I'm sorry, I'm so terrible (crying leopard-head.jpg). This chapter today is extremely important as it reveals the world view of the book and lays the foundation for a lot of upcoming plots. It's quite difficult to write; the author had been writing until 3 a.m. and still couldn't reach 10,000 words (exhausted leopard.jpg).
The author misjudged the amount of plot left at the end of Volume 1... It seems another chapter is needed to finish this volume. (crying leopard.jpg)
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Swoosh...
The sliding door opened.
Aoto saw Mr. Kiryu's old face, full of wrinkles, with a pair of glasses perched on his nose.
Mr. Kiryu, with his right hand still resting on the sliding door handle, was eyeing Aoto, whose expression was peculiar, and Mukiwa, whose face was still red, with a gaze that was... hard to read.
