I'm a Light Novel Master in Japan

Seeing this, Rita felt that this kind of painting skills combined with this story looked inexplicable, and the atmosphere, foreshadowing and psychological description were quite good, but there was one thing that was a bit inconsistent for her who was familiar with Zhenbai, she was a little puzzled. Asked: "I have a detail that I care about... Mashiro, the appearance of the protagonist is the prototype, it should be yourself, but the protagonist lives in poverty and constraints, and can give a lot of plausible lectures every time... These characteristics are slightly There's some inconsistency."

"...Themes and settings have been changed."

Shiina Mashiro looked at Rita quietly, and explained in a soft and cold voice.

After the first manga was changed and set by his own manga editor, it continued to use [Three No British Girl Detective] as a selling point. The original setting of Mashiro only retained the living environment, which was also proved in the newcomer manga contest. The settings are quite effective.However, until now, Mashiro is actually still a little bit worried about the setting change.

Rita looked at Shiina Mashiro, then smiled, stretched out her hand to turn the page, and said, "That's right, manga is basically about fun, so Mashiro is also very interesting..."

But before she finished speaking, Rita turned to the next page, only to see a picture of the mummified corpse twenty years ago after two men lifted the slate off the wall of the lighthouse.But Shiina Mashiro made a close-up of this mummy, and the pair of mummified corpses stared in front of them with lifelike eyes, staring at Rita from the sketch paper held in both hands by Mashiro with an ignorant face.

"Uh……"

Rita sucked in a breath of cold air, her face was pale, and a pair of terrified eyes suddenly burst into tears. She looked at this close-up painting in horror, and even her habitual back-off reaction was too sudden to convey...

"what---!!"

Rita fell limply to the ground, shaking, and finally let out a piercing scream.

Qingshan Qihai, who was cleaning up in the laundry room, heard the screams and hurried to this side. Standing at the door, he saw Rita sitting on the ground, and asked nervously: "Rita, what's wrong, what happened... Um?"

Nanami's face was also pale, staring at the close-up cartoon shot of Mashiro's hands.

"Ah ah ah ah, what is Nong drawing!" (Osaka accent)

The two girls who were sitting on the ground hugged each other, Qi Hai suddenly became angry, and scolded in a complaining tone: "Zhen Shi, didn't I tell you not to draw such perverted paintings, you scared me too much last time. into your studio!"

Shiina Mashiro turned the album over, looked at it for himself, and said, "This is a close-up that has been repeated many times."

"Very...many times?!" Rita asked in astonishment, about to cry.

"Well, it has to be scary," Shiina Mashiro said.

Rita's mood was quite complicated, and finally, she got up, grabbed Zhenbai's hand, shook her head vigorously, looked at Zhenbai distressedly, and persuaded: "No, it really doesn't work, Zhenbai, how can you draw these things with your hands, like this? Work is horrible, why can't you stand it?"

"Rita, cartoonist, it has to be this way."

Shiro looked at Rita and said.

"...I am very happy to be able to scare people. I succeeded."

She clenched her right hand expressionlessly and made a victory pose, but there was no joy or atmosphere of victory at all.

"..."

Rita, who was familiar with Mashiro, could feel that Shiina Mashiro seemed really happy, but it made her feel even more conflicted.

Nanami looked at her helplessly and said, "I heard that your manga is about to be animated, isn't it? According to this style, how can it be broadcast on TV..."

"Animation is banned in 16." Mashiro said without denying it.

Qingshan Qihai and Rita were completely speechless, not knowing why, Zhenbai Mingming looked like white snow, but the story in his mind was so explosive.

Shiina Mashiro put the drawing back in the drawer, then looked at Rita and asked, "Rita, is the story... interesting?"

"..." Rita stood there, looking at Shiina Mashiro, not sure how to answer.

If Shirai drew shoujo manga, she would answer "very good" and "very wonderful" to evaluate her work, regardless of whether the story was good or bad, but it was the kind of thriller detective story that couldn't be dealt with the most.

However, when the mood settled down, Rita seemed to have to admit a fact.

"It's still interesting, my heart is almost broken!" Nanami, who was sitting on the ground, didn't care about anything, and when he complained with a flushed face, he inadvertently said another Osaka accent.

After Rita heard it, she couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Rita has to admit... After thinking about this manga, I still find it quite interesting... It's almost impossible to imagine that this is a manga work drawn by her friend, Shiina Mashiro.

Shiina's eyes are exactly the same as when he asked the audience at the British exhibition...he sincerely hopes that the work will be recognized.

"It's very interesting, Shiro." Rita hesitated for a long time, but finally told the truth in her heart.

"Ah."

After hearing that, Shiro nodded.

She turned around and continued to work overtime to draw her own cartoons.

"Really, the room is as messy as ever. It's alright if you learn from the seniors a little bit, and pay attention to ventilation and hygiene when you're busy."

Qingshan Qihai looked at Mashiro, who was desperate to paint, with akimbo, but no matter how many times she complained, as long as Mashiro was painting, she never heard her.

The commotion downstairs seemed to have subsided. Nanami felt that the smell of oil paintings and printers was too strong, so he opened the window a little to let in the air.

However, a strong wind blew in from the window, blowing the scraps on the ground.

"..."

Rita and Nanami looked at each other, and their expressions changed.

——【This is a close-up that has been repeated many times. 】

——【The close-up has been repeated many times. 】

--【repeat……】

That night, neither Rita nor Nanami could forget the terrifying situation surrounded by that picture...

"Ahhhhh!!!"