But he happened to be a specialist in tragedies.
Although none of his works had a high word count, they were exceptionally concise, powerful, and tear-inducing.
On the other end of the line, Ohara Nanako sniffled.
"Teacher Kobayashi, please tell me what genre the material is next time. Otherwise, this is just too easy to cry over."
"I cried all day at home today and didn't even go to work."
Ohara Nanako said, sounding deeply wronged.
Kobayashi Itsuki suddenly realized, no wonder she called him only now—it took her this long to recover.
"I understand, Miss Ohara. Don't worry, they'll all be tragedies from now on."
Ohara Nanako's breathing hitched, and her voice immediately became incredibly gentle.
"Teacher Kobayashi, I wonder if you have time tomorrow? I wanted to discuss your work..."
"I'm sorry, I have home visits scheduled for tomorrow and the day after. Let's talk about the time later."
Kobayashi Itsuki sensed the danger in her tone and decisively refused.
"It's getting late, I need to rest. Goodnight, Miss Ohara. I'll treat you to a meal when I have time."
He rattled off the long string of words in a single breath.
After speaking, he didn't wait for Ohara Nanako to reply and quickly hung up the phone.
Did she want to make trouble for him?
Impossible!
On her end, Ohara Nanako looked at the phone in her hand with surprise, seemingly unable to believe Kobayashi Itsuki had just run off like that.
After repeatedly confirming she hadn't misheard, Ohara Nanako was speechless. But thinking of how hastily Kobayashi Itsuki had hung up and his slightly nervous tone, she couldn't help but let out a soft laugh.
"Honestly, he acts as if I'm some kind of fierce person."
"But... Teacher Kobayashi really is amazing..."
Ohara Nanako, with reddened eyes, looked at Kobayashi Itsuki's new work, I Want to Eat Your Pancreas, on the computer screen, her eyes full of anticipation.
Although Kobayashi Itsuki's work had made her cry buckets today, it still couldn't stop the anticipation in her heart.
"Knock, knock, knock. Nanako, aren't you resting yet?"
"Let me tell you, no matter what happens, your health is always the most important thing!"
"Tomorrow I'm going to your publishing house to help you quit, and then I'm going to give that brat a good talking-to..."
Ohara Shijuro's voice from outside made Ohara Nanako rub her forehead helplessly.
"Dad!"
... The next day.
"Shin-chan! Hurry up and get out of bed, wash your face, brush your teeth, and eat breakfast! If you're any slower, you'll miss the kindergarten bus!"
Nohara Misae's voice rang out in the Nohara Family Home—a phrase heard almost every day.
Not long after the voice sounded, Nohara Misae rushed into the room, grabbed the still groggy Nohara Shinnosuke, quickly dressed him, and sent him to the bathroom.
Before long, the whole family was ready and came to the dining room for breakfast.
While chatting, they discovered something surprising: they all seemed to have had the same dream the night before.
The same dream featuring a beautiful woman in ancient clothing.
However, Kobayashi Itsuki was still unaware of all this.
After hanging up the phone last night, he seriously typed for a while, and then continued training his Invisible Hand.
He only opened some of yesterday's treasure chests in the morning.
Regrettably, the two blue treasure chests he cared about the most didn't drop anything good.
They were all ordinary items.
Fortunately, he now had many opportunities to obtain blue treasure chests, so Kobayashi Itsuki wasn't too bothered.
In the afternoon, he went with Ageo Masumi to visit the homes of the Tulip class students, netting him two more blue treasure chests.
Based on Kobayashi Itsuki's experience, barring any accidents, getting two blue treasure chests from a home visit was practically guaranteed.
One for the adult, one for the child—mother and son safe and sound.
However, while Kobayashi Itsuki was immersed in the joy of grinding treasure chests, he was unaware that a major incident had occurred at the Nohara Family Home.
Nohara Shinnosuke was gone.
He had been fine in the afternoon, but by the time dinner approached that evening, he had vanished.
Soon, night fell.
Kobayashi Itsuki, who was typing at home, received a call from Ohara Nanako.
"Teacher Kobayashi, something bad has happened!" Ohara Nanako's voice on the phone sounded panicked and anxious.
"What is it, Miss Ohara?" Sensing that her tone wasn't joking, Kobayashi Itsuki asked seriously.
"Shin-chan!"
"Shin-chan is missing."
Shin-chan?
Hearing Nohara Shinnosuke's name, Kobayashi Itsuki's initial worry instantly vanished.
Although the arrival of a transmigrator meant that anything they did, even breathing, could potentially trigger the butterfly effect and cause events different from the original work to occur in this world.
But regardless, Kobayashi Itsuki believed that Nohara Shinnosuke would never be in danger in this world.
He was the Child of Destiny of this world; how could he possibly be in danger?
"Miss Ohara, don't worry yet. Did Shin-chan perhaps go play with a classmate and forget the time..."
"Sister Misae has already called and asked everyone, but there are no clues."
Hearing this, Kobayashi Itsuki got up, started putting on his clothes, grabbed his jacket, and immediately headed out the door.
"I'm heading out now. Miss Ohara, where are you?" "I'm at the coffee shop where we had coffee before..."
Kobayashi Itsuki walked out into the night.
Although he wasn't entirely sure what had happened, he felt it was better to go check.
Taking large strides, Kobayashi Itsuki jogged for about a few minutes until he reached the coffee shop he had visited with Ohara Nanako before.
"Miss Ohara, what exactly happened?" Ohara Nanako was standing at the entrance of the coffee shop; seeing Kobayashi Itsuki, she quickly rushed forward.
"I'm not too sure either. Sister Misae said Shin-chan vanished right from the house, and they couldn't find him anywhere. Then she called me to ask if Shin-chan had come to my place."
Ohara Nanako's eyes were filled with worry; she was very fond of Nohara Shinnosuke.
Naturally, she was extremely anxious now that this had happened.
"Vanished from the house?" Hearing this, Kobayashi Itsuki carefully tried to recall if there was similar plotline in the original work.
However, besides the theatrical versions, there were thousands of episodes of daily life.
Kobayashi Itsuki certainly couldn't recall the details so quickly, nor could he rule out that this was an event not present in the original work.
"Have you called the police yet?"
"Not yet. They said the required time for a missing person report hasn't passed."
Ohara Nanako shook her head, speaking anxiously.
"Let's go to Shin-chan's house first and ask about the situation in detail."
"If there are no clues, I have a friend who works at the police station; I can ask her to help us figure something out!"
Ohara Nanako didn't have any better ideas right now; otherwise, she wouldn't have called Kobayashi Itsuki.
Hearing Kobayashi Itsuki's words, she nodded in agreement.
"Okay, let's go find Sister Misae now."
Having said that, Ohara Nanako quickly led Kobayashi Itsuki toward the Nohara Family Home.