Tokyo Rebirth: Start From Picking Up Sayu

A few minutes later.

"——I'm really sorry!"

Very sincerely, Kato Yusuke lowered his head.

A light tone came to my ears.

"Ah~ This scene is a line I added casually during practice. The content itself has no deep meaning. Yusuke, you don't need to think too much~"

There is no doubt that this is a lie——!

Kato Yusuke forcefully swallowed "Who are you coaxing?" and then raised his head in fear.

"Um, Hui..."

"Hmm~ What's wrong?"

The girl asked with a normal face, and there seemed to be a hint of teasing in her eyes.

He looked like he already knew the little secret between him and Ying Lili.

However... the attitude of the person involved did not seem to be angry, nor was it too strongly condemning, just a little bit prickly.

"Well, Hui..."

Kato Yusuke licked his lips and braced himself to explain, but was interrupted by the other party.

"Well, you don't have to explain anything to me."

"Well……?"

"Because, like I said before, you can take your time to think about it until the time we agree on, so that's it."

Hui said in a nonchalant tone and closed the laptop, as if she didn't intend to care about it anymore.

Kato Yusuke was speechless, and at the same time he felt slightly relieved.

To avoid being silent for too long, he coughed and changed the subject.

"...By the way, Megumi. Regarding the exercise you just mentioned, are you learning programming?"

"Hey, you ask this? Well~ I borrowed a reference book from Mr. Yoshida and studied it a little bit."

"Are you interested in this...?"

"Well, I can't say I'm interested. I just heard that when production is going on, you should know a little bit about everything, so that you can complete the work better."

"What?"

"After all, I can't draw like Eri, nor can I write beautiful stories like Kasumigaoka-senpai, so I can only learn some simple things. I hope it can help everyone."

Hui held her cheek with one hand and smiled lightly. Just such a small gesture reveals a charm that no amount of beautiful scenery can match.

The sky with light clouds was half-dyed with night, and the unwilling orange color enveloped the room. The sun sinking into Tokyo Bay gave off its last few afterglows, melting the darkness entrenched in the distant horizon.

The cool breeze in the evening came in through the cracks in the window, caressing the quiet face, and the single ponytail on the back of the head also flowed.

Inadvertently, the two people's eyes met.

The pupils that are rendered with the vermillion color of the setting sun seem to be dappled with light.

Kato Yusuke looked into those eyes and felt as if he was about to be sucked in.

The air suddenly became quiet.

"benefit……"

He chanted softly, and an impulse suddenly surged in his heart.

Kato Yusuke couldn't help but stretched out his hand and gently pinned the other person's hair that was accidentally forgotten in front of his face to his ears.

"ah……"

The girl snorted, as if she felt itchy.

Seemingly inadvertently, someone's fingertips slid across the delicate cheek, and it felt as soft as freshly kneaded glutinous rice balls.

"Yusuke...?"

Hui tilted his head slightly, his outline reflected in his moist pupils, flashing with some indescribable color.

"Um……"

Kato Yusuke's hand was still on her cheek, then he lowered his head and slowly but firmly moved towards the crystal soft cherry lips.

The distance between the two gradually narrowed.

At this moment, a soft hand suddenly pressed his lips, stopping his evil intention.

"——This is not possible, right...?"

The girl turned her face slightly to the side, lowered her eyes and whispered.

Kato Yusuke's breathing couldn't help but stagnated, and a trace of depression flashed in his eyes.

"No way...?"

"Well...if you have already thought about it, it's not impossible..."

After saying this, Hui Fei glanced at him quickly, her face turned red, she put her hands on her thighs and twisted her fingers, and her voice became softer and softer.

Kato Yusuke closed his eyes in silence and took a deep breath.

The faint fragrance of cherry blossoms drifted into the nose, adding a hint of throbbing.

After a while, he slowly opened his eyes and whispered: "Hui, look at me..."

"Eh……?"

Ignoring the surprise in the girl's eyes, he stretched out his hand and pressed her shoulder, with a fixed look in her eyes.

As if she sensed some emotion in his eyes, a flash of panic flashed across Hui's face, she pursed her lips and looked away, staring at the corner of the room, refusing to look at him.

Kato Yusuke stared at the smooth jade face from close range. He pressed his shoulders with his hands slightly and lowered his head again.

The girl's eyelashes trembled slightly, and finally she closed her eyes as if resigned to her fate, waiting for a certain moment to come.

The atmosphere became lingering and charming.

at this time--

——Buzzing.

The cell phone in his trousers pocket suddenly vibrated without warning, breaking the ambiguity in the room.

Kato Yusuke could clearly feel the girl's body trembling slightly.

"Uh, uh, Yusuke, um..."

Probably brought back to reality by the vibration of his cell phone, the person involved suddenly opened his eyes and frantically wanted to say something.

Without any explanation, Kato Yusuke held the back of her head with his right palm, hugged her waist with his left hand, and quickly kissed the longing cherry lips.

"--Well"

The body with a faint fragrance tensed in an instant, and the black eyes swayed violently.

As the cool softness squeezed in unexpectedly, Hui couldn't help but slightly widen her eyes in panic, but she was soon intoxicated by the feeling and closed her eyes unconsciously.

Kato Yusuke didn't think too much, he just immersed himself in the sweetness between his lips and explored every corner deeply.

At this moment, time seemed to stand still.

The throbbing in their hearts made the two forget everything and gradually sank.

The light flowing in from outside the house illuminates the room, flowing lazily through the corners of the night.

I don't know how long it took before the two reluctantly separated.

The boy and girl stared at each other, breathing a little quickly.

The latter avoided the former's eyes and lowered his head.

Against the backdrop of the setting sun, her crimson cheeks looked inexplicably delicate.

"benefit……"

Kato Yusuke whispered the other person's name, his dark pupils were deep and inexplicable, with some unspeakable emotions surging inside.

Out of male instinct, he couldn't help but desire more, but when he tried to touch the soft belt around his waist——

"--no!"

As if awakened for a moment, Hui pushed his hand away with force and said firmly: "It's almost... it's time to stop."

Kato Yusuke was stunned for a moment, the heat in his eyes gradually receded, and he became calm again.

He took a deep breath, then relaxed his hands and let go of the girl, saying hoarsely: "...I'm sorry for causing you any trouble."

There was an awkward silence.

"..."

After hearing this, Hui pursed her lower lip with a complicated expression. Then she shyly lowered her head, straightened her messed up clothes, and muttered.

"...Anyway, let's eat first. I'll heat up the food."

After leaving these words, the girl hurried to the kitchen.

Looking at the panicked reaction, Kato Yusuke felt that the emotions in his heart were still boiling.

In order to cool down his heated mind, he went outside to the balcony and decided to take a breath of air.

The atmosphere that usually makes people feel a bit cold is now as gentle as the spring breeze blowing on the face, bringing a warm warmth.

He leaned slightly against the railing and took out his cell phone from his trousers pocket.

I sent a blessing message to Ryoko Nakano a little earlier, but I didn’t receive a thank you reply until now.

Kato Yusuke looked at the ultramarine night entrance, couldn't help but squint his eyes comfortably and grinned.

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The week passed quickly.

On the weekend, Kato Yusuke called some members of the studio together and held regular meetings as usual.

This sounds a bit serious, but it is actually very serious.

To put it simply, this is a routine activity where everyone summarizes and solves various problems encountered at work and discusses the future.

The participants were the management of the studio, that is, all the members from Toyosaki.

Although he is a member of the management team, An Yilun also takes the initiative to attend every meeting, and often expresses a lot of his personal understanding and opinions on game production at meetings.

Because they knew his character, everyone didn't say anything except a few words of ridicule, and they always acquiesced in his existence.

Everyone expressed their opinions and communicated, listening to each other's ideas. Even if there is an occasional quarrel, someone will quickly come forward to mediate.

Kato Yusuke looked at this scene with some emotion in his heart.

In general, although they are still far from a mature commercial creative team, they are still very immature.

But as far as a team is concerned, most of the members here are actually growing. The only thing missing is time and integration.

Under the chairmanship of Kanoko Hasumi, the atmosphere of today's meeting was quite harmonious.

It's a pity that things don't go as planned, and this harmonious atmosphere did not last long.

When Kato Yusuke and Shiyu chatted about several endings of the game, An Yilun also joined the conversation unwillingly.

"Now, seriously! Don't you think there is a big problem with our script -?"

After hearing what he said, the conference room suddenly became quiet for a moment.

Then, Shiyu raised his eyebrows and directly questioned.

"Oh? From what you're saying, Ethical Student, do you have any objections to the script I wrote?"

Hearing the unkindness in her tone, An Yilun hurriedly waved his hand in denial.

"That's not what I meant. The story written by my senior sister is indeed very interesting. Not only is the plot warm, but the emotions are also very delicate, full of Kasumi Shiko's style... In short, the content is great!"

"Hmm...? If you praise me so well, why do you say that?"

"That's because - the endings we have planned now are all too bland!"

""""Huh? """"

Ignoring the confused expressions of the girls, An Yilun continued speaking.

“Honestly, the outline Kato gave is really great!

Be it Nagisa, Anzu, Muku, Kotomi, Tomoyo, Fuuko, Yukino, or even all the other characters, the story is so wonderfully written——! "

When the outspoken Yinglili heard this, she couldn't help but said irritably: "I said, can you stop titillating people? Can't you just get to the point!"

“I mean, that’s the problem—!”

An Yilun also said categorically: "Kato, although the plot you came up with is great, there is a fatal problem in it! Didn't you find it?"

"...?"

Kato Yusuke frowned unconsciously, thought for a moment, and then shook his head.

"...No, I didn't think there was anything wrong with it. If you have anything to say, you might as well just say it."

Seeing that everyone's eyes were focused on him, An Yilun also coughed artificially and said thoughtfully:

"The problem is - there is no truly perfect ending in your outline!"

"Hmm~~This doesn't seem right, does it?"

Hui tilted his head slightly and said in retrospect, "I remember that every character in the game had his own good ending in the end."

"——That's the point!"

An Yilun also shouted with great momentum:

"Just like what you said, Kato-kun, every character in the game has its own ending, but - the heroines don't have a happy ending with the protagonist!"

The loud voice echoed in the conference room, causing time to go blank for a brief moment.

As if she understood what he wanted to express, Shiyu spoke thoughtfully.

"Let me tell you, Ethical Classmate... the happy ending you are talking about, doesn't it mean the old-fashioned harem ending?"

"——The harem is not cliche! But the senior is right, that's what I really mean."

"Tsk, I thought you were trying to be pretentious about what you were going to say...but it turned out you just wanted to satisfy your own fantasy?"

Ignoring the sarcasm in his words, An Yilun tried his best to defend himself.

"This is not just my fantasy, but a royal plot that everyone likes!"

"If we really follow your idea, wouldn't our game become the kind of shit that only caters to otakus and ignores rationality?"

"But...but! There are so many charming heroines, but there is no ending where everyone lives happily together. This is such a pity for the players!"

"Once you accept a heroine's confession, there is no way out, so you must treat it with caution... You have played so many Galgames, you don't need me to remind you of this, right?"

"Even...even so, I still want to see that kind of happy harem ending. Even if it's unreasonable, I still feel very happy!"

Shiyu couldn't help but frown slightly, "Would that be interesting?"

"meeting--!"

An Yilun also expressed his affirmation categorically at first, and then showed a slightly guilty expression.

"...Well, all I can say is, at least I think it's fun."

He paused, and then said bluntly with a hint of sadness:

"After all, those who are blind, passionate, blind, stupid and disgusting... are the real otakus, aren't they?"

Shiyu couldn't agree with this and held his forehead speechlessly.

"To put it bluntly, you are just advocating "want it all" unilaterally, right? This kind of thinking is really unethical. "

"What does it matter if you have no moral integrity?"

An Yilun also refused to give in: "It would be better if both sides can pursue it, right? Besides, that can also meet the needs of the players."

"Even if you say so..."

Shiyu tapped his temple with a headache, and then turned his attention to others.

"Anyway, that's what Ethical Classmate said, what do you think?"

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