Chapter 18: The Golden Tiara

"I didn't expect that even middle school students have become impure now!" "The Kuwadao Police Department sat in the co-pilot's seat and said to Lin Xiuyi with infinite emotion.

"Is Kuwashima-senpai talking about Tomomi Yano?" replied as Lin Xiuyi drove the car.

"Well, if I hadn't heard it from Mr. Arai, I wouldn't believe that this kind of thing could happen in such a high-class private middle school......" The Kuwashima Police Department complained with some anger.

"yes, even I was taken aback, to be honest, I'm still a little worried about how Reina is doing at school? After all, she has just moved from Aomori to Tokyo, and she usually speaks with some incomprehensible words from time to time, which will inevitably become the object of rejection by those students......"

"Didn't you just meet? It doesn't look like there's something. However, Xiu Yijun, did you encounter this kind of thing when you were in middle school?" the Kuwashima Police Department lowered the back of the seat and asked Lin Xiuyi casually.

"I spent my middle school years in public schools, where the kids were from similar backgrounds, so there was nothing to compare, and we worked together at a gas station in high school.

In Lin Xiuyi's memory, although his childhood was very hard, it was also very fulfilling. Although I didn't have a lot of pocket money at that time, I have a lot of memories that I still remember very much.

"Me, I remember that there was a senior in the school who took care of me very much, and my family lived next door to his house at that time, and he would take me to the kendo gym to practice every day after school. Unfortunately, after I entered high school, my senior and I were no longer in the same school, and my kendo studies were abandoned......"

The two chatted all the way back to the Metropolitan Police Department, and each told each other a lot about their childhood. Because Lin Xiuyi remembered the matter of Reina, he rushed home after explaining some work matters to Miki.

Because he got off work early, Lin Xiuyi walked out of Kichijoji Station at about four o'clock in the afternoon. At this point in time, Reina shouldn't have finished school yet.

Lin Xiuyi was thinking about how to ask Ling Nai about school at night, and at the same time thinking about whether to go to the supermarket and buy something ready-made to make dinner. At this moment, he suddenly remembered Miko, who was supposed to work at a supermarket at this time.

"By the way, Reina seems to have a very good relationship with Miko, wouldn't it be better if Miko went to the side and asked Reina about her at school?"

The more Lin Xiu thought about it, the more he felt that this plan was feasible, he held his briefcase in one hand, and took out his mobile phone from his pocket with the other hand, looking for Yuzi's phone.

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In the banquet hall on the sixth floor of the Roppongi Prince Hotel in Tokyo, the annual Golden Tiara Award Ceremony is in full swing. At this moment, the banquet hall is full, and there are many seniors and newcomers in the manga industry, and what is even more interesting is that most of the people sitting here are female manga artists.

Speaking of the Gold Tiara Award, this is simply the first award for women in the manga industry, which is divided into four awards: Gold Tiara Reward, Silver Tiara Grand Prize, Bronze Tiara Grand Prize, and Special Prize. The prize money is 5 million yen, 2 million yen, 300,000 yen and 150,000 yen. Not only is the prize money the largest among the major manga awards, but more importantly, the winners of the gold and silver prizes can get an exclusive two-year contract with Shueisha, knowing how difficult it is to get a long-term contract with Shueisha.

What's even more appealing is that the Golden Headwear Award is aimed at budding manga artists, and the range of entries is limited to Shueisha's "Ribon", "Margaret", "Margaret", "Deluxe Margaret", "The Margaret", "Cookie", "Chorus", "Cocohana" and other women's manga magazines.

It stands to reason that "Girl Criminal", which was serialized in the spin-off magazine "JUMP SQUARE" of "Shonen Jump", was not eligible to participate in the Golden Headgear Award. However, at the strong request of Miko's editor, Ms. Tsukimoto, "Girl Criminal" finally entered the shortlist for the Golden Tiara Award. In fact, fundamentally speaking, the main reason for being able to participate in the competition is because the results of "Girl Criminal" are getting better and better, and it gradually has a place in the comic industry.

In the list of "This Comic is Really Amazing!" selected by the Treasure Island Club not long ago, the originally little-known "Girl Criminal" unexpectedly won the third place. As a result, Miko Fukuda has aroused the interest of many seniors in the manga industry and major publishers. And also because of the high rating given by "This Manga is Awesome!", "Girl Criminal", a work with average results, actually began to go low and high, and became a popular manga of Shueisha.

But at this moment, Miko has been a little disheartened. Her name is not among the winners of the Bronze Tiara Award and the Special Prize, which have just been announced. This also made the royal son, who originally had the heart to win the award, completely chilled.

Some people may ask, isn't there a gold reward and a silver reward? This self-aware Miko still has it, not to mention that this year's popular newcomer works such as "The Girl of the Danube" and "The Princess of Atlantis" are all competing with "Girl Criminal", and the authors of several other popular works are also from extraordinary backgrounds, and there is even a personal disciple of Aunt Arakawa Hiroshi (the author of "Silver Key" and "Fullmetal Alchemist", who is called Aunt Niu because she likes cows).

"Now, ladies and gentlemen, please take a break, we are about to uncover the final suspense of the Silver Tiara Prize!"

Miko looked at the female author next to her who had just returned to her seat from the podium with the trophy and certificate, and couldn't help but say to the other party with envy: "Congratulations!"

"Thank you, in fact, I didn't expect that I could get a special award this year, it's incredible!

The female author next door knew that she didn't win the award when she saw Miko's appearance, so she casually comforted Miko, she actually knew it very well. Gold and silver rewards, how can they be so easy to get.

At this moment, Miko suddenly heard a vibration sound from the handbag on her lap, she opened the handbag, took out her mobile phone and saw that it was Lin Xiuyi.

"Forget it, I can't get the gold and silver rewards anyway, just go out and answer the phone, it's best to kill this local tyrant who lives in a high-end apartment......"

Thinking of this, Miko immediately said sorry to her companion sitting next to her, and then quietly slipped out of the banquet hall where the awards were about to be presented with the hem of her kimono.