Urajima Publishing House Warehouse.

The original manuscript of the author in the serialization is usually preserved here.

After all, as a comic book author, these original manuscripts have preservation value, and from time to time you can also send a benefit to readers, such as printing the author's set draft or original art book into a book... That's a lot of money.

In addition to the author's original manuscript in the serial, the rest are the readers' replies and readers' letters and readers' gifts after miscellaneous statistics.

And what Hosokawa Koharu showed Higashino Tsukasa were letters and gifts sent to him by his readers.

"Originally, we were responsible for handing over the letters and gifts from readers to Mr. Higashino, but Mr. Higashino, you also saw it..."

Hosokawa Koharu's voice sounded unpretentious.

Tsukasa Higashino looked in the direction of Hosokawa Koharu, and then saw the ... A gift from your own readers.

It's clearly a TV.

A cursory look at the past there are about a dozen units, some of which have been smashed, and some of which have just bought brand new products.

"This...?"

It was the first time that Tsukasa Higashino had encountered this battle, and he glanced at Hosokawa Koharu with some strange eyes.

"This is a letter from a reader, Mr. Higashino, take a look."

Hosokawa Koharu handed over a thick stack of letters from readers to Tsukasa Higashino.

This should have been selected, and although it looks thick, it is only a dozen letters.

Tsukasa Higashino read them one by one.

Some of these readers praised him for the horror and realism of his "Midnight Bell".

This type of reader is the standard die-hard reader, and even if the TV in the house is gone, they are very positive and optimistic.

There are also some who want to kill Higashino Tsukasa with a knife to sacrifice their TV in the sky, but at the end of the letter, they still add very awkwardly, "The drawing is really good, I smashed the TV, just to watch your comic, don't let me down'."

Old tsundere.

And among them, there are quite a few readers who think he paints well, that is, they spend a bit of time on TV.

Most of these readers are very wealthy, and they sent them the brand-new TVs that are placed here, with a look of 'I'm very rich, and I can change another TV if I smash it, so you hurry up and draw, no problem'.

Higashino Tsukasa obviously didn't expect this to happen, he glanced at the reader's letter, and then at the TV in front of him, and laughed happily.

It seems that he still did not insult the reputation of "Midnight Bell", and really tortured Japanese readers to the point of physical and mental disability.

Speaking of Japanese fans, this is indeed the case, and the action is particularly high, and Tsukasa Higashino has heard of the story of a fan who found her address through the reflection in the eyes of his favorite idol.

Now, it may not be a rumor.

“... Ahem... Higashino-sensei, it's another thing to laugh, you can't keep them in the storeroom of Urashima Publishing House all the time, you have to find a way. ”

Hosokawa Koharu reminded him beside him.

"It's nothing, the dilapidated TV is directly disposed of, and the new TV is given to the readers of the midnight bell as a gift raffle... I don't need so many TVs. ”

Tsukasa Higashino quickly came up with a solution.

This is called taking from the people and using it for the people.

He doesn't use the TV at all, but he might as well return it to the readers who have already smashed it.

"That's a good idea, I'll suggest it to the editor-in-chief... But there's a TV, Mr. Higashino, you still have to accept it. ”

Hosokawa Koharu took out a greeting card from his pocket, which was a very common postcard: "This is the author of "Between the Dolls", Mr. Kuromiya, who wants me to pass it on to you. ”

"The author of Among the Dolls?" Higashino was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that he had taken out the manga author with the highest readership rating last week.

It's him? And the surname Black Palace sounds quite familiar.

Tsukasa Higashino took the postcard handed by Koharu Hosokawa, and only one sentence was written on it-

"Midnight Bell" is very good, I hope you will encourage everyone. ’

It's not like the provocative words left in traditional novels.

Since it was a peer, and it was also a gift left by his predecessors, Higashino Tsukasa thought about it and nodded: "I know, then I'll accept the gift from Mr. Kuronomiya." ”

Now the matter of readers' replies and gifts is temporarily settled.

But Hosokawa Koharu should have something to say, and he looked a little hesitant.

"If there's anything else you want to say, just ask Editor Hosokawa to say it directly."

Tsukasa Higashino took the opportunity to give Hosokawa Koharu a step down.

"Actually..."

Hosokawa Koharu hesitated for a moment, then returned to the office area with Tsukasa Higashino, and then pulled out a stack of paper materials from her desk:

"These are the recent evaluations of "Midnight Bell" by some newspapers and magazines outside."

Tsukasa Higashino put the reader's letter in his shoulder bag, and then took the material composed of newspapers and magazines with his free hand.

He looked at it with his eyes.

Hosokawa Koharu didn't hesitate and simply explained to him: "These newspapers and magazines were not deliberately selected by me, so Mr. Higashino, you can fully trust their objectivity. ”

She said as she sighed and glanced at Tsukasa Higashino.

Hosokawa Koharu sighed, not because of the slander of "Midnight Bell" by these magazines and small newspapers, but because they praised "Midnight Bell" too highly.

It's so high that it's hard to see.

What a new star in the horror comic world, a ghost comic script writer, and a realistic and practical superb drawing skill pull you into that world...

In short, you can blow it as you want.

Including the publishing house Fuji Publishing House, which has always been close to Urashima Publishing House, the magazine "Asahin" has given a five-star evaluation and calls on everyone to read it.

This made Hosokawa Koharu feel a little crisis.

Because for her, this kind of excessive touting is very detrimental to the growth of creators.

And if you think about it any further... These magazines and newspapers actually have the meaning of killing Tsukasa Higashino.

After all, the first episode of "Midnight Bell" is so good, even if they want to find a place to spray, they can't find it, so they can only kill - what if the second episode of "Midnight Bell" is mediocre?

Hosokawa Koharu can even imagine how these magazines and newspapers would criticize Higashino if the quality of the second episode was not good.

Tsukasa Higashino quickly finished reading all the information, still looking happy and smiling.

When is this all gone! You're still laughing! Could it be that Higashino Tsukasa hasn't understood the seriousness of the problem?

Thinking so, Hosokawa Koharu asked, "Higashino-sensei, have you understood the current situation?" ”

"Huh? Circumstance? Oh... Does Hosokawa mean that these media are deliberately trying to kill me? ”

"yes... Higashino-sensei, don't you understand this very well? Hosokawa Koharu looked at Higashino's smile in confusion.

They have already understood that these people are laughing and killing, and they already know that others are watching his jokes.

Why is Tsukasa Higashino still looking happy?

"Are you really okay? Higashino-sensei? ”

Hosokawa Koharu asked subconsciously.

"It's okay." Higashino still smiled: "My Midnight Bell is even better than they tout, why should I worry?" ”

These confident words were just a mouthful, and Hosokawa Koharu was stunned.

This... Why is Tsukasa Higashino so confident?

But she quickly thought of the quality of the second episode of Tsukasa Higashino's "Midnight Bell".

In an instant, she was relieved again.

Oh, yes.

Mr. Higashino's "Midnight Bell" is even better than these people.

In that case, what are you worried about?