Chapter 25: The Black Cat, the White Dog, and the Crazy Makoto Takahashi
Today is Wednesday, and according to the appointed time, Yoshida went to Makoto Takahashi's house to pick up the manga manuscript that will be published next week.
As I said before, "Shonen Jumk" is a weekly magazine that is published every Monday, so these editors in charge usually go to the contracted cartoonists before every Friday to collect the drafts.
Although Yoshida sometimes felt disgusted and hated by Seiji Takahashi's illness, Yoshida was very satisfied with the delivery. After all, Makoto Takahashi is still only a third-year junior high school student, and he still has to attend classes every day, and he doesn't have an assistant around to help! To be honest, Yoshida was also skeptical before that Makoto Takahashi would be able to hand in the sketches on time, but when he serialized "Destinynote" before, Makoto Takahashi proved that he was very powerful, and the doubts in Yoshida's heart naturally dissipated a lot.
After the doorbell rang, Makoto Takahashi's door opened. This time, it was not Makoto Takahashi who was wearing a white coat who opened the door, but ...... A dog?
"Haru, who's coming?" Makoto Takahashi's lazy voice came from the room, "If it's a newspaper seller, kick him out, and if it's my family's cat, give him a kiss full of love!"
After hearing Makoto Takahashi's command, the puppy named Joharu suddenly hugged Yoshida's calf and began to wag his tail, staring at Yoshida with a pair of dog eyes (this is not a curse!), and actually with a look of eager anticipation!
Yoshida looked at the white puppy in front of him, the corners of his mouth kept twitching, Makoto Takahashi, it's already very difficult for your dog to open the door, can you get rid of the people who sell the newspaper, not to mention it, but will actually stare at people with such cute eyes? Are you sure this dog called Dingchun will not be a sentinel sent by the Wang Xingren to invade the earth, right? Or will it become a half-demon of humans when the moon is full?
&Come on, Dingchun!" Makoto Takahashi looked at Dingchun who returned to him, with a disappointed expression, "The intimacy is still not enough, and it hasn't evolved yet, really!"
>Say......" Yoshida looked at the well-behaved Dingchun, who was maliciously selling moe in a modestly teachable posture, and couldn't help but be a little surprised in his heart, "Makoto Takahashi, are you sure that you are really raising a dog, not some kind of canine monster that has become a sperm?"
"Fighter, welcome to the Black and White Gym!I have to praise you, as a trainer who has just debuted, you did a good job, and you were able to defeat Dingchun!But what next?" Takahashi raised his hand, and a black shadow pounced out, and the target went straight to Yoshida's handsome and handsome face, "Go, Black Cat Gogen Ruri, it's up to you!"
The black cat five more glass, using [Dismounting], [Electric Flash] and [Crazy Scratching] attacks, the effect is outstanding, Yoshida lost his physical strength, and he couldn't fight! Yoshida fell...... Yoshida's eyes are dark, and Yoshida loses his money......
&Draw it to me, and then please explain to you about the cats and dogs around you!" Yoshida left a suspicious animal scratch on his face, and with an angry face, he had reached the edge of blackening, and it seemed that he was only a little bit away from being able to completely enter the state of blackening without regrets and invincibility!
>> I want to ask you a question!" Makoto Takahashi looked at Yoshida, who was flipping through the sketches, teasing the black cat in his arms, and leaning on the sofa, "If a popular character in the manga suddenly dies during the comic serialization, will the original author of the manga receive any bullets, threatening letters or something?"
&What?" Yoshida looked at the manga in his hand with some confusion and looked at Makoto Takahashi with some confusion, "It seems that there has been such a thing...... But do you think you're at this level? Don't be too presumptuous, little ghost!"
&'s family cat, this is for your sake!" Makoto Takahashi looked like 'I'm for your good', "For example, "One Piece", it seems that it has been serialized to Luffy and they went to save Ace...... But I'm sure that Ace is dead! Readers are angry, and they can do anything! For example, I'll definitely send a threatening letter to Uncle Oda Sakae!"
&The editor is only in charge of manga-related matters, and it is absolutely not allowed to change the original work!" Yoshida looked serious, "And if you really do such a thing as sending a threatening letter, I will definitely tell Rina-chan to make a lot of food for you to make up for your convulsive brain!"
&Talking about such a terrible thing so casually!My family is a cat!" Hearing Rina's name, Makoto Takahashi's face became very ugly. After a moment of silence, Makoto Takahashi cautiously asked, puzzled, "Are you sure that the editor in charge really won't interfere with the manga artist?"
>> Sure!" Yoshida had a skeptical look on his face, "Are you testing me, what are you trying to say?"
"No, no, I absolutely believe in your loyalty, my family cat!" Makoto Takahashi suddenly sighed in reassurance, "So, how about you take a look at the manga draft of the next episode?
"Fast?" Yoshida frowned a little, and persuaded bitterly, "If you lose your original level because of rushing to paint, it will be a bit more than worth the loss! I haven't told you this before, but now I feel the need to talk to you! Your level of painting has been fine since the serialization! And during this time, I feel that your painting skills have been improving!"
&The quality of the manuscript is a must, but what you say also makes sense!" Makoto Takahashi took it for granted, and then looked at Yoshida, "My family is a cat, can you help me find a few helpers?"
&Again, they're not helpers, they're manga assistants!" Yoshida looked at Makoto Takahashi with some anger, "Although you haven't entered the complex world of society yet, you must at least maintain a due respect for people! Those assistants come to help, and they don't owe you anything, you have to know this!"
&Got it...... That's why I said, the world of adults is really dirty!" Although Takahashi Makoto understood that his words were a bit excessive, he couldn't help but complain. As for apologies, it also depends on what kind of person the other person is!
It doesn't matter if you're a genius or a mediocre talent! As long as you're willing to work hard, as long as you're willing to pay, and you're self-motivated, there will always be a day when you'll succeed! For these people, Makoto Takahashi respects them very much! But for those who just want to be good assistants, don't have the slightest self-motivation, don't want to work hard, apologize or something, it's a waste of time!
In his previous life, Makoto Takahashi wanted to be a little white-collar worker who ate and waited for death, and he successfully did it! But after reflection in this life, Makoto Takahashi suddenly had a different kind of understanding, fighting spirit and self-motivation, which will not be consumed by setbacks or difficulties, but will become stronger! If you have the mentality of eating and waiting for death at the beginning, then this person will probably live a meaningless life like a blank sheet of paper from birth to death!
The heart of the weak is always a wound, and the heart of the strong is always a sword!
&There's no problem with your hand, although I haven't mentioned it to you before, but now is the right time!" Yoshida's eyes were a little evasive, but he was a little apologetic in his heart. After all, if he didn't look for an assistant for Makoto Takahashi before, it was Yoshida, the awakening Shake S Demon King, who was operating behind the scenes.
Yoshida was worried that Makoto Takahashi was too young and exposing his identity as a manga artist too early would be detrimental to his future development. But there is no need to hide it now, after all, this 'feast of the future king', the cartoonists who participated, are all very young, and the oldest one is only twenty years old, with the existence of his new wife Eiji and eldest grandson Calamus, although the cartoonist of Takahashi Makoto's age is a little exaggerated, it is not enough to be regarded as a demon in the world!
Of course, if he had known that Makoto Takahashi had drawn a work like "Destinynote" at the age of thirteen, he might have been dragged to the laboratory for slicing and studying as a demon, right? Yoshida was maliciously speculating......
&It's a new sketch, I'll give it to you first!" Makoto Takahashi handed the sketch in his hand to Yoshida, then took out the strawberry milk from the refrigerator and poured it into Dingchun's exclusive small bowl, "Eat more, Dingchun! The red fruit, as well as the blood of the goat, can make the real you awaken! At that time, after becoming the dog god of Huanglongmen, conquer the world with Lone!"
Yoshida ignored what Makoto Takahashi said, and now he is holding the sketch in his hand, in a state of fascination......
& Yu Liuli-chan, you can sell cuteness in your lonely arms with peace of mind!" Makoto Takahashi gently scratched the head of the black cat, with a look of expectation in his eyes, "The meaning of your existence is to deal with the witch-sama! You are my last trump card!"
"Makoto Hashi, what the hell are you drawing!" Yoshida suddenly roared, threw the sketch in his hand on the table, looked at Makoto Takahashi with red eyes, and asked through gritted teeth, "Why did Yuffie encounter such a thing! Kindness is like a goddess, but it has become a demon of killing...... How mad are you to draw such a godly twist?"
& You weren't ...... before" Makoto Takahashi was completely overwhelmed by Yoshida's momentum, and his tone of voice was a little weak.
& Former Lelouch killed Charlie's father by mistake because of the war, and then erased Charlie's memory...... This plot alone has already caused the entire editorial department's phone calls to be blown up by many readers!" Yoshida's face was full of anger and grabbed Makoto Takahashi's collar, "And now, you are His Royal Highness Yuphimia, who is quite popular, and you are infamous and died! This kind of existence like a goddess, you can actually > it."
&Because Yuphie's presence has interfered with the king's path, so she must die!" Takahashi squinted his eyes, and there was some dissatisfaction in his tone, "Moreover, my dependents are cats, do you already have the consciousness of seppuku when you question the king's decision like this?"
&Belly or something, I don't care!" Yoshida restrained his temper slightly, and a look of pain and despair appeared on his face, "But I can be sure of one thing, and that is to wait until the content of this episode is published, the phone number of the editorial office will ...... No, the entire editorial office will definitely be besieged and occupied by readers!"
&The world needs such a change!And I am the king of heroes who lead this change!" Takahashi sneered, "My family cat, you are still too naïve, do you think this is the end? No, I can tell you very responsibly that Yuphimia's death is just the beginning for the king in advance!"
Looking at Makoto Takahashi's radiant face, Yoshida suddenly felt a chill......