decisively. Or rather, this was Yukinoshita's chance to shine.
With Qiyun's permission, Yukinoshita seemed to have no more reservations. She flipped open the manuscript and began to comment.
"Although I'm not very familiar with this type of novel..."
"No problem. I'd also like to hear what ordinary people think," Zaimokuza Yoshiteru said, returning to his seat and returning to his previous posture, appearing remarkably confident.
Qiyun quietly turned his face away, an expression that showed he couldn't bear to watch any longer.
"Young man, you probably don't know what kind of blow you're about to face."
"It's boring. Even reading has become a form of torture. It's more boring than I could have imagined."
As Yukinoshita spoke, Zaimokuza Yoshiteru clutched his heart tightly, as if he had suffered a devastating blow. Finally, with a trembling voice, he asked,
"Can you tell me exactly what's so boring about it? I'll use it as a reference."
Yukinoshita slowly flipped open the manuscript in her hand and said slowly,
"First, there's the grammatical problem. Why do you keep using inversions? Did you not learn grammar well in elementary school? You can't even tell the difference between 'de' and 'de'."
Yukinoshita's words were plain but sharp, like a sword piercing Zaimokuza Yoshiteru's heart.
"This is because approachable writing makes readers feel more at home..." Zaimokuza Yoshiteru tried to explain himself to save face.
"Then could you please write the most basic text before we discuss this?"
Yukinoshita's attacks intensified, leaving Hikigaya beside her feeling somewhat embarrassed. She felt she had underestimated this seemingly lazy club member. She felt Qiyun's sharp tongue rivaled Yukinoshita's.
"Besides, there are a lot of misuses of superscripts. Words like 'ability' simply can't be interpreted as 'strength.'"
Afterward, Yukinoshita picked up the manuscript and pointed to a line of pseudonyms, asking,
"Why are they used like that here?"
"Because it's been used in light novels lately, and it seems to be very popular..."
"Why did the heroine take off her clothes here?"
"Give the readers a little treat..."
"That's completely unnecessary, it's such a bummer.
"
"I hope you can learn some common sense before discussing this kind of thing," Yukinoshita declared to Zaimokuza Yoshiteru. Although she still had many things she wanted to complain about, the sight of Zaimokuza Yoshiteru kneeling on the ground, his hands pushed forward, finally stopped her.
"So this sharp-tongued Yukinoshita knows how to restrain herself?" Qiyun thought as he watched Yukinoshita fall silent.
At the same time, Hikigaya, who was standing next to her, saw this and said to Yukinoshita, "Qiyun, that's enough, it wouldn't be nice to say it all at once."
Yukinoshita shook her head, then said, "It's better to say that there are so many things that don't make sense that it's impossible to finish talking about them all at once."
Then she turned to look at Qiyun and said, "Then I've finished expressing my opinion."
Then she put away the manuscript in her hand, lowered her head again, as if she was dozing off again.
"Hey, hey, hey, are you just going to leave it to me so confidently?" Qiyun shouted in his heart as he watched Yukinoshita, who looked like she didn't care about the world.
It was a pity that Yukinoshita couldn't hear the shout in his heart, and now Zaimokuza Yoshiki and Hikigaya's eyes were on her, so it seemed that she had to bite the bullet this time. Also, Tuanzi, don't doze off again.
"I don't have much to say,"
Qiyun coughed lightly
"Putting aside the grammatical issues, why does the protagonist always have to make some meaningless remarks at the beginning? It's really baffling."
"It's to better convey the protagonist's aura."
"Let's just understand it that way, but why..."
"..."
Qiyun had originally thought he'd just say a few simple words, just go through the motions, but he got more and more excited, unable to stop once he started, pouring out all the complaints he had. Qiyun felt like he suddenly understood what his former boss had said, "I'll just say a few simple words." Maybe he really had just wanted to say a few simple words at the beginning, but the atmosphere didn't allow it.
Hikigaya looked at Qiyun, who had finally stopped, and secretly grumbled, "Isn't that a lot?"
"Uh...did I go a little too far?" Qiyun looked at Zaimokuza Yoshiki, who was getting lower and lower in front of him, and thought to himself, "Isn't that as sharp-tongued as Yukinoshita? I guess...
but Qiyun quickly changed his focus.
"It's your turn now, Tuan... Yuigahama-san" Qiyun quickly bit back the word Tuan from his mouth.
Hearing Qiyun's shout, Yuigahama Yui quickly recovered from her sleepy state, with a look of panic on her pretty face.
"Um... you know a lot of rare characters"
When she said this, Yuigahama Yui's face showed hesitation, as if she was wondering if such words would make Zaimokuza Yoshiki feel better.
But after thinking about it, she seemed to have no choice but to quickly push the topic to Hikigaya.
"It's Hikigaya's turn"
In the end, Zaimokuza Yoshiki placed his last hope on Hikigaya, hoping that this close friend could give him some encouragement.
Hikigaya smiled slightly, which made Zaimokuza Yoshiki begin to look forward to it, but the next words quickly shattered his hope.
"Tell me, which work did you copy?"
Hikigaya's words seemed to finally break Zaimokuza Yoshiteru's last line of defense, and he began rolling uncontrollably on the club room floor, unwilling to accept this cruel reality.
"It seems the Great Sensei is even more venomous than I thought. Is this what it means to be silent and yet suddenly make a splash?" Qiyun secretly marveled at Hikigaya's linguistic skill. Was this how he delivered the most powerful blow with the simplest of words?
"The illustrations are what's most important; the content isn't important," Hikigaya said soothingly, approaching Zaimokuza Yoshiteru. "
I think it's better not to be so comforting," Qiyun thought for no apparent reason.