1. "Either way, I can't believe you killed off passek!"
2. "What were you thinking?"
1. "Why did you have to do that?!"
1. "No! Don't--!"
2. "Unreasonable plot lines have to be changed to satisfy the readers."
3. "What's the point of these hands otherwise?"
1. "Isn't that right, parker?"
2. "I'm really sorry!"
3. "Please don't kill me!"
4. "I'll change the plot right now!"
1. "I'll change it however you want me to!"
2. "I-I didn't expect you to be this angry."
3. "I'm sorry!"
1. I just wanted to hurry up and e-end the story...
2. "..."
3. "Why?"
4. "I..."
5. ""Mr. Passek" doesn't have a lot of readers..."
1. "And I can't think of anything else to write..."
2. "Maybe I'm just not good at writing. I won't write anymore..."
1. "Why would you say that about yourself?"
2. "You're clearly talented, and you know your way with words. Why are you giving up?"
1. "Just because you don't get enough readers? That's just a number."
2. "Wh-what...?"
1. "Artistry is a lonely, isolating thing."
1. "If you're giving up because not everybody likes your work, then that makes you a coward."
2. "..."
1. I gave up on writing because she kept killing people, but...
2. What's up with her reaction?
1. "..."
1. "Hm? A lipstick from your boyfriend?"
2. "You've been staring at it for ages."
1. "Haha, of course not..."
3. "No way!"
4. "Ahem!"
5. Changes the topic
6. "I'm still waiting for information from the police."
7. "?"
8. "The sculpture case?"
9. "Yeah, I feel like it's going to become one of those unsolved cases."
1. "Did you hear? Apparently the school's surveillance system was being upgraded that day, so nothing was recorded."
2. "There's no point checking who was on university grounds that day, either. Classes were on as usual, and they were holding an exhibition with external visitors too, which complicates things."
3. "I know. That's why I'm annoyed."
1. "I'm sure that other news agencies are in the same boat. We all want to report the truth as soon as possible, so the pressure's intense."
2. "True."
3. "Oh hey!"
4. "This novel got a new update. Have you read it yet?"
1. "Hm?"
2. Was it updated two days ago? I didn't even realize...
1. "Huh? Me neither..."
2. "I've been busy with the article that the group leader assigned to me. I haven't read the update yet."
1. "Did jiang wanshu kill someone off in the novel again? And that killer..."
1. "..."
2. "The killer got killed off?!"
1. "I'm so lost. Is this author the killer or not?"
1. "Did he treat this book as an autobiography and then kill himself?"
1. "Oh no. If the killer is somebody close to wanshu, wouldn't this plot trigger them?"
2. "She'll be in danger!"
5. "Th-there's another update?"
1. "Legit. Why did it get another update?"
1. I wouldn't say that I'm dead.
2. If someone were to ask me how it felt to leap down from such a high place, I would tell them this: it was the most exhilarating experience of my life. No wonder some people are into rock climbing.
3. After all, what could be more addictive than putting your life on the very edge?
4. Love hurts. So does living.
5. I realized this the moment I felt myself falling. Love is nothing but an illusion created by the hormones of the body. I'd rather be a robot.
6. That's right, loving her was painful, even more painful than falling into the nine circles of hell.
7. If I hadn't fallen into the trap, I would still be carefree, controlling the fates of others like puppets on strings. I would still be enjoying the endless pursuit of the police, playing a never-ending game of cat and mouse.
8. But when I crashed into that glass window, I knew that I'd admitted defeat.I lost.
1. I'd lost to the emotion I once scorned. I'd lost to the rules I once abided by.
2. The irony almost made me laugh.
3. Images played through my head, and I thought about many things. But somehow, I couldn't remember her face. I suppose that's a good thing too. Doesn't that mean I can face death freely, without regrets?
