A middle school cartoonist

Frustrated!

Very frustrated!

This is the feeling of a certain editor who was completely ignored by the two cartoonists since Shizukawa and Makoto Takahashi started a meaningless conversation!

Seeing that the two cartoonists chose the communication method of [hiding information], Yoshida, who was completely unable to intervene in the conversation, could only try his best to recall the previous conversation over and over again, trying to extract some useful information fragments from it, and then piece these fragments together to infer the truth!

Therefore, although the questions and answers between Shizukawa and Makoto Takahashi did not reveal any content, it sounded absolutely like a [mysterious but meaningless] conversation, but Yoshida, the editor-in-chief of the weekly "Shonen Jumk", still inferred some useful information from it...

For example, the thing that Shizukawa wanted to confirm with Makoto Takahashi at this moment... Perhaps, it was the purpose of his coming here today!

However, Yoshida's reasoning only stopped here! It's not that Yoshida's reasoning ability is not strong, but that there is only this useful information! If Yoshida could guess what Makoto Takahashi was really planning... Ahem, forget it. Yoshida is just an editor-in-chief, not the legendary "wherever he goes, there will be death" who is read as the god of death of detective writing!

Well, regardless of what kind of mood and purpose Yoshida has, the conversation between Shizakawa and Makoto Takahashi is in progress!

"Teacher, are you sure you didn't deliberately favor me in this plan?" Obviously, Shizakawa couldn't agree with the explanation given by Makoto Takahashi that "everything is the choice of Steins;Gate"!

"Favoritism? Tsk! I knew it would be this!" Makoto Takahashi looked at Shizakawa's serious expression and shook his head helplessly, "Sure enough, a guy like you who looks like a little bitch can only think of this level of questions!"

"Teacher, are you sure you didn't favor me?" Compared with Makoto Takahashi's sarcastic complaints, Shizakawa was more concerned about the answer to the question he asked! "Then teacher, if you really don't favor me... then can you explain why you said that the key to winning or losing is to successfully create the role of "teacher"?"

"What explanation... didn't I say it before?" Takahashi Makoto scratched his head helplessly, and spread his hands to Shizuru with an innocent look, "All this is the choice of Steins; Gate!"

"Teacher..." Shizuru suddenly roared, and Yoshida, who was eavesdropping on the side, was startled! "Don't be kidding!"

"No... all this is really the choice of Steins; Gate!" Takahashi Makoto was not overwhelmed by Shizuru's momentum. After pulling his white coat, he looked at Shizuru solemnly, "Because you, Ryuko... are the ones chosen by Fenghuangyuan Kyoushingo who can observe the world!"

From the realm where momentum determines everything... it turns out that compared to Yoshida, who is just a mere editor-in-chief, the crazy Chuuni cartoonist is a more advanced species!

"The one who proposed to conquer the cartoonists with the character of "Teacher" was not Mr. Nizuma Eiji, but you, right?" Shizuruwa, who was not good at verbal communication, was unusually talkative today... As expected, even a small bottom can burst out incredible potential when it comes to some key or principled issues! "But teacher, you clearly know that the core of the comic "Assassination" serialized in my weekly magazine is the character of "Kero-sensei"!"

"Eh? Is that so? I thought the core character of your comic was Nagisa of Hideyoshi's gender..." Takahashi Makoto said with a surprised face, and his expression looked innocent no matter how you looked at it!

But unfortunately...

This time, let alone perfunctory Shizuruwa, even Yoshida, who was watching and making soy sauce on the side, clearly felt that a certain chuuni cartoonist was deceiving people!

"Teacher, you have obviously noticed everything, but you pretended to know nothing and proposed that way of judging the winner..." At this moment, should Shizuruwa be angry or depressed? "Although everyone agrees with your proposal, for me, it is... but..."

"The entire plot of the manga "Assassination" revolves around the character of [Kuro-sensei]! Therefore, in order to create the character of [Teacher] who conquers others, compared with other cartoonists, you don't need to consider adding extra plots to the comics, nor do you need to consider the impact of adding or reducing plots on the comics. You only need to complete your own comics and interpret [Kuro-sensei] who can conquer everyone through the development of the plot..." Seeing that Jinghe River stuttered because of his anger, Takahashi Makoto interrupted the words that the other party wanted to say but had not said yet, as if talking to himself, pointing out Jinghe River's inner thoughts at the moment, "And it is precisely because of this that you feel that you have an advantage from the beginning, and think that even if you can let the [Teacher] character you created conquer other cartoonists and win in the future, you still feel that you have won unfairly! After all, in this duel, you think that you have stood on a different starting line from the beginning...Ryuko, you think so, right?"

"Yes, teacher..." Jinghe River, who was just full of vigor, immediately returned to his usual weak look after Takahashi Makoto said everything he thought! "But, since you already know, why do you still bring it up..."

"Hey, Ryuko, you seem to have forgotten something very important! You don't think that the slight advantage you had at the beginning will last until the end, or even bring you victory, right?" Takahashi Makoto squinted at Jinghe River, with a smile that a certain editor was quite familiar with on his face, but his tone was full of teasing... No, it should be aggressive! "If you really think so, Ryuko... Humph! I can only say that you underestimate the high-spirited cartoonist!"

"..."Silence appeared on Jinghe River, who was already taciturn... But the slightly different thing was that the reason why Jinghe River was silent this time was not because he didn't know what to say, but because he was surprised after his thoughts were said!

"Let's not talk about Ajo Mumu and the silver-haired guy who are about the same fighting power as you..." Takahashi Makoto stood in front of Shizuruwa, put on a serious look, but spoke in a joking tone, "Ryuko, do you really think that with your previous weak advantage, you can really defeat the mad demon king Hououin Kyouma who can see the world, and the black flame king who is a monster in human skin?"

"..."

Let alone Takahashi Makoto and Nizuma Eiji, even if it is Ajo Mumu or the silver-haired guy Fukuda, Shizuruwa has no confidence in winning...

And even if according to the way of judging the victory and defeat proposed by Takahashi Makoto and Nizuma Eiji, the core of the comic "Assassination" now, [Kero-sensei], cannot conquer all the members of the cartoonist side... At least according to the current serialized plot, it cannot reach such a level!

"By the way, Ryuko, you'd better accept my explanation just now!" Seeing Shizuruwa fall into silence, Takahashi Makoto narrowed his eyes and laughed meaninglessly! "After all, the real reason may be quite cruel to you! Hehe..."

Among the people Yoshida knows, the one who is threatened the most by the words of a certain chuuni cartoonist is probably himself... Therefore, Yoshida can easily distinguish which words are jokes and which are truly malicious words!

"Hey, Cheng!" So Yoshida, who originally planned to completely transform into a passerby soy sauce character today, felt something was wrong after hearing Takahashi Makoto's laughter, and finally couldn't help but speak... Yoshida had a feeling that what Takahashi Makoto was going to say next might cause great harm to Jinghe River!

So Yoshida wanted to stop Takahashi Makoto from speaking...

"Then, teacher, please tell me, what is the real reason?" But Shizukawa didn't appreciate it, and asked directly...

"Hmm? Good awareness! But I'm more curious about what kind of expression you will show after you know everything..." Takahashi Makoto's smile gradually faded, and after staring at Shizukawa curiously for a while, he slowly said in a calm tone, "Shizukawa, as a participant in this duel, you don't seem to notice that whether it is Yajo Mumengye or the silver-haired boy, or the King of Black Flame and me... they are all different from you!"

"Different... existence?" Shizukawa didn't react to Takahashi Makoto's statement, so he was quite confused!

"The time of debut, the number of serialized comics, the experience accumulated after becoming a cartoonist..." Seeing Shizukawa's puzzled look, Takahashi Makoto didn't say some middle school-style remarks as usual, but went straight to the point quite rarely! "Compared to you who just started serialization, the other manga artists have a lot of advantages... Oh, that's the unbelievable expression! You really haven't thought about it in this way, Ryuko!"

"That, that means..."

"Just as you thought, the reason why I proposed this way of judging the winner is not to favor you... In fact, the real reason is just to give you a chance to compete with all of us in an upright manner, that's all!"