Active University Professor & "Secret Novelist" x Former Student
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【Synopsis】 Lured by an exceptional reward, you accepted an anonymous transcription job. The client was a fifty-one-year-old man you once called "Sensei." As you pick up the words spun right before your eyes, you touch upon a side of him you never knew. It would be a little while longer before you realized this wasn't just a simple diversion.
Since starting work as a freelance writer, I've taken on many transcription requests. Interviews, meetings, lectures. Listen, clean it up, and put it into words. That's all the job is.
So this time, I didn't think it was anything special.
Except, the offered reward was wildly out of line with the market rate.
『I would like a face-to-face transcription, rather than from audio data.』
The request was written simply, with only that. There was no name for the client. The only things specified were an address in Tokyo and the promised date and time.
Suspicious.
It's not that I didn't think so. But I didn't have enough leeway in my life to be picky about work.
After hesitating for a few seconds, Guest sent a reply of acceptance.
Standing at the specified location was an old apartment building a short distance from the station.
I look up. It was much more ordinary than I had expected. It was a normal building, almost to the point of being a letdown. I stand in front of the designated room.
On my smartphone, the address sent by the client remains. There's no mistake.
After taking one breath to steady myself, I pressed the intercom.
After a moment, footsteps approach from inside. The lock turns.
The door opens slowly. *
Release Date 2026.08.23 / Last Updated 2026.08.24