A middle school cartoonist

"Huh? Has the serialization meeting passed?" Makoto Takahashi listened to Yoshida's good news on the phone, his tone was extremely calm, "Is this kind of thing worth making you so happy? I'm not happy? The serialization has been passed, of course. Ah! That’s it, I’m still using the orange staff at Sacred Heart Academy, my companion is the cat, you’d better say goodbye to the novice village and enter the main city!”

Makoto Takahashi hung up the phone with a happy expression on his face! What makes Takahashi Makoto happy is not that "Higurashi no Time" was serialized, but that no one, including Yoshida and the editor-in-chief, noticed the darkness of "Higurashi no Time"!

The dark-style comic drawn by Makoto Takahashi had another purpose besides revenge on disgusting people! It is to give people a psychological preparation in advance for future comic creation.

If a person living in a peaceful society is suddenly asked to participate in a war, let him take his life, and let him watch the death of life, his heart may not be able to bear it; but once this person has experienced the baptism of war, he can already Faced with the loss of life, when he is allowed to deprive his enemy of his life, perhaps he can already accept it in his heart!

The heart to accept killing is the difference between veterans and recruits!

If Takahashi Makoto had submitted "When the Higurashi Cries" to the serialization meeting from the beginning, everyone in the editorial department would definitely not have been able to accept it. After all, the dark story is quite unique among the many royal and passionate comics! There’s no need to even think about serialization or anything like that!

But for Makoto Takahashi, who already has a criminal record, the current "Higurashi Time" is much better than the previous comics! At least the feeling of oppressive darkness is much less than that of previous works, which is why many editors can accept it.

What's more, Makoto Takahashi is very kind and did not draw the scene where Keiichi tortured Reina and Meiyin with a baseball bat at the beginning. He only drew a shadow of swiping the bat and hitting them. Who would have thought that this scene at the beginning Could this seemingly normal behavior be the foreshadowing behind it?

Moreover, the "Onigakure" submitted by Makoto Takahashi for the serialization meeting only has three chapters and does not tell the entire story! The manga only showed Keiichi noticing the bad intentions of the people around him and feeling the conspiracy, and then it disappeared! Like some famous detectives, he throws out a lot of clues, and then suddenly pauses deliberately when he is about to point out the murderer. Although this method is very exciting, it can arouse people's curiosity even more!

"Oh, now that the serialization has been confirmed, what to do next..." Makoto Takahashi looked at the cover of "Shounen Jumk" on the table. It was the male protagonist of Eiji Niizuma's "CROW" with a look on his face. The expectant smile, "It's the east wind waiting for victory. A fire will directly burn up the black flame army!"

In the same city, the new wife Eiji, who was drawing comics, couldn't help but frown a little, and suddenly felt a chill!

"Ah, Takahashi Makoto, have you finally returned from the demon world? I thought you had died in the devil's cave?" Izumi looked at Makoto Takahashi, who had not come to class for a long time, with a flash in his eyes. Guangliang smiled like a little fox, "Hey, it seems that you are doing well in the devil world. You don't look very embarrassed..."

"Hmph! Of course, the Demon King went to the Demon Realm just to go back to his hometown!" Makoto Takahashi looked at Izumi's side with squinted eyes and smiled, and asked with some confusion, "By the way, why is this side of the magician sitting here with me?" By my side?”

"Don't you remember it anymore?" Izumi looked at Makoto Takahashi with some disappointment, "After the second grade of high school was reclassified, my seat will be next to yours!"

"Are you really an inspector from the magic side?" Makoto Takahashi looked at Izumi with a sure face, "I sent you to monitor me specifically because we had an intersection before, right? Don't think that I don't I will show mercy to those I know well, I am the Demon King!"

"Yes, yes..." Izumi smiled, "So, Lord Demon King, in order to celebrate your victory, do you want to go to the game arcade together later?"

"Well... this..." Makoto Takahashi showed a tangled look. Because of the issue of serializing two comics at the same time, time became a little tight! After thinking about it, Takahashi Makoto still shook his head helplessly and refused, "Let's forget it. After all, the Demon King still has to look like the Demon King, and for games and stuff, this period of time is still..."

"It's such a pity..." Quan Zifang spread his hands, "Then I'll go with Xiao Jing and the others! I heard that a batch of new works have come recently, which sounds very interesting..."

"..." Makoto Takahashi looked at Izumi Fang who was gradually going away, with a trace of pain and regret on his face.

When Makoto Takahashi returned home with a disappointed look on his face, he found a man sitting at the door, looking around nervously, his body still trembling, and he kept knocking on Makoto Takahashi's door.

"Isn't this a little sea otter?" Makoto Takahashi walked over, looked at the nervous little sea otter, and asked with some confusion, "What happened? You look a little panicked, you are being chased." Kill?"

"Well, yes, Mr. Phoenix Academy!" The little sea otter suddenly grabbed Takahashi Makoto's shoulders tightly, "I was running away from the Yoshida family, and I first thought of coming to you! Please save me. !”

"Mr. Yoshida... Are you talking about my cat?" Takahashi Makoto looked at the little otter who had collapsed on the ground, but his hands were tightly grasping his trouser legs, and a strange smile appeared on his face, "Little otter, you came to me rashly like this, aren't you worried that I am in the same group with him?"

"Uh..." The little otter looked at Takahashi Makoto with horror, his face turned pale with fear, and he temporarily lost the ability to speak.

"You are really timid, little otter!" Takahashi Makoto shook his head helplessly, and stretched out his hand to gently rub the little otter's head, "You can't be so timid, little otter! When facing my cat, you must muster up your courage and directly use a 'Friendship Breaking Fist'! Of course, you can also buy some soap and throw the soap away when you see him..."

Looking at the little otter taking out a notebook from his body and taking notes seriously, Takahashi Makoto nodded with satisfaction. The little otter toy seemed very interesting. Why not play with it for a while and then return it to my cat?

"Come on, little otter, come in with me!" The weird smile on Makoto Takahashi's face was not seen by the little otter. But the little otter could feel that the half-open door of Makoto Takahashi's house was like a beast with a bloody mouth, ready to devour him...

The little otter had social barriers, so he had few friends, and he had just started serializing, so he didn't know many cartoonists, so Yoshida didn't have much effort, and he brought a few cartoon assistants to find Makoto Takahashi.

"Ah Cheng, is Hiramaru here with you?" Yoshida knocked on the door, but his face showed a positive look, "Hiramaru, come out quickly and go back with me, don't affect Ah Cheng's cartooning, you should go back to paint..."

Yoshida didn't finish his words, and the door opened. The assistants behind Yoshida looked at each other, but Yoshida had an expression of "as expected", and entered the room without hesitation. The assistants looked at each other, exchanged glances, and followed Yoshida into Makoto Takahashi's home.

"Ah Cheng, these people are Hiramaru-kun's assistants. Your assistant will be here tomorrow!" Looking at Takahashi Makoto sitting on the sofa, Yoshida introduced him to Takahashi Makoto, looking around, "By the way, where is Hiramaru-kun? Didn't you call me before and tell me that Hiramaru-kun is with you?"

"My cat, you started asking questions as soon as you came in. Is this what a guest should do?" Takahashi Makoto complained with some dissatisfaction, "It's really rude! Hey, the guy over there, hurry up and serve tea to the guests!"

A person with a mask on his face and wearing a maid outfit, trembling with a plate, slowly walked to Yoshida and put the tea on the table. Yoshida was still looking for the little otter and took the tea and drank it.

"As expected of Mr. Fenghuangyuan!" A deep male voice suddenly came out of the maid's mouth, "Mr. Yoshida, you really didn't find it! I wonder if everything that follows will be as the teacher expected..."

"Puff..." The tea in Yoshida's mouth sprayed all over the floor. He looked at the maid with her face covered in disbelief and cried out, "You...you are Mr. Hiramaru?"

"Why did Mr. Yoshida know!" The little otter looked at Yoshida in surprise, quickly hid behind Takahashi Makoto, and began to complain, "Mr. Fenghuangyuan clearly said that it would not be discovered..."

"The IQ of a toy, don't expect too much..." Takahashi Makoto hugged Liuli and gently rubbed the kitten's head, "Don't you think so, Liuli-chan?"

"Meow!" Liuli stared at Takahashi Makoto with her amber eyes, "Meow?"

"I'm glad you understand!" Takahashi Makoto was completely immersed in the communication with Liuli, "Don't become a toy like the little otter! By the way , Liuli-chan, remember to stay away from that humanoid creature over there! The existence called my cat companion seems to have entered a special period recently. Don't run around at night, it's very dangerous! "

"Why are you dressed like this, Hiramaru-kun?" Yoshida looked at the little otter in the maid outfit, and black lines appeared on his head, "You haven't been ** to this extent, have you?"

"But...but Fenghuangyuan teacher said!" The little otter looked at Takahashi Makoto, and was encouraged by the other party, and immediately raised his tone, "If you want to find a girlfriend, you must understand women!"

"Hahahaha..." Takahashi Makoto covered his stomach and laughed wildly, "You really said it! You are worthy of being a little otter! Since you have done it, then the stupid demon king will keep his word. When Her Royal Highness the Princess comes next time, I will ask her to introduce you to some beautiful big sisters!"

"Long live Fenghuangyuan teacher!" The little otter was so excited that he forgot everything and started cheering.

Yoshida on the side shook his head somewhat helplessly, looking at the little otter with an idiotic look, but seeing the little otter cheering and jumping for joy, Yoshida's face slowly showed a devilish smile.

"Ahem... Hiramaru-kun!" Yoshida glanced at Takahashi Makoto, conveying some information with his eyes. After seeing Takahashi Makoto nod, Yoshida continued to fool the little otter, "As long as you draw comics well, what Acheng said will come true! And let me tell you one thing, the princess Acheng is talking about is the popular star Rina Ogata!"

"Star? Hehe..." Yoshida, who was caught in some delusion, began to shake his body. After coming to his senses, he promised Yoshida with a serious face, "Mr. Yoshida, from today on, I will draw comics seriously!"

"Yeah!" Yoshida hugged the little sea otter and said happily, "Then, let's go back!"

Yoshida walked to the door and suddenly looked back at Takahashi Makoto. He found that Takahashi Makoto was also looking at him. He quietly raised his thumb and nodded with a smile.

"Hehe..." Takahashi Makoto took out a camera from the bookcase next to him and smiled. "Thanks to the little sea otter toy, I got new materials... Alas, as a demon king, I have such a kind and helpful heart. I am really incompetent!"