Chapter 20

Jiu. Wu Lin I⑧ Ju Lin 氿

Then she started submitting her works, not only to the newcomer award of the Fuzugawa library, but also to the newcomer awards of the other two libraries.

However, the results were somewhat disappointing.

Her confident work failed to pass even the first selection.

Upon learning the result, Gogen Liuli collapsed on the bed.

"Those pigs' novels can sell well, why can't I!"

"The eyesight of those editors is too poor!"

"And those readers, what do you mean by not understanding? If you have low comprehension ability, then go back to school and retrain!"

She cursed a few words to vent her emotions.

In fact, she was not a person who complained about everything. She knew that the reason she did not pass the selection was just because she wrote poorly, and there was no other explanation.

"Hinata, Tama, good afternoon! Where's Ruri? I wanted to go out with her... So that's it, in the room? Hmm? Ruri is angry? Was she swearing just now?"

The door was not closed tightly, allowing Gokou Ruri to slightly hear the conversation in the living room.

Just a few seconds later, Komachi walked in from the door.

"Ruri, what happened? Hinata said you seemed very angry?"

"No, nothing."

Gokou Ruri stood up and said to hide her emotions.

It's hard to say that I can't even pass the first selection for writing a novel.

"Ruri, aren't we friends? We should be more sincere!"

Komachi put her hands together and looked straight at her.

"Hmm... uh."

Gokou Ruri hesitated.

"If it's too private, forget it."

Although Komachi wanted to improve the other party's twisted personality, she didn't want to force it.

"It's nothing, just... the novel submission was not successful."

Gokou Ruri tilted her head slightly, a little shy.

"Eh? Novel submission?"

Komachi's expression became strange.

"Is it strange?"

Gokou Ruri was surprised that the other party's attitude was different from what she imagined.

"That's not the case."

Komachi shook her head, then smiled mysteriously, "Komachi can't help Sister Ruri with this matter, but I know someone who may be able to provide help to Sister Ruri."

"Who? Are you talking about your Onii-chan? He is just an old otaku at most, and he knows the trend of the industry, but he shouldn't be able to help with writing?"

Gokou Ruri was not optimistic about this.

"What if Onii-chan is actually a light novelist who has officially debuted?"

Komachi's mouth curled up a sly smile.

"What!?"

Gokou Ruri stayed where she was.

…

“You want me to teach Goko? So that she can also debut in a light novel?”

At lunchtime, Hikigaya Hachiman was a little surprised to hear this request.

“Please, my dear Onii-chan! This matter is really important to Ruri-san!”

Komachi pulled his arm and described Goko Ruri’s situation with tears in her eyes, with a lot of processing in it.

“Don’t worry, I agreed.”

“Really? Thank you Onii-chan for agreeing to Komachi’s willful request.”

“My lovely sister has asked me like this, how can I, as a brother, sit back and watch? And Goko is also my friend, so I’ll help her if I can.”

“Hehehe, have you already considered Ruri-san a friend? In this way, Komachi can rest assured, and Onii-chan can refute when someone calls her ‘a guy without friends’.”

“Komachi, is this the image of your brother in your eyes?”

Hikigaya Hachiman used his right hand to ruffle his sister’s hair to express his dissatisfaction.

As for helping Goko Ruri, he actually had no intention of refusing, because the other party's situation was actually somewhat similar to his own at the time, and he felt a sense of empathy.

Of course, there are actually differences. Although he was shameless and cheated, in fact, his failure at the beginning was ultimately due to his arrogance. He did not do a thorough research and started to submit his work and wrote nonsense.

It can be said that even if he wanted to be a plagiarist at the time, he could not make any splash.

The real change was the thinking during that period, which gave him a sufficient understanding of the creation of light novels.

If he chose not to plagiarize, and used his writing skills that were beyond ordinary people, he would still have more than 50% chance of debuting, but the upper limit might not be too high in the future.

He felt that he lacked a lot.

"Ouni-chan, how can you help Sister Ruri? It won't affect you, right?"

Afterwards, Komachi suddenly became a little worried.

"It won't affect you. As for the method of helping, it depends on whether she has talent."

Hikigaya Hachiman said slowly.

32 Guidance

The next day, after nine o'clock.

Hikigaya Hachiman came to Gogen's house under the guidance of his sister.

Although they have known each other for a while, this is the first time he has visited Gokou's house. The structure of the room is completely different from theirs. It is a Japanese-style building, which matches Gokou Ruri's style. This is probably why Gokou and his wife chose this place.

"Eh? Sister Komachi, there is also..."

Gokou Ruri's two younger sisters, Hinata and Tama, were watching TV animation. When they saw him appear, the older third-grade elementary school student, Hinata, suddenly showed a surprised expression.

If Komachi hadn't appeared with her, she would have thought that Sister Ruri had come to her senses and brought her boyfriend home.

That's right, the girls here are so precocious and know a lot.

"Could this big brother be Sister Komachi's Onii-chan?"

Hinata guessed.

"Well, I'm Hikigaya Hachiman, Komachi's brother."

He nodded in response, with a gentle smile.

"These are my two sisters, Hinata and Tama."

Gokou Ruri briefly introduced them.

"Brother Hachiman, please give me more advice in the future!"

Hinata bowed and smiled very sweetly.

After the greeting, Gokou Ruri led the two into her room and took out a thick notebook from the drawer, on which her works were written.

"Did you write it completely by hand?"

Hikigaya Hachiman asked with a change of expression.

"Well, I wrote it by hand and then scanned it before posting it online."

Gokou Ruri tapped her forehead.

The reason was that her family didn't have a computer for typing, and she wasn't used to typing on her phone, so she used this stupid method.

"Then let me see how you write it first."

Hikigaya Hachiman took the notebook and sat on a chair to the side to start reading.

Even if it was speed reading, it wouldn't be finished in two or three minutes, so Gokou Ruri and Komachi went to the side to talk.

"By the way, I still don't know what Hikigaya's debut work is."

Gokou Ruri was very curious.

"I don't know if you've seen it, Sister Ruri. It's called "Summer Returns." "

Komachi replied.

"You mean "Summer Reappearance"? Really? Hikigaya is this teacher Tsukiro Mami?"

Gokou Ruri ran to the desk on the side and took the first volume of "Summer Reappearance" and said in amazement.

Because in her opinion, "Summer Reappearance" is a top-notch work even among all the borrowed books. The content in it made her remember it deeply. It is hard to imagine that this is a light novel that a middle school student can write.

"That's right."

Komachi confirmed again.

"I understand."

Gokou Ruri held the book in her arms, her eyes fell on someone, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

...

"What is this about? There are too many different nouns, right? It's really suspicious, and there are many worldviews made up by themselves. It's too difficult to substitute them."

Hikigaya Hachiman was reading Gokou Ruri's novel, and his brows were already furrowed.

There are too many questions!

First of all, there is a large amount of setting information at the beginning, which completely hinders the reader's interest in reading on. The most terrifying thing is that even if you patiently read these settings, the overly complicated content and overly exaggerated descriptions will make you confused.

In terms of writing style, it is not wonderful. It is slightly better than people of the same grade, and can only be better than Miss Yamada who graduated from elementary school. Other than that, it is a mess, much uglier than his first creation.

Hikigaya Hachiman resisted the desire to tear it apart in his heart, and he breathed a sigh of relief when he read to the end.

It's finally over!

"How is it?"

Gokou Ruri's voice trembled a little, and her right hand clenched her fist on her chest, which was a nervous little movement.

"Let's talk about the conclusion first. This is a completely self-satisfied novel. There is almost no advantage in it."

Standing up, Hikigaya Hachiman expressed his feelings without mercy.

"... Yeah."

Gokou Ruri had already received a blow and was mentally prepared, but such a naked expression still made her feel uncomfortable.

"But it doesn't really mean anything."

Hikigaya Hachiman raised his finger and continued.

"As a newcomer, it's understandable that your first work is bad, because most people in the industry are like this. People who can become a god with one book are very rare. Most people have to struggle for a while before they can write a work that satisfies everyone, so you don't have to take it too seriously."

Obviously, this is a consolation, but Gokou Ruri is quite happy with it, at least it makes her feel much better.

After hearing that sentence, Komachi almost couldn't help but want to get involved, but when she heard this sentence again, she was relieved.

Onii-chan still has a sense of propriety.

"If you really want to debut, then I hope you can create another work as I said next..."

After thinking for a while, Hachiman Hikigaya gave a solution to the current dilemma.

During that period of time, he had made up for the basics of how to write light novels, and he had enough control over the wording and rhythm of the novel.

Therefore, he wanted to use the same method to systematically transform Gokou Ruri, so that he could see the other party's true "potential".

"Please teach me, Hikigaya."