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Chapter 199 "The Confession Room"

"Short comic contest! I'm really looking forward to it!"

"The participating writers are all my favorite writers."

"Tori Akino-sensei! And Kazuki Nobuhiro-sensei!"

"Will there be an episode of the series! I want to know how Hanamichi Sakuragi failed to confess 50 times!"

"I want to see Jotaro make a move in jojo5! Is it time-deletion or time-stop?"

Readers are all looking forward to it, and the time will soon come to April.

In the school season, Higashino was promoted to the fourth grade.

The cherry tree with only dead branches is also blooming with gorgeous pink petals at this moment. When the wind blows, the petals will flutter.

"Everything is good in spring, but hay fever is unbearable..."

Higashino grumbled.

Akemi Akimiya handed him the mask for him to put on.

After coming to the school, the graduate representatives gave a graduation speech in the auditorium.

The old senior spoke with sincerity, and the students below shed tears, and from time to time, acquaintances from juniors and seniors waved goodbye.

Higashino didn't know when, they all had a senior they knew?And it's so emotional.

Originally, he just wanted to go through a process, but now he was a little bit on pins and needles.

At this moment, someone waved to him with a smile on his face.

Higashino Hibiki had some impressions, his brain was running extremely fast, but fortunately he had a strong memory, and recognized this person who had only met once.

His name is Tatsumi Kitamura, a member of "Future Club".

When we first met, he was still a third-grade student, and he was about to graduate now.

Time really flies.

Now that he is full of joy, he should be ready to flex his muscles after graduation.

Higashino waved to him and said hello.

……

After the graduation ceremony, Higashino was about to leave, but several seniors stopped him.

"Excuse me, are you Mr. Akino Bird?"

"I am Mirai Akino, who drew "Slam Dunk"."

"Please!" They took out their signature pads and bowed, looking up at Hibiki Higashino eagerly.

"Of course." Higashino nodded, and each of them took the signature board and wrote "Tori Akino Miku".

It was the first time he saw these people in the three years since he entered university, and he never thought they were his readers.

Before parting, the leader had some emotion.

They are members of the basketball club and love Slam Dunk.

But what they like is happy basketball. They are just playing basketball and don't think about participating in the competition.

So three days of fishing, two days of drying the net, leisurely and contented.

After watching "Slam Dunk", the Xiangbei basketball team or other teams, eager to win the national championship spirit, put the members of the Musashino basketball team to shame.

Effort, struggle, hard work, and enterprising are nothing to do with them.

Especially in the game between Shonhoku and Hainan, in the past of Takenori Akagi, those Shonhoku players who did not think about making progress were synonymous with them.

So I dare not come to see Higashino Hibiki.

When it was finally time for graduation, considering that this was the last chance, he gritted his teeth and came before Higashino Hibiki.

"Thank you," Higashino said with a smile, "I'm really honored to like "Slam Dunk" so much."

……

After Nan Qianchun delivered the newspaper, he bought a jump.

In this issue, there are short comics by his favorite author, Morimichi Yamamura.

When she was in high school, she saw Yamamura's shirtless upper body, and she lost all affection for the author, but she still read his manga Minami Chiharu.

"'Strange Detective Agency' is a lot more fun than 'Murder in the Sun'."

After watching the latest episode of "Strange Detective Agency", Nan Qianchun sighed.

Who would have thought that the "strange circle" in the red land in the vegetable garden turned out to be due to the spacing of the irrigation nozzles, which caused some vegetables to wither because they could not be sprayed with water.

The first part of the manga is full of suspense. She has been thinking, how did this happen?
Is it a "crop circle" made by aliens?Or it is the means used by the farmland owner to attract attention.

I didn't expect it to be so simple and reasonable.

It's ridiculous.

"Sensei Yamamura is very talented, it would be great if he wasn't so "perverted". "

Minami Chiharu thought so, and read the short story of Yamamura.

The name is "Basketball Baby".

……

"So that's the case," Higashino nodded, "No wonder I need my authorization."

Yamamura manga depicts the process of him and Kikuchi Hidemi getting to know each other.

So "Slam Dunk" is essential.

"He actually wrote his love story into the comics."

During the New Year's party, Higashino also saw that Yamamura was envious of Yoshihiro Token, and he did not expect to follow suit.

"The painting is really good." Akimi covered her mouth and said with a sneer, "They are very happy."

This short story is very warm on the whole, and it only depicts a small thing, but in every frame of the comic, you can feel the author's intentions.

Like a confession letter, with sincerity and confession.

Meanwhile, in Yamamura Morimichi's studio, decorated with roses and balloons, Yamamura Morimichi proposes, and Kikuchi Hidemi agrees.

By Friday, "Basketball Baby" had 135 votes in the reader survey.

"The grades are poor, but I don't think Yamamura cares about this. His goal has been achieved." Higashino said.

……

The second short story is from Nobuhiro Watsuki, and the short story is called "Comet Impact".

The protagonist is a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy with a special physique. It is a modern science fiction story that will be discovered by meteorites.

There is nothing to say about this short story, Higashino simply read it.

It's a work that I drew out of my busy schedule, but it's also quite delicate.

is a common type.

On Friday, "Comet Impact" received 353 votes, which is a very good result.

According to the practice of previous competitions, he is a strong contender for the top three.

……

The third and fourth articles are very ordinary works, and the number of votes is around [-], which is not worthy of Higashino's attention.

A month after the start of the manga short competition, the really challenging entries came.

This is Araki Hirohiko's "Confession Room".

At this moment, Araki Hirohiko stood at the window with a smile on his face, looking into the distance.

"I planned to publish this work in the second half of last year. After hearing about the short story competition, I decided to use "The Confession Room" to participate in this competition."

"That is to say, I spent a long time conceiving this short story, and it is my proudest work."

"Tori Akino-kun, come and try, see if you can surpass my "Confession Room"."

Picking up the milk, he bowed far away, put it gracefully on his lips, and took a sip.

"Teacher, you have been resting for too long, come to work quickly." Assistant Kikubo Hirohisa shouted.

"Sorry, I'm here." Araki said awkwardly.

……

"It's really unexpected."

"Slam Dunk" skipped the match between Xiangbei and Wuli in one sentence, and focused on the match between the two teams of Hainan and Lingnan.

"Coach Gaotou and Coach Tian Gang are old rivals."

"Coach Tian Gang claims that he is Xiandao, and the high head is Rukawa Kaede. This is the relationship between the two of them."

"Hahaha, it's very wrong to look at the face. You are so ugly, you actually think it's Xiandao and Rukawa Feng, and you don't have any self-knowledge."

But also because of this, the two teams had sparks flying from the beginning.

Hainan wants to maintain the honor of constant victory, and Lingnan's goal is directly aimed at the national competition, and it must also defeat Hainan in front of it.

The two teams were like the tip of a needle facing each other, and they made frequent tricks from the beginning.

"Xiandao is the point guard!"

Kanagawa's point guards are masters.

Ryota Miyagi of Xiangbei, Kenji Fujima of Xiangyang, Mu Shenichi of Hainan, and now the point guard of Lingnan is also played by Xiandao.

It's just a fight between gods.

"Is this a plan Tian Gang came up with to defend Mu Shenyi?" Araki thought while looking at the manga.

"But in doing so, Xiandao gave up his strengths and used the unfamiliar point guard position to defend Mu Shenyi. Isn't it using his own weaknesses to attack the other's strengths? It's like a stupid move."

However, in the follow-up comics, Xiandao's 190 cm height advantage allows him to observe the situation, coupled with his strong passing ability and control of the situation, he simply connects all of Lingnan and organizes a powerful and effective team. attack.

"It's horrible. Such a team."

The game went on for 10 minutes, and coach Gaotou chose to pause.

And now, Hainan has fallen behind by 11 points.

"The situation is one-sided. I didn't expect Lingnan to be so fierce in the face of the mighty Hainan."

The match that Araki thought would be suspense-free has now become interesting and intense.

"It's scary, Mirai Akino."

……

"It's scary, Araki-sensei."

Higashino stared wide-eyed, looking at the short comic in front of him.

"Can a work like "The Confession Room" be conceived so quickly?"

It's just a short story competition, and with such an interesting cartoon, he feels a bit like an anti-aircraft gun hitting a mosquito.

"A thrilling adventure story with Kishibe Rohan, the supporting character in JOJO's fourth unbreakable diamond, as the main character."

The story begins in the confessional of a church in Venice.

Kishibe Rohan sneaks into the confession room for manga material.

At this time, those who were deeply disturbed came to confess.

He calls himself a man of deep sin.

Kishibe Rohan did not panic, but was full of interest in his heart.

The visitor told the previous story. He was a porter and worked hard every day.

One day when he was working, a ragged, sallow and emaciated homeless man came and asked him for some food, claiming he hadn't eaten for five days.

Thinking that he needs to work hard and the other party can live by begging, he can't suppress the anger in his heart.

So he put a large bag of food on the homeless man, and if he worked hard, he would give the homeless food.

While he chomped on the bread, he admired the strenuous work of the homeless man.

The other party was overwhelmed by the packed food bags, he thought he was pretending to be injured to win sympathy, and he only had anger in his heart.

At this moment, someone grabbed his leg under his feet!

With red eyes and fangs in his mouth, he looked like a demon.

It's the bum!

The tramp cursed:

"I am in a despair deeper than the Dark Sea, from your despair! I will never forget, never forget your face! This debt, I must let you repay! I will come back!"

"When you are extremely happy, you will definitely! Remember it to me!"

The tramp is dead.

Afterwards, those who come to repent will have good luck.

He soon became a rich man, had a beautiful wife, and a lovely daughter.

It was the happiest moment of his life.

But at this moment, his daughter strangled his neck, and his hair was flying in the wind, as if he had life.

The daughter's tongue sticks out, with the facial features of the homeless man on it, and the other party is here for revenge!

He possessed himself on his daughter.

Just like the curse back then.

Will fate allow him to take revenge?The hobo chooses to play a game.

The popcorn was thrown away high above the street lights in the square, and after falling, he caught it with his mouth. He did this three times. If he failed once, the homeless man killed him and chopped off his head.

The first time he tossed it, the sun was so bright that the popcorn disappeared from his sight.

Fortunately, his tongue was dexterous, stuck to the popcorn that hit the corner of his mouth, and swallowed it into his stomach.

First time success.

The second time it was thrown, the dark clouds blocked the sun, and he was finally free from the sun's interference.

But when the popcorn fell, the pigeons in the square flocked, and the danger came again.

He was so blessed that he tore open the whole bag of popcorn and threw it on the ground, finally making the pigeon abandon the one he threw.

The popcorn fell steadily into his mouth.

Now it is the third one, as long as it succeeds this time, it will be able to get rid of the fate of death.

But he looked around, because of the popcorn, a large number of pigeons appeared around him, surrounded him.

At this time, the popcorn on the ground was also eaten.

All the pigeons looked at him, presumably as long as the popcorn was thrown up, they would be picked up by the pigeons in the air.

At this time, the innocent soul of the homeless man is also constantly urging him.

Running out of time!
The third popcorn is tossed and it's on fire!

The penitent set his hands and popcorn on fire with a lighter.

As long as the popcorn is on fire, the pigeons won't eat it.

His eyes filled with joy as the popcorn fell over the street lamp.

Finally everything is coming to an end.

But at this moment, the sun came out!
The sun was so dazzling, in an instant, the popcorn disappeared from sight, only bright white!

"Where! Where! Where!"

He opened his mouth wide!

"Pfft..."

The popcorn flames lit his shoulders.

He lost.

……

"But why, can this person come to confess?"

"Is he not dead yet?"

Akemi Akimiya suddenly asked Higashino in Hibiki's ear.

"Ah!" Higashino was startled, he was immersed in the manga and almost fell down.

"Hurry up and turn the page and continue reading!" Akemi Akimiya pushed Higashino Hibiki's arm.

"Yes Yes."

……

"That bum made me a millionaire who could have everything I wanted."

"It's also easy to find a completely obedient servant."

He continued talking.

At this moment, Kishibe Rohan heard a voice of fear.

"Master! Come out! Master!"

"No matter how much you repent, my resentment will never disappear!"

The person who came was a corpse crawling on the ground, his head disappeared.

(End of this chapter)