A middle school cartoonist

After today's serialization meeting ended, Yoshida had a strange expression. He was sitting alone in the conference room with Makoto Takahashi's work in his hand. The editor next to him sighed, walked over and patted Yoshida on the shoulder without saying anything. What, just left.

"I hope it won't affect the creation of "Fullmetal Alchemist"..." Yoshida muttered and left the conference room with some frustration.

At the just-concluded serialization meeting, Makoto Takahashi’s planned new comic "Higurashi Campus: Forever" did not pass the serialization meeting! Many editors raised doubts about Makoto Takahashi's ability to serialize two comics at the same time. As the editor in charge, Yoshida argued hard and although he reluctantly convinced everyone, he still failed to pass the Commander-in-Chief.

"Although the Phoenix-in Murasaki manga has always performed well, please don't ignore the fact that he is only a high school student!" Aida said with a serious face, "The gimmick of a genius junior high school student has been used before. High school students It’s not very eye-catching! And to be honest, I didn’t see anything outstanding about this work, with an ordinary protagonist and an average plot..."

"But Acheng said, there are a lot of bold ideas in this work!" Yoshida looked at the people around him seriously, "Although this work was a little confusing at the beginning, but if I look carefully, I I feel that there are many things hidden in this work, especially the theory of parallel worlds that Cheng mentioned to me before!”

"Maybe what you said is right, but this work doesn't have what you said at all!" Aida pointed out the shortcomings of the work, "I don't mean to target you, Yoshida-kun! But look at this work , the storyboards are handled in a mess in many places, and the main plot is very confusing. The coexistence mode of multiple protagonists is difficult to grasp in a novel, let alone a comic?”

"I know everything you said, Aangda!" Yoshida looked at Aangda with a cold face, "But you have to believe in Cheng! Everyone here has read his previous works. Do you think Cheng can handle it?" Aren't you okay with these questions? Just like in "Destiny Note", didn't you all think there were too many characters at first? "But what happened?"

"Yoshida, give me the manga!" Seeing the argument gradually escalate, the editor finally spoke, "Manga is something created by the author's heart. We cannot make an easy decision, maybe a random decision! Whether the manga is interesting or not, You’ll only know if you read it yourself!”

After hearing what the editor said, Yoshida and Aida stopped arguing and nodded at the same time. The entire conference room became quiet, and the only sound that could be heard was the editor's flipping of the manuscript.

"Yoshida, this comic is a bit confusing, and the storyline is very ordinary, but..." the editor pushed up his glasses, "...some parts of it are still very interesting! So, I think you should..."

"Well, the problem now is, how did you tell Acheng..." Yoshida walked to the door of Makoto Takahashi's house, his mind was filled with what the editor-in-chief said at the serialization meeting, and his face was tangled, "I don't know how Will Cheng be so angry that he stops drawing comics... huh? "

"Oh, my beloved cat, when you encounter something that cannot be solved, do you need to summon the Demon King?" Makoto Takahashi's twitchy voice came from the other end of the phone, "Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, you are really incompetent. Servant! But not now, I am fighting an elite revenge banshee, and I cannot escape from the battle for the time being! We will meet at the save point of the hot spring square in twenty minutes! Of course, if I don’t show up, it means I am! I have already sacrificed my life! At that time, please carry on my legacy and protect Konoha Ninja Village!"

"Takahashi Makoto..." Yoshida resisted the idea of ​​hanging up the phone, and said with a cold voice and gritted teeth, "I'll wait for you in front of your house!"

"Beep...beep..." Makoto Takahashi simply hung up the phone!

Makoto Takahashi said it was twenty minutes, but by the time Yoshida saw Makoto Takahashi, it was already two hours later! Facing Yoshida, who was full of anger and had begun to enter the verge of blackness, Takahashi Makoto scratched his head with a blank look on his face, raised his thumb, and showed what he thought was a bright smile!

"Ahaha, I'm sorry, my beloved cat, I just got lost on the road called life!"

"Hmph, I hope you can still laugh later!" Yoshida took a deep breath, turned around and followed Takahashi Makoto into the room.

Looking at the manga manuscript that Yoshida put on the table, Takahashi Makoto showed a trace of doubt in his eyes, took it in his hand and looked at it carefully. But Yoshida didn't speak, but quietly observed Takahashi Makoto's expression! After a long time, Makoto Takahashi posted the manga manuscript on the table. The smile on his face gradually faded, he lowered his head and began to think seriously about something!

"So, you can't do this!" Yoshida looked at Makoto Takahashi who was deep in thought and began to persuade him, "The serialization meeting was not passed. This kind of thing is normal! Don't have negative emotions because of such trivial matters. , you know, you are the master of the Phoenix Academy and a cartoonist!"

"So, so what?" Makoto Takahashi raised his head and looked at Yoshida, "The serialization meeting was not passed. This matter... well, it was already in my expectation! The Evil Eye of the Demon God had already foreshadowed everything that would happen. !”

"Huh?" Yoshida did not find a series of negative expressions such as sadness, loss or depression on Takahashi Makoto's face, and became a little confused, "You already knew that this work would not pass the serialization meeting? Cheng , Don’t force yourself to smile when you face setbacks! Men, it’s just a failure once or twice, it’s normal! After failure, just stand up again and keep moving forward! Do a good job drawing "Fullmetal Alchemist", after all, everyone has given high praise to this comic! "

"So, what are you thinking about, my beloved cat?" Makoto Takahashi looked at Yoshida with a smile on his face, "That kind of special term to comfort a bereaved dog... don't underestimate it. How brave the Demon King is! Besides, have you ever seen a Demon King who wants to destroy the world with only a simple plan? Tsk, tsk, you are so naive!”

"Huh? Cheng, you..." Yoshida suddenly found that he was taking it for granted, "The comic didn't pass the serialization meeting, don't you feel unwilling to do so?"

"Not willing? Maybe..." Makoto Takahashi rubbed his temples and sighed with an unhappy look on his face, "I originally wanted to save some trouble, but now it seems that it still doesn't work! By the way, this was when I was writing fan fiction, Is this a habit left behind? Is this considered retribution? The sins of the previous life should not be underestimated..."

"I expected that you would be hit by this, but it seems that I thought too much... In short, for now, just draw "Fullmetal Alchemist" well!" Yoshida was completely confused by the words he didn't understand. Choosing to ignore it, "Don't think about the new serialization for now!"

"Since the first set of combat plans doesn't work, then let's turn to the second set of combat plans!" Makoto Takahashi said with a smirk on his face, "Then, my beloved cat, I will make an exception this time for you to see. A king-like existence!"

"This is..." Yoshida looked at Makoto Takahashi taking out the manga manuscript from the drawer, and cold sweat broke out on his head, "Isn't it another manga manuscript prepared for a new series? Stop making trouble..."

"For the previous work, I was too anxious! If the parallel theory cannot be accepted by readers, I don't know when my king will appear! But now I encounter such a thing...it goes against my plan, maybe I think too much!" Makoto Takahashi put the manga manuscript on the table, a trace of regret flashed across his face, "Huh, since it's now time, it's time for you to see the so-called King of Duelists. What a king!"

"I said... are you sure this is your new work?" Yoshida looked at Makoto Takahashi with a gloomy face, "Are you just kidding me? This is obviously the work you painted before, okay? It's just that It’s just that you deleted some characters!”

"Exactly! In fact, this is the true face of this comic!" Makoto Takahashi raised his hand, "Sacrifice despair in exchange for the light of hope... Come out, "When the Higurashi Cries"!"

"..." Yoshida picked up the comic manuscript and flipped through it, his face getting worse and worse, and finally he was overwhelmed, threw the comic manuscript on the table, and roared loudly, "I won't comment on whether this comic is interesting or not, you first Tell me, since "When the Chilling Cry" is a separate story, why didn't you draw it like this at the beginning and instead add some unnecessary things to it? Do you know that for the previous work, I was working on it? Let’s argue hard at the serialization meeting!”

"That's what you should do!" Makoto Takahashi sneered, "My beloved is a cat, can't you see? This is the Demon King's test for you! If you can't complete the Demon King's test, then How to become a loyal underground servant?”

"Trial? It's a lie, it's definitely a lie!" Yoshida looked very angry, "You must have heard me say before that the development of the story was a bit messy, and then you changed it like this!"

"Is this the way you speak to the Demon King? Who do you think you are?" Makoto Takahashi turned his head away, not daring to face Yoshida, and stammered, "Huh, this is just something I suddenly remembered. ...that...this..."

"Then why did I work so hard before?" Yoshida looked at Makoto Takahashi and sat weakly on the ground, "Are you sure you want to submit this to the serialization meeting? Since you had this plan from the beginning, then Why do we still need to take some detours?”

"The wisdom of mortals!" Makoto Takahashi clasped his hands together, sat on the sofa with his feet crossed, and said with a sacred look, "All of this is prepared to welcome my king! The existence of the parallel world is to ensure that our king The conditions for birth! But if you want to challenge the existence of God, it is not enough for you to be the king! In order to create a relatively fair battlefield, I will keep trying and training, whether it is integrating the world or integrating the plot... …Until I can master these mysteries, I will welcome my king’s arrival!”

"It's exactly what the editor-in-chief said!" Yoshida pointed at the manga manuscript, "You really chose this story! The editor-in-chief told me at that time that if conditions permit, Cheng, you really want to start a new serial, Instead of spending time drawing stories that you don’t want to close, you should work more seriously to draw interesting stories! This is what the editor asked me to convey to you after reading the works you submitted before! ”

"I see, the commander-in-chief has wisdom that I, a servant, do not have! He can actually perceive my thoughts... It seems that my previous idea that I could completely defeat the world with the help of the golden finger was too naive!" Takahashi Makoto completely ignored Yoshida who was on the verge of exploding, and began to declare loudly, "But it doesn't matter, now let "Higurashi When They Cry" become the vanguard of the counterattack and become a sharp blade to penetrate the army of the black flame king crows! Hahahaha..."

"Ah Cheng, I'm curious, the king you keep talking about..." Looking at Takahashi Makoto who was in a certain state, Yoshida asked curiously, "...Who is it?"

"The king's real name is not something that a servant like you can inquire at will!" Takahashi Makoto looked at Yoshida with a cold expression, "Wait quietly! When the horn of the God-Slaying War sounds, my king will surely come to the world!"