After Tsukasa Higashino, Ryoka Konoe and the others waited in place for a few more minutes, several girls hurriedly ran over, and this was all complete.

Ryoko Okano counted the number of people and didn't notice that the student was absent, so she took a group of students to the library.

There is no admission fee to enter the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, and you will only need to pay the entrance fee when you walk to a certain exhibition area.

But to be honest, this kind of admission fee is not expensive, and with the student ticket price, it will only cost two or three hundred yen per person to enter the exhibition.

Ryoko Okano announced the meeting time and location outside the museum, and then organized a group of students to enter one of the pavilions.

Tsukasa Higashino and Ryoka Konoe naturally mixed in the crowd.

As soon as he entered the hall, Tsukasa Higashino relaxed.

There's no way, it's too hot outside just now, and Japan itself is an island country, and the air humidity is high, just after staying outside for a while, Higashino Tsukasa can feel that his body is damp and hot, and it's very uncomfortable.

"Higashino-san, do you want to visit the exhibition area with us?" Madoka Fukushima next to him sent out an invitation at the right time, and her childish face with light makeup was a little expectant.

"I'm sorry, Fukushima-san." Tsukasa Higashino bowed his head and apologized: "I want to go to the art store over there and have a look, and I won't come back to visit it later." ”

"Is there something you want to buy?" Madoka Fukushima asked curiously.

Tsukasa Higashino shook his head, leaned closer to her and said to her, "I only told Fukushima-senpai about this, I want to be lazy." I'm a little tired from standing outside for so long just now. ”

As he spoke, Higashino smiled at her and nodded, with a 'I hope you can keep it a secret' expression.

High school girls are quite simple.

Hearing the words of Tsukasa Higashino, 'I'll only tell you about this', with a little secret, Fukushima Madoka also had a smile on his face:

"I see, I'll keep it a secret, Higashino-san."

Seeing Fukushima Madoka and the others leave, Tsukasa Higashino exhaled lightly and turned to leave.

He didn't actually plan to be lazy, but was going to go to a nearby mobile phone store to take a look and buy a new one.

After all, he has a lot of money now, and it is naturally inconvenient to rely on the landline at home to contact Hosokawa Koharu, and there are also many civilian mobile phones in Japan, the price is not expensive, and it is better to even get a calling card.

So Higashino Tsukasa wanted to take this opportunity to take a look at the mobile phone store outside.

After walking for more than ten minutes after leaving the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tsukasa Higashino found a mobile phone store.

After going through various formalities and paying the fees, Tsukasa Higashino finally got an old-fashioned flip phone.

It's not a popular model, anyway, as long as you can make a phone call, Higashino doesn't have much demand for this thing.

While getting the phone card and installing it, Tsukasa Higashino manipulated the phone a little awkwardly.

There's no way, I used a lot of full-screen smartphones in my previous life, and now I use this phone again, and Higashino Tsukasa even has an address book that is easy to find for a while.

But it's a man of the Celestial Empire in the 21st century, and it didn't take long for Higashino to get used to the operation of this broken mobile phone.

He also called Hosokawa Koharu.

Hosokawa Koharu quickly connected the phone: "Hey? Who is it? ”

"I'm Tsukasa Higashino, editor Hosokawa." Higashino said hello and explained the reason with a smile: "That's the case, I bought a new mobile phone, and the editor of Hosokawa will call this number to contact me in the future." ”

"Ahh It's Higashino-sensei. As soon as he heard the voice of Tsukasa Higashino, Hosokawa Koharu's voice slowed down: "Okay, I understand, then let's use this number to contact from now on." ”

"Hmm." Tsukasa Higashino answered, and just wanted to hang up-

"Wait a minute, Mr. Higashino, just so I'll tell you something."

Hosokawa Koharu tilted his head and clamped his phone, and rummaged through the materials just printed out on the desktop with both hands:

"The reader's reply statistics have all been received, Mr. Higashino, the first urgent statistics of your readers' praise rate are in the first place, and the second complete statistics of your readers' praise rate are in the second place."

Speaking of this, Hosokawa Koharu couldn't help but comfort Tsukasa Higashino:

"Actually, Mr. Higashino, the quality of your comics is enough to get to the first place, but the first "Between the Dolls" recently announced that it has become OVA, made two episodes of animation, and used a lot of resources to promote, so it's normal for you to be in second place."

Young people, there is always some arrogance, this time "Midnight Bell" did not get the first place on the frontispiece... Maybe Higashino will be sad? She's going to have to comfort Tsukasa Higashino.

After all, in the Japanese manga magazine industry, the ranking of the first episode of many comics is already its pinnacle ranking, and further back, the reader's praise ranking of most manga will only get lower and lower, and only some comics with excellent quality can maintain the top ranking.

So it's natural for her to worry that Higashino Tsukasa won't be able to think about it.

But what Hosokawa Koharu didn't expect was that Higashino Tsukasa over there actually just laughed happily twice:

"Really? That's a pretty good result. ”

There is no lost soul in Hosokawa Koharu's imagination, and there is no such thing as imaginary anger and corruption.

Higashino's attitude was calm from the start.

It was so calm that Hosokawa Koharu was stunned.

"In short, Mr. Higashino, don't take this result too seriously, this time the OVA production of "Between Dolls" is too publicized, and it's normal to not get the first place. Next time, as long as "Midnight Bell" still maintains this quality, the first is never a problem. ”

Hosokawa Koharu said with confidence while comforting.

That's right!

She has faith in Midnight Bell.

As long as Tsukasa Higashino maintains that style and level that makes people get goosebumps, "Midnight Bell" will definitely take the first place next time!

First, that is, a piece.

The manga author who can get a job at Urashima Publishing House is fully worthy of the title of 'teacher' in the industry, and it is the dream of countless horror manga authors.

"I know, I'll trouble Hosokawa editors in the future."

"That's good..."

Hosokawa Koharu on the other side of the phone could sense that Tsukasa Higashino's mood was still stable, and he didn't have the strong spirit she imagined.

This made Hosokawa Koharu sigh a little.

Tsukasa Higashino's drawing skills are not bad, the plot of the comics is not bad, the storyboard structure is clear, and most importantly, the author is psychologically stable...

"It's too stable."

Hosokawa Koharu hung up the phone and couldn't help muttering to himself.

It is said that editors are meant to grow with authors.

But who knew that the author she met was a complete monster at all, so stable that he couldn't do it...

This gave her a feeling of being inexplicably carried by Tsukasa Higashino.

The editor was taken away by the author ...

If she said this, it is estimated that even her colleagues would laugh at her.

But what's the use of laughing at her?

Hosokawa Koharu leaned back in the office chair helplessly, quite loveless, like a big salted egg editor.

But she didn't mention it on her side, but Higashino Tsukasa met something he didn't expect.

......