By the time An Yilun reacted, it was already six o'clock the next morning.
As the chirping of sparrows came from the window, the room became slightly brighter.
An Yilun was also sitting at the computer desk, his eyes bloodshot, but he was staring at the screen.
The monitor on the table glowed faintly, and the screen showed a scene from the game "ad".
[Tomoya: Tomoyo, let’s break up. My feelings for you are not love. 】
[Tomoyo: I understand...Thank you for dating a girl like me. No matter what happens in the future, this is my most precious memory...Take care, Tomoya.]
"Butterflies." An Yilun also sniffed, held his head with both hands, and kept shaking his right leg up and down.
"…………how so?"
He muttered to himself, becoming extremely anxious.
It was obvious that one moment he was happily dating Tomoyo, and the next moment he was ruthlessly broken up by the protagonist.
How can such a thing happen, you bastard——!?
Didn’t I say it was a sweet love?
Why did the plot suddenly turn into a stomachache!?!?
"Damn it." An Yilun scratched his hair frantically, "This shouldn't be like this! Kato~~~~!"
To this day, he can't forget the look of loss of luster in Tomoyo's eyes, and the line that mourning is greater than death.
[Tomoyo: It’s so sad... but I can’t cry. It’s incredible...]
Under the background of melancholy music, the sadness in his heart seemed to be amplified, and he had a strong resonance with the characters in the game.
He pressed his chest and felt that the left side of his chest was blocked. He felt like he was not vomiting but didn't know where to start.
It feels like...
"Like NTR?"
"That's right, it's like N... you're the ghost!? Yin Zhi, you bastard! Don't run behind others and speculate without saying a word!"
"Haha~" Hashima Yinzhi raised the corners of his lips frivolously, "Whose expression is Toruya-san? You look like someone who suffered after being NTRed?"
"Fart!" An Yilun also yelled: "I'm just complaining about the plot of the game! Which of your eyes saw me being NTRed?"
"Huh huh~" Hashima Yin Zhiruo looked at his partner thoughtfully and smiled without saying a word.
An Yilun also didn't know that when he went to buy drinks outside the Xia I venue yesterday, Hashishima Yinzhi was actually following behind him.
Originally, Hashima Yinzhi just wanted to encourage his partner, but he accidentally bumped into the scene where An Yilunya and Erili met.
According to some signs he observed, An Yilun also had an unusual attitude towards Ying Lili, and he should have a little fondness for her.
As for why he himself refuses to admit it, he, an outsider, is not sure.
That was either due to inferiority complex or some other reason, but it is meaningless to say this now.
'After all, that Kashiwagi Eri already has his heart set on Toruya-san.' Hashima Yinzhi thought irrelevantly.
If Hashima heard what her brother was saying, she would have called him a scumbag in anger, but it was a pity that she had no idea.
Yirun Aki also played a one-night game with Yunori Hashishima yesterday, and Dekai Namishima and Michiru Hyōdo also watched a game.
not only that.
They also cried loudly because of the touching plot in the game and produced a large number of tissues in the room, and then ran to take a shower exhausted.
"Well, let's not talk about anything else. Can you help me clean up, Toruya-san?"
Hashima Yinzhi smiled and joked: "Not to mention the things my sister made a mess, you can't even ask me to clean up the paper your cousin blew her nose on, right?"
"You guy, don't talk so badly about Michiru." An Yilun also glared at him angrily, stood up and helped clean up the mess together.
Hashima Yinzhi asked: "Then what? Toriya-san, where did your game end?"
"For the sake of Tomoyo's future, the hero chose to sacrifice himself and break up with her."
"Oh? Does this character still have that kind of plot? Could it be that you accidentally ended up on the BE branch?"
"Haha? How is that possible! Are you looking down on me, a Galgame expert? I will definitely go True End!"
"Hey~~Is that why you are so depressed?"
"You want to take care of it? I'm just more involved."
"Haha, that's what I said, but that's your choice to go down, right? It's ugly to lose your temper here."
"It's so noisy. I'm not happy with anyone calling you!"
An Yilun couldn't help but clenched his fists, and couldn't help but want to yell at Kato the dog thief for arranging such a plot to ruin his mood early in the morning.
"So." Hashima Yinzhi asked casually: "About this work, Toruya-kun, what do you think? Do you think it is interesting?"
"this--"
An Yilun couldn't help but be speechless. He didn't know what to say for a moment. He crossed his hands and hugged his chest, and seriously thought about the wonderful features of this work.
In this game with daily themes as its main theme, where is the magic that drives him to play it endlessly?
Is it art? Yes!
Is it a script? Yes!
Is it music? Yes!
Is it a performance? Yes!
But what about other than these?
There is nothing exciting and exciting in "ad". The plot design focuses on being natural and plain, but it is just very gripping——!
Even though An Yilun had already read the complete script of "Academy Chapter", he still felt a completely different and novel experience when he actually played it, and he shed tears several times.
This is not an excuse on his part!
You know, even Michiru, who has never been interested in Galgame, burst into tears when watching him play games. It was an unprecedented first time!
"Strange...where is the place that can impress both otakus and ordinary people?"
An Yilun also racked his brains to think, and suddenly an idea flashed and he blurted out: "Ah! Sure enough, it's because of the character!
"
"Character...?" Hashima Yinzhi tilted his head in confusion.
"Yes! It's the character!" An Yilun also slapped his thigh hard, his tone was extremely excited.
"I felt this way when I was playing. Every character in this work has a soul! People care about their stories unconsciously, so they get invested in it!"
"I see……"
After thinking about it for a while, Hashima Yinzhi felt that this was indeed the case, "Indeed, the characters in the game are very deep and have a feeling of being close to reality."
"Right, right?" An Yilun also quickly moved forward and continued talking.
"Senior Shiyu is really good at describing characters. By the time the audience reacts, they have been unknowingly manipulated by her and trapped in the story~
The same goes for Ying Lili’s original painting! The combination of the two of them is perfect, it’s so exciting!”
"Is this okay, Toruya-kun?"
A strange look flashed in Hashima Yinzhi's eyes, and he asked: "Aren't you looking for Kato-kun's shortcomings? Is it really okay to give such a high evaluation?"
"Well--?"
An Yilun was also stunned and gradually came back to his senses.
yes!
He came here with the idea of finding fault in the first place!
Why did you start praising me without realizing it?
He was suddenly startled when he thought of this, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.
An Yilun also shook his head vigorously and coughed heavily.
"Ahem, um, I was just praising Shiyu-senpai and Eiri-san, it has nothing to do with Kato..."
"Oh~? Is this what Toruya-kun thinks so?" Hashima Yinzhi chuckled, without revealing the insincerity of his words, "Let's get back to the topic. What do you think of this work?"
An Yilun also frowned and pretended to say: "...That's about it so far. To be more specific, I haven't finished playing yet so I can't answer, but -"
He glanced sideways at the computer screen with the game still on, and slowly said the second half of the sentence, "I always feel that their game process is longer than I thought..."
"Yes." Hashima Yinzhi sighed imperceptibly: "If every character in the game has this kind of length, the content of our work will be only one-tenth of others."
"Uh--!" An Yilun was also speechless.
"By the way, I also got to play the part where Furukawa Nagisa acted in a stage play. The performance and plot tension of this part are really impeccable. It is indeed a script written by Kasumi Shiko."
There was some emotion in Hashima Yinzhi's tone.
He threw all the garbage he had collected into the trash can, then took out his mobile phone from his trousers pocket and sat down cross-legged on the ground.
"Also, I remember that Kato-kun and the others also released their works on the gaming platform, right? Oh, "ad" seems to be on the sales list now."
"...Really? That guy Kato is also inexplicable. Instead of developing a home console version, he went to release a PC digital version. Isn't this unnecessary?"
"Huh? It seems that someone on the Internet has already figured out the ending."
"What did you say??" An Yilun also trembled, stepped closer, and looked down at the phone.
This is too fast!
Even though he is a Galgame expert, he hasn't even finished the game yet, yet someone has already finished the ending?
What Yunori Hashima opened was the official website of "TYPE-MOON". In addition to publishing some game-related information, it also thoughtfully provided a message board function.
Someone left a comment on it.
"I got Yukino Miyazawa's light jade, does anyone know what it is for? Waiting online."
"The day before yesterday it was the little rabbit, yesterday it was the deer, and today it is you.
The little rabbit represents innocence, and the deer represents pride, until I met the best you today.
I really like Ichinose Kotomi’s line~~~~~!
My eyes peeed..."
"After playing Furukawa Nagisa's End, it would be too sad to repeat a grade alone. But the plot of the stage play is so great! I, a man, actually cried while playing. This concept of family is so heartwarming."
"I feel like the script of this work is very deep! I still don’t know what the foreshadowing is."
"Kasumi Shiko is really amazing! She is able to write so many charming female characters, and even the supporting characters are so vivid and impressive!"
An Yilun also scanned the information on the message board and found that only a few characters had their endings, and there were no players who had collected all CGs.
This made him feel slightly relieved.
Although my progress is a bit slower than others, the gap should not be that big.
After all, he only played the game yesterday after setting up the stall, so it is normal for him to play it a little slower than those who started playing it as soon as they bought it.
Hashima Yinzhi is not as relaxed as An Yilun. His focus is more on the practical level.
He thought for a while, then switched to Twitter and 2ch to see that there were also a large number of players discussing the work "ad".
Search again for "The Gospel of Eternity and Moment".
Looking at the official website, Twitter, and 2ch one by one, the deserted atmosphere is so disappointing that it feels superfluous.
By the way, the reason why he checks the responses in this order is because it helps the creator's mental health.
After all, the 2ch forum has always been famous for being stinky.
And "ad" has only been released for one night, and it can have this kind of discussion now, which can only mean one thing.
——This game has the potential to be a big hit!
Hashima Yinzhi pinched his eyebrows and couldn't help but let out a deep sigh.
The gap is so big that the two sides are no longer comparable.
Even the word-of-mouth, the only word of mouth he had any hope for before, felt meaningless.
The opponent's strength is too strong.
Not only is his painting skills superb, but his planning skills are also top-notch.
"Can we really compete with an opponent of this level..."
Hashima Yinzhi murmured to himself, suddenly feeling a little regretful for allowing his sister's temper to run wild.
If his previous attitude could be firmer, Hashishima would be able to become a member of "TYPE-MOON" and gain a wave of fame in the industry.
An Yilun also noticed his expression, touched his nose awkwardly, and said with a dry smile:
"You mean, you don't need to be so pessimistic, right? Anyway, I have grown up in the process. Isn't that great?"
"Growth...?"
Hashima Yinzhi narrowed his eyes slightly and said softly: "Well, she has indeed graduated from "Little Rhapsody", so that's right."
"Huh? I'm talking about painting skills? Anyway, it's also the first time for our game to be an art writer in overseas markets. Isn't this very meaningful?"
"Hmm, Toruya-kun, do you think so?"
"Is there anything wrong? Anyway, your purpose is to help Chuhai take a further step on the path of being a creator, right?"
"Well, from my point of view, Demi's painting skills are indeed much better now than last winter I, but that's because of "TYPE-MOON"...or maybe it's because of Kato-kun, right?"
"Huh?" An Yilun was also startled: "Hey, what do you mean?"
"That's what it means literally." Hashima Yinzhi shrugged, "At least in the past six months, I haven't seen any significant progress from Izuku. She can't beat Eri Kashiwagi if she continues like this."
"Yin Zhi...!" An Yilun couldn't help but widen his eyes slightly, "What exactly do you want to express by saying this??"
"Don't be nervous, Renya-san."
Hashima Yinzhi shook his head, "I just analyzed the facts, and I have no other meaning."
Outside the room, Izuku Hashima, who had just returned from taking a shower, lowered his hand to open the door and lowered his head in frustration.