The atmosphere was visibly a little awkward.

The three of them were visibly stunned when they saw Tsukasa Higashino.

Then the man sitting on the right hand side of Higashino Tsukasa opened his mouth, and his tone was a little inexplicable: "This... Twilight-san, Higashino-sensei... He looks so young. ”

As soon as he said this, the two people next to him couldn't help but nod, and they both glanced at Higashino Tsukasa more.

Although Higashino had already greeted them in the twilight before Tsukasa Higashino came, he said that the new Higashino teacher might be a little young...

But that's too young, isn't it?

Does Tsukasa Higashino look over twenty years old?

"I'm just seventeen this year, teachers." Higashino Tsukasa smiled, not paying attention to the inexplicable gazes of these people: "I may still need the advice of teachers in matters at work." ”

He spoke very well, and the three people in front of him couldn't help but nod.

Merely... They still feel a little strange in their hearts.

Because Higashino Shiko is seventeen years old.

The Japanese workplace has always been about the respect of the elderly... But Higashino Tsukasa is too young... There's no hair on this chin... Can he be expected to do his job well?

But soon, the three of them were a little happy in their hearts.

Originally, they thought that someone had come to compete with them for food, but it turned out that the people of Twilight only invited such a young man...

To put it mildly, a young man of Higashino's age is at most an art apprentice under them.

Design mascot... This is too much for this young man named Higashino Division.

It's impossible for these people to be picked by Higashino Division, right?

After figuring out the cause and effect, the minds of the three people sitting in the longhouse became active again, and the eyes that looked at Higashino Tsukasa became much kinder.

"I don't dare to say anything." The middle-aged man on the right-hand side introduced himself with a smile: "My name is Hayakawa Su, and I am older than Mr. Higashino, so it should be okay to call Brother Higashino, right?" ”

Hayakawa has a short beard on his chin and a fair face, and he looks like a very gentle middle-aged man.

"Of course it's fine, Brother Hayakawa." Higashino recognized his face, then smiled and nodded.

The rest is much easier.

The remaining two were quick to introduce themselves.

The middle-aged man next to him, who was a little chubby, was named Mizuno Nan, a well-known graphic art designer.

Another middle-aged man who looks tall and thin is Hiroki Fujii, a painter who specializes in drawing cartoon characters such as endorsements.

As for Hayakawa Su...? He is the most powerful of the three, and it seems that he has won several painting awards in Japan, and he has also participated in the monogram design of the Osaka Horticultural Expo before.

Each of them is a standard Japanese working adult, and even if they have a lot of complaints about Tsukasa Higashino's age, they are still amiable on the surface.

Tsukasa Higashino naturally saw it, but still smiled and greeted everyone.

The real workplace has always been like this, not only in Japan, but even in the Celestial Empire, there are also people who secretly poke and look down on you, but they also make enough gestures on the surface. So there's not much to say.

Don't think that painters or designers don't have such a bad thing, and not everyone has the same demeanor as everybody. Most of them are ordinary people, in fact, they splash dirty water on their backs, master and apprentice break up, and it often happens that they poke you in the backbone openly and secretly.

Tsukasa Higashino is used to it.

As a long-term staff member in the government office, the deep twilight Qiren next to him can naturally see that these three old-timers despise Higashino Tsukasa a little.

Originally, he wanted to make a round, but he didn't expect Higashino Tsukasa to just smile and reveal the matter.

This made him inevitably have a snack on Tsukasa Higashino.

Young people, it's normal to be unable to hold your breath... But as calm as Tsukasa Higashino... That's a bit rare.

It's no wonder that I was able to win a double gold medal at the Tokyo Youth Painting Awards, which is really a bit different.

Several people sat down to eat and drink with a smile, and while eating and drinking, they discussed the creation of the Kumamoto Prefecture mascot this time.

Higashino Tsukasa had just arrived, and he didn't have much in common with the small group of the three of them, so he could only smile and say a few words once in a while, concentrating on the food at hand.

The appetizer at this high-end Japanese restaurant is an appetizer with cold tomatoes topped with sesame seeds and served in a small, carved bowl that looks small.

Tsukasa Higashino quickly solved it, and took another sip of the miso soup in the bowl next to him - with a small handful of chopped green onions, I don't know what kind of soup it was, and the red and bright piece was floating with fat, which was very appetizing.

As he drank the soup, he heard Hayakawa over there pouring bitter water on the Twilight Qiren: "Twilight-san, isn't the lark mascot last time good?" I think it's already very good, isn't the county bird of Kumamoto Prefecture a lark? ”

"Ahh The mascot image still hopes that Mr. Hayakawa will think about it again.,Although the lark is a bird in Kumamoto Prefecture.,But there's no impact... And it doesn't mean anything. ”

The people of the twilight laughed and said, a little slanderous.

The lark is indeed a bird of Kumamoto Prefecture, but it would be too perfunctory for you to just personify this image and then want to hand over the job.

But Hayakawa must be the most senior person here, and he can only please: "I will continue to trouble Hayakawa-sensei." ”

"Then I'll have to think about it." Hayakawasu nodded.

Hiroki Fujii and Mizuno were naturally asked by the Dusk Qiren, and the two of them also promised again and again, promising that they would be able to come up with satisfactory results this year.

But the better they promised, the more unstable the people of the twilight became.

After all, he had heard this twice, it was like a story of a wolf, how could he believe Hayakawa Su?

The Dusk Qiren also prepared information about Kumamoto Prefecture for the three people, and I don't know if they have read it.

Just as he was thinking about it, Tsukasa Higashino, who had not spoken, spoke: "Speaking of which, there are quite a few bright red dishes on this table." ”

Tomatoes are served as cold dishes, and dessert is a crystal clear bracken cake made of watermelon, and the rest of the dish is also somewhat red.

"Ahh This one. Dusk Kito looked back and explained, "Kumamoto Prefecture has always been known as the 'Land of Fire' on the island, and this restaurant also specializes in 'dishes with bright red colors.'" ”

"Fire Country? Mostly red? "Higashino Tsukasa is a little interested, he just found out.

"Is Higashino-sensei interested? Do you need me to borrow a few books for you? That's what I put in my car. Twilight asked, wiping her mouth.

"Then please leave it to Twilight." Tsukasa Higashino nodded.

He was really interested.

Although I know the mascot image of Kumamon, the follow-up 'Kumamon's favorite food', 'how can Kumamon have that feeling of being cute and cute', 'How to reflect Kumamon's cute personality'... These are designed to be well designed.

In his previous life, Kumamon did not become a world-class Internet celebrity mascot with just a simple image, and then Kumamoto Prefecture hired a whole team of guidance for the image of Kumamon mascot.

The reason why it can achieve those achievements is reasonable, and it can't surprise everyone by drawing a random image of the male protagonist like in it.

Tsukasa Higashino didn't want to even copy the text badly, and wasted the rare image of Kumamon in vain.

So naturally, he wanted to study the customs of Kumamoto Prefecture.

After talking to Dusk Kito for a while, Higashino stood up and was about to take his leave.

He didn't plan to attend the second half of the party, after all, there was still Chihaya Higashino in the hotel.

Leave her alone... Tsukasa Higashino was not very reassured.

After greeting the other four people at the reception, Tsukasa Higashino declined the request of the Dusk Kito to send him back, and left alone with the take-out dishes and the Kumamoto Prefecture materials given by the Twilight Kito.

Seeing Higashino Tsukasa leave, Dusk Qiren was also a little regretful.

He hadn't had time to settle down with the young painter yet... What if the other party was as perfunctory about the mascot design as Hayakawa and the others?

The people of the deep twilight have made a decision in their hearts, and tomorrow they will find an opportunity to go to Tsukasa Higashino alone and discuss the matter of the mascot of Kumamoto Prefecture.

As for now...

He turned his head and looked at the drinking party that had not yet ended, so he could only continue to drink with a smile on his face.

......

"As, are you back?" Chihaya Higashino, who was leaning on the back of the bed and playing with her mobile phone, saw that it was Tsukasa Higashino who pushed the door in, and immediately ran over happily.

She looked good, and her mental state didn't fluctuate much.

Tsukasa Higashino was relieved, he touched Chihaya Higashino's head, then opened the cooking box, and happily beckoned Chihaya Higashino to eat.

He just watched Higashino Chihaya eat while scanning the information given by the Dusk Qiren in his hand.

I have to say that the information given by the people of the deep twilight is very complete, and photos are attached to it.

The folk customs, the fruits and crops produced, and various anecdotes about Kumamoto Prefecture...

Kumamoto Prefecture is a relatively wealthy prefecture on the entire island of Kyushu, but if you look at the whole island, Kumamoto Prefecture is actually only a poor prefecture.

Since the Kyushu Shinkansen is about to open to traffic, in order to stimulate the economy of the prefecture, Kumamoto Prefecture has hollowed out its mind to attract Shinkansen tourists to Kumamoto Prefecture for sightseeing...

And Kumamon has directly boosted the tourism economy of such a poor county by 50 percent.

What is this concept?

Japan's county level is equivalent to China's provincial level, which is equivalent to a mascot and drives 50% of the province's tourism economy.

Tsukasa Higashino flipped through the materials with his left hand, and with his right hand, he held a pencil and drew lightly in the sketchbook.

Soon, the image of a cute black bear appeared under Tsukasa Higashino.

He changed the colored pencil and colored the Kumamon.

Looking at the image of Kumamon on the paper, Higashino shook his head dissatisfiedly and tore it off.

Although it is drawn on the paper with Kumamon, it only makes people feel honest and cute, and it does not reflect the cute feeling of its impression of Higashino Tsukasa at all.

Tsukasa Higashino sighed.

The Kumamon he painted according to the image of the giant panda in his impression is cute enough, but it lacks the character of the Kumamon.

Tsukasa Higashino has now simply copied the skin of Kumamon and has not grasped its core.

Tsukasa Higashino gently tapped the paper with a pencil and whispered to himself: "If it's a bear, then the first thing it feels like is cute and cute, but it's not just cute and cute, Kumamon must be more..."

Sure enough, there is still a lack of material... How do you express that feeling of being cute and cute...?

He frowned.

Then he heard the voice of Chihaya Higashino beside him.

"Ace? What happened to you? Chihaya Higashino, who had a slice of soup and rice on his face, tilted his head and looked at Tsukasa Higashino.

In her mind, her younger brother has always been omnipotent, why did he suddenly show such a distressed look?

Chihaya Higashino's eyes were good, but he turned his head sideways and saw the empty sketchbook in front of Tsukasa Higashino.

She understood it at once.

Could it be that Tsukasa Higashino won't do the homework assigned by the teacher?

"Oh, Ace, you're so stupid, is there something you don't understand about homework? You can ask my sister. ”

Higashino Chihaya immediately slapped his chest with his waist crossed, and his little face was a little triumphant.

"No" Higashino Tsukasa looked at the cute actions of Higashino Chihaya, a villain, and waved his hand happily: "I'm just thinking about a problem." ”

"Really?" Higashino Chihaya tilted her head, covered her mouth and smiled, she approached Higashino Tsukasa while laughing: "Hehe, don't worry about Assi, my sister won't laugh at Assi, you can really come and ask my sister." ”

"It's really nothing..."Tsukasa Higashino was still staring at the blank sketchbook, and was about to answer when he turned around.

And then—

He froze.

Chihaya Higashino in front of him was half-bowed at this time, tilting his head, covering his mouth with his hands, and his mouth was still making a puff of laughter.

Higashino Chihaya leaned over and squeezed his eyebrows, proud, humming and chirping, and he actually looked like he was cute and cute-

"Sister Chihaya." Higashino's eyes froze, and he clearly felt that he had caught something.

"Huh?" Higashino Chihaya was stunned.

"You keep this moving for now!"

“... Oh... Oh..."Higashino Chihaya hadn't figured out what was going on.

But Ass asked her to do it, and she did it seriously.

Covering his mouth like this, he stood in place for about two minutes, and Higashino Tsukasa directly stopped.

Chihaya Higashino relaxed at this time and asked him curiously, "What's wrong?" As? ”

In response to her question, Higashino Tsukasa couldn't help but show a faint smile: "The homework given to me by the teacher is almost half complete. ”

He showed the sketchbook to Chihaya Higashino.

On top of the sketchbook, there is a cute black bear with red cheeks and a round body with thick legs that looks simple and cute.

And it was such a simple little bear, but he stared at those little eyes, covered his mouth with his hands, tilted his head, and looked at this side, his mouth as if he was smiling.

But this bear is very cute and honest just by looking at its appearance, and combined with its movements, it gives people a strong feeling of cuteness and cuteness.

For some reason, Higashino Chihaya looked at this bear and always felt that the other party was mocking him.

So she could only clasp her hands on her chest, and her cheeks puffed out in anger.

When Higashino saw this, his eyes also lit up, and he started to draw her image....

.......