Chapter 697: I don't know if it's over first or if I'll die first

"Eh!?This is the last manga of the Fierce True God of Phoenix Temple!?"

Listening to this title, coupled with the tone of respect and longing in the exclamation, you know that the person who shouted out was a little sea otter under the command of Yoshida, the editor-in-charge of the weekly magazine, who was also subordinate to a certain secondary cartoonist!

Holding the little sea otter that was being observed by the manga weekly, after hearing the news that Yoshida said, his face showed the look of surprise expected by a certain black-bellied editor, and he looked down and flipped through several pages of the manga in a row, and then raised his head and stared at Yoshida with the dead fish eyes with black bags under his eyes due to lack of sleep!

"Yoshida, the accuracy of the message...... Can you be sure?"

“…… Hiramaru-kun, do you think I'm going to deceive you about this kind of thing?" Listening to the little sea otter's question, Yoshida spread his hands helplessly, and said with a somewhat complicated face, "Although at the beginning, I also thought about it, maybe it was that Makoto that guy was playing tricks on me...... However, at the serial meeting, the editor-in-chief has already determined that after the end of this comic called "The Gate of the Stone of Destiny", the cartoonist Phoenix Yuan Fierce True will also retire from the circle of cartoonists!"

"Ahh......h

"Anyway, when I heard the news, I was quite surprised!" Seeing the little sea otter fall into a state of frenzy, Yoshida sighed with some embarrassment, "Hiramaru-kun, I guess you're like me, it's hard to accept this fact, right?"

"Yoshida clan, about the retreat of the Fierce True God of Phoenix Temple......" Listening to Yoshida's comfort, the little sea otter finally woke up from his madness, stared at Yoshida with stunned eyes, and was silent for a long time before he said word by word, "This kind of thing...... I absolutely don't accept it!"

"If you want that guy to change his mind, it's very difficult!" Looking at the little sea otter listening carefully, Yoshida nodded with satisfaction, and then tried to suppress the urge to laugh, and said in a flat tone, "Ah Cheng said before, if anyone can complete the task achievement of [Defeat the Final Enemy Phoenix Courtyard Fierce Truth] after the key plot of the manga "The Gate of the Destiny Stone" appears, maybe things will take a turn ......"

"Yoshida, are you telling the truth?" the little sea otter asked, holding Yoshida tightly with both hands, and asked again and again...... It's hard to imagine that a little sea otter who usually wants to flee to the outside of the earth when he sees Yoshida would do such a thing!

"When, of course!" Yoshida said softly with a slightly unnatural look on his face, turning his head sideways......

It's clear that Yoshida is fooling the little sea otter!

After all, with the character of the little sea otter, when facing a strategy called [Radical Method], the effect is outstanding...... This is how Yoshida has always been enslaved...... Uh, no, it should be said that I came to urge the little sea otter to complete the serialization!

However, contrary to Yoshida's expectations, the use of [Takahashi Makoto's final serialization] to stimulate the little sea otter has a ...... effect It was far beyond my original expectations!

"Although Hiramaru-kun is usually treated like a toy by that guy Makoto......" Watching the little sea otter pounce on the table and start drawing a manga draft, Yoshida couldn't help but complain in his heart, "But not only did he not notice it, but he respected Makoto quite a lot...... Well, if that's the case, at least until the end of the manga "Gate of the Stone of Destiny", there is no need to worry about events such as Heimaru-kun's delay in publishing and other incidents!"

It's a pity that Yoshida's [pleasure] didn't last long......

"Lord Fierce True God of Phoenix Courtyard, you actually abandoned your devout believers and escaped from the sea of suffering alone......" The little sea otter who was quickly drawing a cartoon manuscript kept muttering, "Sure enough, you also think that the profession of cartoonist will greatly drag down your life, right?"

"......" The smile on Yoshida's face began to stiffen, and the corners of his mouth began to twitch......

"If you had told me earlier, maybe I would have been like you...... Wait!" The little sea otter seemed to suddenly think of something, and with a look of remorse on his face, he turned his head to stare at Yoshida, and said timidly, "Yoshida, I'...... I suddenly had a bold idea!"

"......" Seeing that the little sea otter wanted to speak and stopped, Yoshida slapped his forehead hard, and then said angrily, "Hiramaru-kun, as long as I have a day in the weekly...... Your unrealistic delusions will not succeed!"

"Huh?" the little sea otter exclaimed, looking at Yoshida with a look of surprise on his face, "But Yoshida, I haven't said anything yet......

"You want to emulate that guy Cheng and plan to give up his profession as a cartoonist after serializing the current manga, right?" Looking at the terrifying expression on the little sea otter's face, Yoshida actually knew what I was thinking, Yoshida couldn't help but laugh at the simple-minded little sea otter, "Let's not talk about whether the editor-in-chief will allow it...... Heimaru-kun, as long as you can continue to serialize for a year like Makoto, maybe I'll consider your proposal!"

"Lian...... Serialized for a year!?The kind that doesn't stop?" Seeing Yoshida nodding in acknowledgement, the little sea otter's face instantly turned pale, and he shivered and took a few steps back, and asked with some horror, "Yoshida...... Yoshida, do you want me to die?"

"Huh?" Yoshida's expression on his face at the moment was quite exciting, he quickly caught up with the little sea otter who wanted to escape, clamped the other party's head between his hands, and said with a smile, "Na, Hiramaru-kun, I really didn't expect it...... How would you say something that doesn't have the professionalism of a cartoonist! For a cartoonist, serializing for a year or something is simply the most basic requirement, right?"

"But if it were me, it would be serialized for a year or something...... Definitely going to die!" Perhaps because he was imprisoned by Yoshida, the little sea otter accidentally told his true thoughts......

"Hiramaru-kun, I know you really want to rest......" Yoshida suddenly gave up the sanctions on the little sea otter, and after motioning for the other party to sit down, Yoshida's tone changed from his previous ferociousness, and said softly with a smile on his face, "If you can persist in a three-month series without interruption, I can ask the editor-in-chief for a month's rest for you, how about it?"

"A month's rest!?" the little sea otter didn't seem to notice the prerequisites, and his eyes lit up, "Yoshida, I know...... You're really my best friend!"

"Of course, after all, I'm the editor in charge of Hiramaru-kun!" Yoshida tried to keep the smile on his face against the urge to beat the little sea otter, "If Hiramaru-kun can guarantee that in the future serialization, the number of interruptions in a year will not exceed ten times, then after the end of this manga, I will apply to the editor-in-chief and give you a year...... No, half a year off!"

"Oh, half a year's rest!" If just now, there was only a glimmer of light in the little sea otter's eyes, then now...... This kind of dazzling light is almost blinding!" "Yoshida, you...... You...... You're a responsible editor with a conscience!"

"So, come on, Hirimaru-kun, for your half-year break......" Yoshida tapped his fingers on the table as he cheered up the little sea otter, "Hurry up and start finishing the manga you should finish!"

"Oh, for the rest of ......" It is clear that the little sea otter has been tempted by the pie drawn by a responsible editor......

"In this way, Hiramaru-kun will be able to maintain the serialization for at least a month, right?" Looking at the little sea otter who was in a hurry and began to draw the comic draft, the smile on Yoshida's face flashed, and he picked up the weekly magazine that was thrown aside by the little sea otter before, and began to look through the serialization of the latest episode "The Gate of the Destiny Stone", "The problem now is ...... on Makoto's side"

Although judging from the content of the few words serialized so far, the results of the manga "Gate of Destiny Stone" are not bad, but compared to other comics serialized by a secondary cartoonist in the past, the results have not met Yoshida's expectations at all!

And from the plot side......

"Yoshida's ......" the little sea otter suddenly collapsed on the table like a deflated balloon, and said weakly and strugglingly, "I...... I feel like I've burned out...... If you keep drawing...... I'm going to die......"

The little sea otter's near-death call interrupted Yoshida's thinking, and the editor in charge of a weekly magazine instantly had a gloomy face!

Because of the distance, the little sea otter turns on the [Hot Blooded Cartoonist] mode...... It's only been three minutes!

In other words, the little sea otter who swore before was completely empty after three minutes!

"Yoshida, I can't do it......" I didn't notice that Yoshida's face was gloomy, and the little sea otter who suddenly broke out [lazy cancer] sighed weakly, "If I continue to draw like this, I don't know if 'Hunter' will end first or if I will die first......

"You'd better die for me first!" Heimaru-kun...... No, old thief Heimaru!"

Well?

This is called......

Sure enough, the Yoshida clan has gone berserk!