For Tsukasa Higashino, he doesn't care if his identity is all exposed.

After all, I didn't do anything wrong, so there was no need to hide it at all.

If it is going to be exposed, then let the media reporters expose it.

As long as it doesn't interfere with the normal life of himself and Chihaya Higashino, they can be exposed as much as they want, and it has nothing to do with Tsukasa Higashino.

Rather than such an inconsequential triviality, Higashino Tsukasa was more concerned about the good news reported by Hosokawa Koharu.

"'Lonely Foodie' has 724 votes on 'Aoba'? surpassed the record of "Midnight Bell" with 696 votes? "Midnight Bell" sold 150,000 copies this week? Cumulative sales of 250,000 copies in two weeks? The third place in the comic sales ranking last week? ”

When he heard these two pieces of news, Higashino was quite surprised.

I was a little surprised.

The first is "The Lonely Gourmet", which actually surpassed the previous record set by "Midnight Bell" with 696 votes... It's shocking.

You must know that the readership statistics before "Midnight Bell" directly broke the record in the publishing history of Urashima Press... And this is equivalent to Tsukasa Higashino breaking the record again.

"Lonely Gourmet" is in the monthly magazine "Aoba", and "Midnight Bell" is in the weekly magazine "Bitter Cold", although the two works are not in the same magazine, but even this is already terrifying.

Because whether it is "Cold" or "Aoba", the maximum number of support votes counted by each manga is only 1,000 votes.

This is equivalent to 72.4 percent of the readers who read "Aoba" who support "The Lonely Gourmet".

That's already a terrifying ratio.

After all, it's not for nothing that people can't reconcile it, and 72% of readers can support it...

"What I didn't expect was that "The Lonely Gourmet" actually broke the original record and climbed even higher..."

But Tsukasa Higashino tried to look at the problem from a different perspective.

As a horror comic, "Midnight Bell" will in a sense expel some readers.

And "The Lonely Gourmet", whether young or young, basically likes it very much.

Even if a high school student can't understand the difficulties of social animals in "The Lonely Gourmet", he will be attracted to food.

As for whether "Lonely Gourmet" can finally break through 700 and reach the support rate of 800 votes... Even Higashino Tsukasa has no bottom in his heart.

Because in my impression... It seems that none of the comics have received 800 votes.

On the other side, "Midnight Bell" directly won the third place in the weekly sales in the comics... In other words, according to last week's single-line sales statistics, "Midnight Bell" is weaker than one or two old classic comics.

This can't be helped, those classic old comics are often serialized for a year or two, with a large fan base, and many fans buy it when it comes out alone, and it is normal for "Midnight Bell" to be compared for the time being.

However, since "Midnight Bell" has won the third best sales of comic strips on the public trust list this week... Tsukasa Higashino estimates that Akamaru has already been marked behind "Midnight Bell".

The so-called Akamaru is actually a feature of the Japanese public trust list, and if the sales of a topic or a work rise rapidly, there will be a mark of a sharp rise in Akamaru.

"Originally, the editor-in-chief of Urashima was going to visit Mr. Higashino's house and inform you of the news directly... Considering that you are still in Kumamoto Prefecture, you can only do it. ”

Hosokawa Koharu said as he looked at the Kumamon area brought by Tsukasa Higashino.

The black, chubby Kumamon looks particularly cute, which makes her like it at first sight, and she also sighs a little at the talent of Tsukasa Higashino... I really don't know how his brain grows, but when Kumamon designed it, the update of "Midnight Bell" was not broken.

"Good news indeed." Higashino Tsukasa smiled and nodded: "All of this depends on the help of editor Hosokawa, and I thank you for the previous frontispiece." ”

Hearing Tsukasa Higashino's words, Hosokawa Koharu's first reaction was to open his mouth, and then he glanced at the left and right sides, and only whispered after not finding the editor; "Please don't say that again."

Yes... She didn't like it when Higashino said that.

Maybe Higashino Tsukasa doesn't know that not only reporters have invited her to dinner recently, but also many colleagues have invited her to dinner, and they all want to know from her mouth how she cultivated talented authors like Higashino Tsukasa.

Looking at the curious faces of the group of particularly qualified seniors, Hosokawa Koharu almost didn't choke to death.

She likes to socialize, but you have to ask me how I raised Tsukasa Higashino...

Then I don't understand this at all.

But she couldn't say that she was completely free-range with Tsukasa Higashino - if she did, the other editors would definitely think that Hosokawa Koharu was perfunctory.

But if you don't say so...

So what can be done?

Hosokawa Koharu really hasn't cultivated Tsukasa Higashino, whether it's the quality of the delivery or the completion... There's no need for Hosokawa Koharu to worry about this.

Even Hosokawa Koharu sometimes receives manuscripts slowly, and Tsukasa Higashino will take the initiative to come to Urashima Publishing House to deliver the manuscript, looking more anxious than being an editor.

It's simply the conscience of the industry.

Hosokawa Koharu sometimes feels an inexplicable sense of crisis because he is too competitive.

Maybe Higashino doesn't know, but the current Urashima editorial department secretly gives him a nickname, called Higashino Printing Press.

There are also people who joke that Higashino is the kind of printing machine that automatically spits out high-quality manga manuscripts in his mouth if he leaves it there.

Some editors also joked that Hosokawa Koharu told her to pay close attention to the movements of Tsukasa Higashino, so as not to be poached by others after she had managed to cultivate a pillar author.

After all, the current "Bad Cold" and "Aoba" are inseparable from Tsukasa Higashino.

Maybe something like a tree vine will happen.

Of course, Higashino didn't know about the editor's joke at Urashima Publishing House, and when he heard Hosokawa Koharu asking him not to say that again, he just thought that the other party was a little embarrassed, so he smiled and casually passed by.

After chatting in the editorial department for five or six minutes, Higashino said goodbye.

Hosokawa Koharu also has something to do, and of course Tsukasa Higashino is embarrassed to continue to bother.

Before leaving, Hosokawa Koharu also suddenly asked Tsukasa Higashino: "Mr. Higashino, since you don't care if your identity is exposed, do you want to contact those news media in the name of our Urashima Publishing House and give you an exclusive interview?" ”

After all, it's also good for the reputation of Urashima Press, whose name has spread throughout Japan.

"Yes." Higashino nodded, he never cared about this kind of thing, it was simply exposed, so it was better to burn this fire more vigorously.

"How about Saturday next week?" Hosokawa Koharu thought about it and determined the specific time.

Tsukasa Higashino doesn't have to attend classes on Saturdays and Sundays, so he naturally has time to be interviewed.

Tsukasa Higashino agreed to the request, and then left Urashima Press.

This time, because Hosokawa Koharu reminded him, Higashino Tsukasa really felt some gaze.

Presumably that's what she's talking about...

However, Higashino didn't care, and he soon left Urashima Press with his shoulder bag.

Anyway, I have to be interviewed by Urashima Press on Saturday, so there is no point in caring about them anymore.

......

The next day back in Tokyo.

Today, Tsukasa Higashino is going to take classes at Kitagijuku.

Although Higashino Tsukasa has Yoshimine Ryuichi's approval, if he keeps dragging it out and not going to school... This will inevitably make it difficult for Ryuichi Yoshimine to handle.

Tsukasa Higashino's EQ hasn't been low enough yet, so I'm going to go to school today anyway.

As for why you didn't go directly to Kitagijuku yesterday... This is because he has just returned home, and there are still many chores at home that need to be solved by Tsukasa Higashino.

For example, it is not easy to find a place to live in Kumamoto Prefecture specialties and toys that Higashino Chihaya likes.

Yesterday, Higashino was busy until seven or eight o'clock in the evening.

"Then I'm going to school." Tsukasa Higashino said hello to Chihaya Higashino, and then closed the door and headed for the North Junior High School.

After two weeks of busy work, Higashino felt quite comfortable going to school at this time, after all, when he was studying, he only had to think about reading, and when he was working, he had to think about all kinds of things.

However, this idea completely changed when Tsukasa Higashino walked to the door of Kitagijuku.

Looking at the school gate of Kitagijuku in front of me, I said, "Congratulations to our student Tsukasa Higashino for winning the Kumamoto Prefecture mascot design!" 'Big white banner, Higashino only felt that the whole person was a little bit bad.

The Japanese use white as a symbol of solemnity, so when celebrating, they usually give a white banner, a white vertical banner... But Tsukasa Higashino looked over... This black on white looks like a couplet...

In particular, the Kumamon logo designed by Tsukasa Higashino is added to the back of this white cloth... This made him feel even more weird.

But forget it.

Tsukasa Higashino shook his head.

He had already known and understood some of the propaganda methods of Kita-Yoshijuku, so Higashino didn't care much about it and went straight to the school.

Walking in, Tsukasa Higashino clearly felt the eyes of the crowd looking at him from time to time.

As soon as many students saw him, their eyes lit up and they discussed in a whisper.

This was also within the scope of Higashino's expectations.

He had thought about Kumamon's reputation in the North Yoshijuku after it became popular, and there had been a double gold medal at the Tokyo Youth Painting Awards before, so it just caused a discussion among the students... It's still to be expected.

Stumbling back to his class, Higashino sat down at his desk with his shoulder bag.

Then he was stopped by Gohara, who was the only friend in the class.

"Hey! Higashino! You're a famous kid this time. ”

"Not really." Higashino Tsukasa smiled and patted Gohara's hand on his shoulder.

"What not! Do you know how famous you are right now? Some of my classmates when I used to go to junior high school heard that I was studying at Hokugijuku, and they all asked me about you! There were also a few girls who I used to think were particularly beautiful and asked me for your contact information. Do you know how exaggerated it is? ”

Gohara made an exaggerated gesture: "It's just a few days, my circle of friends has suddenly grown, what kind of uncles and aunts I used to have—even my mother is a little curious about your Kumamon design... When will I be able to get out of the periphery? ”

Yes, Gohara is going to be depressed these days.

In the past, parents compared him to the children next door, but now they simply compare him with Tsukasa Higashino.

Even if he did well in his recent exams, his parents would say, 'You can't be on par with Tsukasa Higashino, who is in the same class as you?' How are people' - Anyway, Gohara was really tortured and dazed.

But that's not the most important thing.

There are also quite a few women who want to ask Tsukasa Higashino's 'Kumamon' when it will be able to come out of the periphery, such as keychains and the like.

They love that stupid and cute untouchable bear so much... It's just to the point of being out of the circle.

The Japanese rice circle is different from the rice circle in Higashino's previous life... The Japanese are very mobile.

As soon as I got the opportunity, I asked Hou Yuanzhong.,These days,Girls who have a little relationship come to ask him... From aunts in their thirties to little girls of the same age in their teens.

After making it, Yuan Zhong felt that his peach blossom period was coming.

"Is that an exaggeration?" Looking at Gohara's skeptical look on his face, Higashino just laughed twice.

"You're still laughing..."Gohara shook his head speechlessly.

"I'm sorry, but this experience was really interesting." Tsukasa Higashino smiled and waved his hand, then took out a large bag of Kumamon peripherals from his shoulder bag.

He had already considered this situation, so Kumamon had a lot of around it.

"This is a Kumamon trial work made by those manufacturers, I took some back, and I don't want money anyway... Give Gohara-san a portion of you. ”

"Really?" Hou Yuanzhong's expression became excited, he crossed a part of the past without saying a word, and his mouth was still grateful: "Dongye! You are indeed my good brother! I won't forget you! ”

Then he put his hands together and prayed with a funny face: "Whether it is to ask the Bodhisattva God or the Jesus God, it is useless to ask the East Field God!" ”

"That's what you say..."Tsukasa Higashino looked at the goods, "Are you going to take so much away?" ”

Gohara Nakata took a lot of Kumamon peripherals... Although it is nothing for Tsukasa Higashino's big bag, it is also the weight of a dozen people.

So Tsukasa Higashino is also a little curious.

"Of course it's useful, my girlfriend has been thinking about Kumamon's surroundings all the time, and there are Sato, Kusakabe, and Nakagawa from the school next door. And the aunts my mom knew..."

He said it like a few treasures, which made Higashino Tsukasa feel funny, so he joked: "You are indeed in the peach blossom period, and there are aunts in their thirties." ”

"Tsk... Don't say that. Gohara Naka glanced at Tsukasa Higashino very unhappily, and then Nunu mouthed and whispered to him, "If you look around, you can see how popular Kumamon has been lately." ”

Well?

Higashino Tsukasa was stunned at first when he heard what he said.

Then he suddenly looked around.

Around the classmates... It seems that they are all looking at the Kumamon around the bag in his hand.

And the expression-

Are you eager?