Society fears that young people don’t want to be literary godfathers

However, before his thoughts fell into silence.

A phone call rang at an inappropriate time.

"....Hello? Who is it?"

Mochizuki answered the phone impatiently, and Mochizuki showed a rare hint of displeasure on his face:

"Say something quickly, busy."

"......Teacher all, it's me."

"?!"

Hearing a familiar voice, Mochizuki changed his face:

"Oh, it's Editor Takegami, hello."

"Hello - Teacher All, are you working on your manuscript? Your tone seemed a little anxious just now."

"Haha, I'm working?"

While smiling awkwardly, Mochizuki lowered his voice and paused building his own Hyrule war machine:

"What's the matter? Editor Takegami?"

"It's like this... isn't it almost Christmas? I heard that your parents are abroad and may not come back to celebrate the New Year. If you don't mind, I would like to pick up some gifts and visit the town. I’m here to visit you and chat with you about Chainsaw Man’s next progress——”

"what?!"

I heard what Editor Takegami said.

Mochizuki's handle fell to the ground with a clatter.

"Wait a minute...what do you mean? Editor teacher?"

I thought I heard it wrong, but the young man's voice was rather stiff:

"You're coming to my place for Christmas? Isn't it too much trouble-"

"No trouble, Teacher All is now a popular comic book author, so I should show more sincerity."

On the other end of the phone, Editor Takegami’s voice was quite serious:

"Moreover, I didn't decide to go to Toyama City solely to visit you... To be honest, I also mainly wanted to visit my daughter, who also goes to school in your town, haha, What a wonderful fate.”

"Haha...what a wonderful fate..."

Mochizuki was sweating heavily on his forehead, and he didn't even want to open the game anymore.

........

ps: Still two thousand words???

82. Editor’s visit, offline real understanding of the moon

"You're doing pretty well in comics these days, right? I've noticed that there's been a lot of discussion about "Chainsaw Man" recently."

In the midst of a teenage jump, Tomosuke Takegami is on the phone with the popular manga artist All at the moment, with a gentle voice that sounds like the reincarnation of his heavenly father.

Faced with such a question, Teacher All on the other end of the phone laughed awkwardly, and his voice was obviously withdrawn:

"Haha, the painting is not bad? The work is relatively smooth."

"Really, that's great."

After hearing Mochizuki's response, Takegami Tomosuke couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction:

"I'm really happy to hear you say this - Oh, by the way, why do you seem to have a small game sound over there? What's the matter?"

"Haha? It's mainly because my next-door neighbor is playing Tears of the Kingdom. It's normal for adolescent children to like to play games when they have nothing to do."

He lied without a red face and without a beating heart. The elementary school boy laughed awkwardly and stabbed Kurihara Saki who lived next to him in the back with his backhand——

Of course, although the excuse was very poor, Takegami Tomosuke himself didn't pay much attention to these trivial matters.

He just cleared his throat and said a concerned word after a short silence:

"If it's too noisy, you can knock on the neighbor's door to remind her."

"That's exactly what I meant - well, the neighbor next door only cares about playing games all the time. It's really worrying."

As Tomosuke Takegami continued to secretly speak ill of Kurihara's mother, Mochizuki felt inexplicably happy. The shame of being beaten out of the game by a girl in a wheelchair with one hand also disappeared in an instant - replaced by Unprecedented comfort and joy.

Of course, while the backstab was temporarily satisfying, the boy still couldn't escape the most terrifying thing.

It was just when Mochizuki was in a relaxed mood that Tomosuke Takegami's voice became much gentler:

"Okay, let's not talk about the neighbors-"

"Speaking of which, how is Teacher All's health lately? Is she okay?"

"I'm in good health and I keep cycling [-] kilometers every day."

"Working well too?"

"Yes, because I have a great assistant, my workload has been reduced a lot, so I can get enough sleep."

"Oh~ Such a good assistant?"

"Ahem...Editor Takegami, what, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing, I just want to express my feelings. Mochizuki-san's assistant is really great - both the background and other aspects are very detailed, and they blend well with your painting style. They are really very capable. I'm a manga person...Haha, if I come to Toyama Prefecture, I also hope to meet your little assistant."

"Haha... This, or, maybe it's a little inconvenient -"

"What? What's inconvenient?"

"No...I mean it's too convenient..."

After all, he felt a little guilty. Thinking of the past comments made by Mr. Dog Eyes to Editor Takegami, Mochizuki was heartbroken for a moment.

..... If I remember correctly, the middle-aged man named Takegami Tomosuke on the other end of the phone was one of the best slaves to his daughter, and he was quite nervous about the movements of his cabbage - if the truth comes to light, you know Mochizuki was really not sure whether Editor Takegami, who had been kept in the dark for a whole month, would break out and cut herself into a stick.

There is no way back...

When the call progressed to this point, Mochizuki's heart had inevitably died.

Of course... Takegami Chisuke, who didn't understand the whole story, didn't realize where the boy's hesitation and bitterness came from - he just cleared his throat as usual and spoke solemnly for the person on the other end of the phone. The young man responded like this:

"...That's good. I'm afraid that Teacher All won't welcome me when I come to Toyama Prefecture for Christmas - after all, cartoonists always need to stay at home, and it's also true that they don't want to get together with others over time. A relatively common situation.”

"Editor Takegami is joking, how could I be an ignorant person who doesn't welcome visitors? Although you don't know, please remember that I have many real friends."

After triggering a series of tough-talking moves, the boy who had always been afraid that others would think he was withdrawn began to perform steadily as usual, pushing himself completely into the abyss——

"LOL, really?"

After receiving such a reply from Mochizuki, Tomosuke Takegami smiled softly and his expression became much gentler:

"That's great. Since Teacher All doesn't mind me, a middle-aged man, then I won't be polite either -"

"In a few days, I will visit you and discuss with you the follow-up and various development plans of "Chainsaw Man"... Although it is still too early for IP development, if If you can maintain this momentum, I will also work hard to complete the animation and theatrical version of your comics. Don’t worry, you won’t be bored this Christmas.”

"what?"

"...What's wrong? Teacher all?"

"No, it's nothing... I just saw a flying cockroach and I accidentally screamed."

"I see, I thought you didn't want me to come."

"haha, yes......."

"?"

"Ah no, I said I really hope you can come."

I don't know if it was Takegami Tomosuke's illusion, but he always felt that the talented high school student whose pen name was all on the other end of the phone seemed to be a little shy:

"Well, I don't mean to be unwelcome... Mainly because I feel that on such an important day as Christmas, I really have to trouble Editor Takegami to come..."

"Hai, what's the trouble? We're all friends, why are you so weird?"

The voice was unusually clear, and I thought that Mochizuki's voice on the other end of the phone was shrinking just because Takegami Tomosuke was smiling broadly. He didn't realize at all that the high school student he was talking to had kidnapped his cabbage:

"Don't worry. In fact, my hometown is also in Toyama Prefecture, and my daughter also goes to school in this town. As I said, part of the reason for coming here this time is to visit my daughter, so you don't have to worry, I won't It will take up too much of your time. After all, I still have to spend most of my time with my family..."

".......I see."

On the other end of the phone, Mochizuki's voice obviously dimmed:

"I see, I'm spending time with my family..."

"Of course - after all, my wife and I are busy working at Shonen Jump, and we don't have much time to see my daughter. I should always find an opportunity to have a good visit~"

"Okay, okay..."

Although his mind was not normal and his personality tended to be a solitary one, after hearing what Tomosuke Takegami said, the young man who wanted to continue to be tough and let Tomosuke give in, still kept his mouth shut.

.....Editor Takegami, are you looking forward to spending Christmas with Little Chengzi?

He thought of the little president Dog Eyes who had always stayed by his side to draw comics with him in the past, and then thought of Editor Takegami who missed his daughter on the other end of the phone. For a moment, a sigh sounded, and the young man responded like this as if he was giving in. Author:

"Then, please come here..."

"...It's okay, I'm just on my way."

Tomosuke Takegami, who had not yet seen the situation clearly, was slumped on the recliner at the moment and responded like this:

"Okay, I'm looking forward to Christmas."

".......Me too........"

The voice is so subtle. Does Teacher All turn out to be a social horror type?

"...I'll hang up first."

"alright."

The phone has been hung up.

The surrounding area fell into calm once again.

Putting down his mobile phone, Takegami Tomosuke slumped on the recliner, thinking a lot.

It worked... The plan to go back to Toyama Prefecture for Christmas has finally been finalized. In just a short period of time, I will be able to go back to see my daughter and meet the most promising cartoonist under my banner. Got——

Okay... It seems that the boring Christmas has finally changed.

Tomosuke Takegami, who has been sitting on the bench in the Shonen Jump editorial department for several years and has not been reunited with his family for a long time, can't help but start to look forward to the trip to Toyama Prefecture.

However, happiness is happiness, smoothness is smooth... Takegami Chisuke still has some concerns in his heart.

"I always feel that Teacher All's attitude on the other end of the phone is a bit ambiguous... What does this mean?"

When his thoughts fell here, Takegami Tomosuke scratched his head in confusion, and his eyes couldn't help showing a trace of confusion.

........No, when I first met Teacher All, wasn't he quite normal? Why did Teacher All's attitude change like this when I said I wanted to go to Toyama Prefecture?

"...Is it because I squat at home and have a social fear by nature?"

Analyzing it carefully, Takegami Tomosuke's eyes turned slightly, and his expression became more and more complicated.

.....I always feel that things are not that simple.

The middle-aged man's sixth sense activated.

Facing the subtle attitude of Mochizuki, the man silently made some mental preparations and began to feel a little wary of the mysterious genius high school cartoonist.

It seems that we need to be more careful.

"......After a while, let's have a good chat with the child's mother about returning to Toyama."

Stretching, Takegami Tomosuke sat up from his softness and looked in the direction of the editor-in-chief of Young Jump, his expression became quite clear.

.....Although the child's mother is always fierce, has a bad temper, and speaks harshly, but if she knew that she would go back to see her daughter soon, her always bad temper would probably soften a little. .

"Hope you're okay."

With his hands clasped together, the middle-aged man, who has not had a family reunion at Christmas for several years, prays and looks forward to a family reunion in the not-too-distant future.

"All right."

Thoughts fell silent.

After a short rest, Tomosuke Takegami cracked his fingers, adjusted his spirit to the best state, and prepared to devote himself to work again.