Tsukasa Higashino followed Chihaya Higashino for a birthday in style.

Blew out the candles, sang birthday songs, cut cakes and ate dinner.

Everything is according to the real birthday.

After all this is over, Higashino Chiba has already started to play snake with his mobile phone.

She has a habit of playing snakes, and her body likes to tilt and twist with the snakes in the game, which makes Higashino Tsukasa laugh slightly.

Seeing Higashino Tsukasa smiling, Higashino Chihaya was stunned, and then handed over the phone and asked suspiciously, "Does Asa want to play?" Sister plays with you."

"Nope. I don't play. Tsukasa Higashino smiled and waved his hand.

In 2003, Japanese mobile games were only monomeric games such as snake and Tetris, how could there be more mobile games in the later smartphone era?

Tsukasa Higashino didn't keep observing Chihaya Higashino, he retracted his gaze, and then walked to the place where the telephone landline was placed in the shoe cabinet in the entrance and called Koharu Hosokawa.

After all, she hasn't drafted the second episode of "Midnight Bell", and it's almost time to notify her.

He flipped out the phone book, turned the pages with his fingers, found Hosokawa Koharu's phone, and dialed the number-

With the dialing sound of 'beep, beep', Hosokawa Koharu over there quickly picked up the phone, and at the same time made an excited voice:

"Higashino-sensei? What's wrong? Is it about delivery? ”

Her words that were so excited that her voice trembled a little made Higashino Tsukasa feel very inexplicable, but after all, it was a matter of work, and he still replied:

"Well, it's really about delivery."

Sure enough, it's a matter of delivery!

Hosokawa Koharu on the other end of the phone waved his fist excitedly.

According to the editor-in-chief of Urashima, she had planned to call Tsukasa Higashino in two days to urge him to deliver the manuscript.

After all, without the assistance of a manga assistant, Tsukasa Higashino would definitely not be able to hand over a perfect manuscript.

But who knew that Higashino Tsukasa couldn't help it today and took the initiative to call himself.

It must have been that the original manuscript was difficult to complete, so I called myself.

Hosokawa Koharu inexplicably felt a little comfortable in his heart, but at the same time he felt normal.

That's right.

Hosokawa Koharu feels that it is actually quite normal for Higashino Tsukasa to not be able to submit the manuscript.

After all, Tsukasa Higashino doesn't have a manga assistant, and he refuses to consult the editor, so he just paints manga there alone, so he will naturally be poor in skills.

This is a normal thing to do for any weekly serialized manga author.

So Hosokawa Koharu didn't intend to laugh at Tsukasa Higashino, she would just remind Tsukasa Higashino to stop his attitude from being so casual - even if he didn't need the assistance of a manga assistant, the editor's assistance was always needed.

As for the possibility that Tsukasa Higashino has already finished drawing the original manuscript...?

That's a joke.

It's not that Hosokawa Koharu has little knowledge, where in the world is there such a comic book author who hands in the original manuscript within two days?

The job of most weekly comic book writers is actually tiring, and it is not as easy as many people think.

So Hosokawa Koharu coughed, and the voice came out:

"Sure enough, Higashino-sensei shouldn't be able to hand over the original manuscript, right? Don't worry, I'm not going to laugh at you, after all, there's a lot of pressure to serialize in a weekly magazine, and Higashino-sensei, as a rookie author, I should also remind you that this is also a mistake in my editorial work..."

Well, that's it.

It doesn't hurt Tsukasa Higashino's face, but he can feel a little guilty about himself as an editor!

"So Mr. Higashino, you don't need to blame yourself, even if you can't hand in the original manuscript, it doesn't matter, you can ask me if you have any questions, I, as an editor, and you as an author, we can definitely tide over the difficulties together."

Hosokawa Koharu said all the words he had held in his heart, and then nodded with satisfaction.

It was just perfect!

Not only does it take into account the face of Tsukasa Higashino, but it doesn't make the editor's face ruined!

But... Hosokawa Koharu waited on the phone for a long time and couldn't hear Tsukasa Higashino speak, so she asked with concern:

"What's wrong? Higashino-sensei? Haven't been talking? ”

"Uh... Actually, I called this time to tell the editor Hosokawa that I had already drawn the original manuscript of the second episode of "Midnight Bell", that... Do you have time to come and pick it up? ”

"Ah, oh, the original draft of the second episode has been drawn? It's okay.,Mr. Higashino.,There's no need to rush if the original draft of the second episode isn't drawn.,There's still time... Wait a minute?! The original manuscript of your second sentence has already been drawn?! ”

Hosokawa Koharu's mind hadn't turned a corner yet, and he instinctively said a few words, and then reacted before his face immediately changed.

Yes?!

The original manuscript of your second sentence has already been drawn?!

What's going on with you?!

Hosokawa Koharu's mouth was half-open, with a skeptical expression on his face.

"What's wrong? Hosokawa editor? Tsukasa Higashino over there spoke again.

"Ah, uh... It's nothing, Higashino-sensei, it's just that you're drawing too fast... I was just a little surprised. ”

Hosokawa Koharu replied dryly.

"Really? I think it's okay, editor Hosokawa, when are you going to come over to pick up the manuscript? ”

Tsukasa Higashino over there asked her with a smile.

It's not that kind of mocking laughter, it's just an ordinary laughter, but even so, Hosokawa Koharu is still so blocked that his face is red, and he is even a little anxious.

She didn't know why she was in a hurry.

Obviously, Higashino Tsukasa is very competitive as a manga author, and he submits the manuscript nearly a week early, but he is in a hurry.

Maybe it's because Tsukasa Higashino is too competitive... As a result, she doesn't have a sense of existence as an editor, right...?

Can't you just be useless?

Maybe this is a kind of human psychology.

It's okay if you're good, but if you're too good, you'll feel an inexplicable sense of urgency to the person next to you...

Alas!!!

Hosokawa Koharu sighed heavily, thinking for the first time that even bringing an obedient author could actually make the editor's blood pressure soar.

She didn't doubt the quality of Higashino's manuscript either.

After all, to be able to draw such an excellent manga as "Midnight Bell", Tsukasa Higashino's professional attitude must be nothing to say, and the original manuscript he drew must be perfect.

But the more so... The more depressed she became-

After agreeing on a pick-up time with Tsukasa Higashino, Koharu Hosokawa hung up the phone in despair.

"What's wrong? Hosokawa editor? ”

An editor next to her saw her like this, and said happily: "The expedited data of your "Midnight Bell" has come out this time. The number one in the number of readers' praise is that a few readers are dissatisfied, saying that it costs a bit of TV to read Higashino-sensei's comics. ”

As he spoke, he also added with a sigh:

"Mr. Higashino is really amazing."

"Yes..."Hosokawa Koharu stared at the phone dejectedly, his eyes were sad, as if he wanted to see Tsukasa Higashino through the phone: "yes, he's pretty good... So I'm under a lot of pressure right now..."

"Huh?" The male editor next to him didn't understand what Hosokawa Koharu meant, and he didn't know what to say when he opened his mouth, so he could only watch Hosokawa Koharu leave work listlessly.

It looks like...

"Has editor Hosokawa been dumped by anyone?"

The male editor whispered to a colleague next to him.