The Y2H Pen
001. A Word

Winter in Japan is the first sign of success for some people who like it. Including a teenage boy named Takahashi Miyano.

𝘚𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘩 𝘭𝘶𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘚𝘔𝘈, 𝘢𝘬𝘶 𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘫𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘱𝘬𝘶. 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘫𝘢 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘬 𝘴𝘦𝘬𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘬𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘴𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘬𝘶𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘪..

𝘉𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘬𝘶 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘣𝘶𝘢𝘩 𝘕𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘢𝘬 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘶 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘶𝘬. 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘩𝘪 𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨-𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘢𝘬𝘶𝘬𝘢𝘯. 𝘔𝘦𝘴𝘬𝘪 𝘬𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘢𝘬𝘪-𝘭𝘢𝘬𝘪 𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘢 𝘬𝘶 𝘴𝘶𝘥𝘢𝘩 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘬𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘪𝘩 𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘨𝘪 𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘪, 𝘵𝘶𝘫𝘶𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘱𝘬𝘶 𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘩 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘢! 𝘔𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘢𝘥𝘪 𝘴𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘴.

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[Tokyo, Japan - 10:00 am]

"𝙱𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚊 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚒 𝚒𝚗𝚒, 𝚗𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚊 𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚊 𝚈2𝙷 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚑𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚕 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚔 𝚔𝚊𝚛𝚢𝚊 𝚋𝚊𝚛𝚞𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚓𝚞𝚍𝚞𝚕 <𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚊 𝚂𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚊𝚕𝚊> "

𝘋𝘪𝘢 𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘩 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘩 𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘶 𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘮 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘶𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘬𝘶. 𝘔𝘦𝘴𝘬𝘪 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘨𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯, 𝘥𝘢𝘯 𝘫𝘶𝘨𝘢 𝘵𝘢𝘬 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘩 𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘶𝘭 𝘬𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘬, 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘶𝘳𝘶𝘩 𝘬𝘢𝘳𝘺𝘢 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘵𝘢𝘬 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘩 𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘬𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘬. 𝘐𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘢𝘯.

"𝙺𝚊𝚋𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚢𝚊, 𝚖𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚒 𝚜𝚎𝚔𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚈2𝙷 𝚊𝚔𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚑𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒 𝚜𝚎𝚋𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒 𝚜𝚎𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚗𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚜, 𝚍𝚊𝚗 𝚔𝚊𝚛𝚢𝚊 𝚗𝚢𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚓𝚞𝚍𝚞𝚕 <𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚊 𝚂𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚊𝚕𝚊> 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚖𝚒 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚓𝚊𝚍𝚒 𝚔𝚊𝚛𝚢𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚔𝚑𝚒𝚛𝚗𝚢𝚊. "

"H-huh!! Wh-wh!! WHAT?!!!!! "

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Takahashi Miyano, a man who just finished high school, has to be preoccupied with bad thoughts in his brain.

(I don't think I have any talent)

(Songs writing stories)

(The idol stopped writing)

"Maybe!! " /book slamming

"Master, please calm down.. "

(In the library)

"Pardon me.. "

𝘈𝘬𝘶 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘥𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘠2𝘏 𝘴𝘦𝘫𝘢𝘬 𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘶. 𝘒𝘢𝘳𝘺𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘶𝘭 <𝘛𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘰> 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘴𝘯𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘶𝘳. 𝘔𝘦𝘴𝘬𝘪 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘩 𝘣𝘪𝘢𝘴𝘢, 𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘪 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘱 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘥𝘪 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘶𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘪 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘢 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢. 𝘋𝘢𝘯 𝘫𝘶𝘨𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘫𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘬𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘯 𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵.

"𝘉𝘪𝘴𝘢-𝘣𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘶𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘫𝘢, 𝘢𝘬𝘶 𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘴..! " ᕕ( ཀ ʖ̯ ཀ)ᕗ

Miyano is an 18-year-old man who has a myriad of imaginations in his brain. Only, he did not know how to bring out that imagination. Now Miyano is trying to get his imagination out by reading novel series from various writers. Starting from borrowing books, or buying books, looking for references on the internet, and many more things he did to grow his family's economy.

Miyano has been living alone since her father left her, while her mother has been the same. Reportedly his father is dead, but Miyano is not so concerned with the news. He has someone he considers to be an adopted brother, only because of the rebellious nature he has - he is forced to return to his home country, Korea.

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"𝘚𝘪𝘢𝘱𝘢 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘪𝘴𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘶𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘬𝘴𝘪 𝘴𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘴 𝘠2𝘏? 𝘈𝘬𝘶 𝘵𝘢𝘬 𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘪 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘶𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢 𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘴, 𝘥𝘢𝘯 𝘫𝘶𝘨𝘢 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢 𝘬𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘬 𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢, 𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘠2𝘏 𝘣𝘪𝘴𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘬𝘶𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘶𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘢. 𝘠𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘫𝘢.. "

Miyano walked to a bookstore not far from where he lived.

"Good morning" said Miyano to the girl who was guarding the store.

"Good morning, Miyano" said the girl with a smile.

The girl's name is Minami Sakura, Miyano's friend at school first. Now he works as a bookstore keeper in order to continue his education to the university level.

"You want to buy a book by Y2H? "

"I heard he's making a new novel series. "

"Oh~ is a werewolf, right? For a moment. "

"𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘪 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘱𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘯𝘺𝘢, 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪𝘫𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘬𝘦 𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘢. 𝘉𝘪𝘴𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘪 𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘶-𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘪 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘠2𝘏 𝘣𝘶𝘢𝘵. "

"It." Sakura came with the book that Miyano asked for.

"Thank you."

"Miyano must be a big fan of Y2H ya~ But I admit the whole story is cool. Within 2 months, the novel was bestselling among teenagers. No wonder he became a top 1 novelist in Tokyo. "

"Yes. Every story from Y2H makes the readers get carried away. "

"What's so good about Y2H?! "

"Uhhhh! "

A girl with a jutek look came and interrupted Sakura and Miyano's conversation.

"She makes up stories of family conflicts too often. Each story always makes a person's character depressed, besides that too many words are pretentious. "

"Huh?! What are you saying?! "

"Everyone has their own taste, you can't match." said Sakura with a smile.

"Tch. "/go

"Truly a selfish girl." muttered Miyano.

Afterwards, Miyano read the novel he bought earlier. All day, Miyano read it constantly.

Chapters 1..

Chapters 2..

Chapters 3..

Chapter 4..

And next..

•𝘑𝘪𝘬𝘢 𝘥𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘬 𝘬𝘪𝘵𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘶𝘢, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘢 𝘵𝘢𝘬 𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘬𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘢𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘫𝘢𝘵𝘪•

Miyano seemed a little disappointed with the novel he bought, so he decided to stop reading it for a moment.

"No. no. Can he be so evil as those words? Why is the dialogue so rigid? Ck. "

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*DING *DONG

/bell noise/

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"Who the hell is coming? Just sec..! "

Miyano rushed towards the door and opened the door.

"Uh? "

At the door, stood a man with a black jacket and a hat that slightly covered his face. The man bowed and greeted Miyano respectfully.

"Da-lin. "

"Takahashi Miyano, right? "

"Yes. "

"Include me X, from the author's association organization [NC] . " said the man, bowing.

"Greetings.. "

"We've read your work titled, We think you are a writer who has the potential to succeed. "

"Uhhhh! Thank you, this is the first time I've been praised.. "

"That's why I'm here to invite you, in a society of writers called [NC]."

"𝘛𝘖 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘗𝘖𝘐𝘕𝘛!! "

"Your work will be displayed on screen, along with works from other authors in Japan. It will be reviewed by a famous author. There are at least 2000 writers from various regions in Japan that we invite. But out of the 2000 participants, only the 100 largest will qualify. Hows it? Isn't this interesting? "

"2000 𝘬𝘦 100, 𝘪𝘵𝘶 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘺𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘢𝘭𝘶 𝘦𝘬𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘮! 𝘑𝘪𝘬𝘢 𝘢𝘬𝘶 𝘬𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘩, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘬𝘩𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘥𝘢𝘩. "

"Ah, right too. There are the best offers too, if you get away with it, you will join other great writers. But if you lose, you will get 10 million for free. Of course, you can write a story again. Hows it? You interested?"

"𝘜𝘩! 𝘒𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘶 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘬𝘶 𝘣𝘪𝘴𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘶𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘢-𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘢 𝘬𝘶. 𝘛𝘢𝘱𝘪 𝘫𝘪𝘬𝘢 𝘬𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘩 𝘢𝘬𝘶 𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘵 𝘶𝘢𝘯𝘨 10 𝘫𝘶𝘵𝘢. 𝘐𝘯𝘪 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘪𝘬, 𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘪 𝘢𝘱𝘢 𝘪𝘯𝘪 𝘣𝘪𝘴𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘢𝘺𝘢?!! "

"If you're interested, please meet me at Tokyo station tomorrow morning at 8. "

"Eh?! Why..Where will this event be held? "

"Hokkaidu. Then if it reaches the top 100 participants will be sent to Korea. "

"KOREA?!! "

"Yes. This is a once in a lifetime offer. I'll be happy to wait for you. Good afternoon. "

Miyano pondered in his room.

"𝘐𝘯𝘪 𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪 𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨. [𝘕𝘊] 𝘪𝘵𝘶 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘴𝘪 𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘱𝘢?! 𝘈𝘬𝘶 𝘵𝘢𝘬 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘩 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘳, 𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘪 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘪 𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘪 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘢𝘯𝘨--𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘬𝘢 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘴𝘪 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘢𝘳. 10 𝘫𝘶𝘨𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘬𝘢𝘭𝘪 1.900 𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨.. "

Miyano picked up his phone and accidentally saw the news regarding [NC].

[𝙽𝙲] 𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚛𝚞𝚝 1.540 𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚞𝚕𝚒𝚜 𝚍𝚒 𝙹𝚎𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚔 𝚍𝚒𝚔𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚖 𝚔𝚎 𝙺𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚊. 𝙰𝚔𝚊𝚗𝚔𝚊𝚑 𝚈2𝙷 𝚓𝚞𝚐𝚊 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚔𝚛𝚞𝚝?

"Uhhhh! "

[NC], a mysterious organization that suddenly appeared with offers and recruiting plans. This is what supports Miyano's decision to venture to participate in the offer provided by X.

The next morning, Miyano leaves for Tokyo train station.

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[Tokyo Station, 08.00 am]

"He where..? " murm Miyano while tapping his finger.

"Takahashi Miyano, right? "

"Np? Oh. you. the X. "

"Yes. "*smile

They took a train to Hokkaido. X gives Miyano a book whose content is a list of authors potentially get the top 20 in the top 100.

"I know about your family, she said your sister went to Korea to leave you. "

"He's not my brother, I just take it as it's familiar" Miyano said, turning his face away.

"Well.well, now try to pay attention first, who knows if there are people you know among them. "

"𝘛𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘬 𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘶𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘭.. 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘬𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘶𝘢 𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘬 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘛𝘢𝘱𝘪 𝘥𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘪 𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘭 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘶𝘬𝘶 𝘱𝘦𝘳-𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘯, 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘬𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘵. 𝘈𝘱𝘢 𝘪𝘯𝘪 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭? "

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