I Reincarnated as the Villain of an NTR Game, But I Don't Want to Make the Main Heroine Unhappy so I'll Live Earnestly - Chapter 290-291

Chapter 290: When I Came Out of the Toilet, There Was a Stranger Right in Front of Me (Sera’s Perspective)

The signing event had been going for a little while.

The desk was covered with tons of presents from the fans. It made me really happy that so many people brought gifts just for me.

But if the presents kept piling up like this on the table, it would get in the way during the signing. Kuzuhara offered to carry them to the waiting room for me.

I took him up on that and decided to take a short break. While I rested, he would move the gifts.

I used the break to go to the bathroom. Kuzuhara told me the women’s restroom was just down the hall after leaving the event area.

I stepped out of the signing hall, walked quickly down the corridor, and went into the women’s toilet.

A little while later, after I finished and fixed myself up a bit at the sink, I left the restroom.

“Phew. Time to push through the rest of the signing event! …Huh? What’s this?”

“…”

The moment I stepped out of the women’s toilet, a man was standing right there in the hallway. I didn’t know him. Standing in front of the women’s restroom was super suspicious.

“Um, is something wrong?”

“…”

I tried talking to him, but he didn’t react at all. It felt kind of creepy.

“Uh, excuse me, I need to get back to the event over there. Could you let me through?”

“…Give it… back…”

“Huh? What did you say?”

“…Give it back! My novel… Give it back!!”

“Eh!? Give what back? What do you mean?”

The man suddenly got really angry and shouted at me.

“You know exactly what I mean! That novel you wrote before… ‘The Pier at Sunset’! That was my story! You completely stole my novel! This is straight-up a crime!!”

“Stole it? No, that’s not true at all! I created that story completely from scratch! You must be mixing something up.”

“No way! That was my idea from start to finish, the whole structure! You ripped off my entire novel… and then made money off it? What a scummy author! So give it back… Give me back my novel!!”

The man in front of me got even angrier as he kept accusing me. His eyes were bloodshot and it was scary. But I never plagiarized anything. I have no memory of this at all…

“Um, even if you say that, I’m not sure what to do… That story is one hundred percent mine from the beginning… Oh, I know. If you have the novel you wrote, why don’t you take it to a publisher? Or these days you can post it online for free. There are lots of ways to share your work, so maybe you could try that—”

“Shut up, shut up! You stole my novel and made money off it, but you’re acting like it’s none of your business! Don’t mess with me! A money-grubbing trash author like you… needs to be punished properly!”

“Eh… wait, what!?”

—Clang…!

Still furious, the man pulled a knife out of the bag he was carrying. It was a kitchen knife…

“Why… why do you have something like that here…?”

“It’s obvious! Crime and punishment! You committed the worst crime by stealing my precious novel! So you have to take the punishment! As your punishment… hand over your life to me right here!!”

“My life…? S-stop it…! Killing someone over something like this is definitely wrong… So please calm down first…! If we just talk, I’m sure we can—”

“Shut up! There’s nothing to talk about with a horrible criminal like you! You keep looking down on me till the very end…!! That’s enough! I’ll make you pay for your sins with your death right now! Take this!!”

“Eh… ah, n-no…”

“…What the hell are you doing to Sera-san?!”

—Thud…!

“Hey, wait! That’s dangerous! Don’t charge in alone! Leave the rough stuff to me! Hyaaah!!”

“Eh… guh!?”

—Bam!!

“F-feh…?”

Right when the man was about to attack me with the knife, two people came running over shouting loudly.

The man and woman pair tackled the guy with the knife as hard as they could. He let out a big scream and flew backward.

I was so confused I froze for a second, not understanding what just happened.

But then I quickly turned toward where the voices came from, and there were… Kuzuhara and Saeki standing there.

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Chapter 291: We Rush Full Speed to Help Sera-san

I was carrying Sera-san’s presents back to the waiting room.

But right then, I spotted someone jump out of the line waiting to get into the signing event.

The guy caught my attention, so I stared hard in that direction.

“Huh? What’s up, Masa-kun?”

“Eh?”

Saeki looked at me with a puzzled face and spoke up.

“Why are you spacing out? Weren’t you taking the presents to the waiting room?”

“Yeah, that was the plan… but the guy who was in line for the signing suddenly bolted out of the queue.”

“Really? Sorry, I was looking somewhere else so I missed it. But once you leave the waiting line, you can’t get back into the event… Why would he suddenly run off like that?”

“Yeah, it’s weird when you think about it, right?”

While I said that, I kept looking in the direction the man had gone. That way was… oh yeah.

“…Ah.”

“What is it this time?”

“Um, Saeki. What’s down that hallway after you go out…?”

“Down that way? There’s the stairs going down and the women’s restroom, right?”

“Yeah… And just a little while ago… Sera-san headed to the women’s restroom.”

“I heard that earlier. What about it… Ah! You mean… So the reason he suddenly jumped out of the signing line after waiting all that time was…?”

“It might be. Maybe he was after Sera-san… and heading toward the women’s restroom.”

“What!? If that’s true, it’s dangerous! If he’s some suspicious guy… We need to get over there fast! Come on, Masa-kun!”

“O-okay, got it… Whoa, slow down! Hey, wait up!”

—Tap tap tap!

Saeki took off, so I hurried after her toward the women’s restroom. And our bad feeling turned out to be right.

“Hah… hah… Wait, what!? M-Masa-kun! Look at that!!”

“Huh? What… Wait, what!? That guy… He’s got a knife!!”

We ran down the hallway after leaving the signing area and saw a dangerous man holding a blade up to Sera-san right in front of the women’s restroom.

And that was definitely the same guy I saw bolt out of the waiting line earlier.

“Sera-san is in danger! Let’s go help her right now, Masa-kun!!”

“Yeah, of course! Saeki, you call the staff right away… Wait, what? What do you mean go help together—”

“Take thiiiiis!!”

“Eh… H-hey!? Wait a second!! Why are you charging in, Saeki!?”

Before I knew it, Saeki let out a loud yell and rushed straight at the man.

I was shocked and yelled at her even as I followed right behind, charging at the guy with everything I had.

“Shut up! There’s nothing to talk about with a horrible criminal like you! You keep looking down on me till the very end…!! That’s enough! I’ll make you pay for your sins with your death right now! Take this!!”

“Eh… ah, n-no…”

“What the hell are you doing to Sera-san?!”

“Eh?”

—Thud…!

Saeki tackled the man with all her strength, but her slim girl’s body couldn’t do much damage with just that.

So right after, I slammed into the guy holding the knife with a full-power tackle of my own.

“Hey, wait! That’s dangerous! Don’t charge in alone! Leave the rough stuff to me! Hyaaaah!!”

“Eh… guh!?”

—Bam!!

My full-strength tackle sent the suspicious man flying backward with a loud cry. The knife dropped from his hand onto the floor.

I made sure the knife was on the ground, then quickly grabbed the guy in a headlock and pinned him to the floor.

“Guhah…!”

“There! I’ve got him secured! Saeki! Call the staff and the police right now!”

“Got it! I’ll call them right away, hang on!”

“Yeah, thanks. Sera-san, are you hurt anywhere??”

“Eh… ah, y-yeah… I’m okay… ah…”

—Plop…

When I asked, Sera-san seemed to lose all her strength and just sat down on the floor.

Anyway, I was really glad Sera-san wasn’t hurt.

I decided to keep holding down the suspicious guy like this until Saeki got the staff and police over.