"Original... Original..."

Suzuki Yu came out to greet Shinji Furuta with a puffy face.

Just by looking at her goldfish eyes, you know that she must have stayed up late.

And it's not just for a day.

Furuta Shinji next to him glanced at her worriedly, a little worried about whether this thing would die suddenly here in the next moment.

Her palms shaking as she handed out the manuscript.

"How long have you been up?" Nobuji Furuta took the manuscript and asked him what he cared about the most.

"Three nights... I slept for a while..."Suzuki was obviously too tired to open her eyes, and she could only answer in a daze.

Three nights...?

Furuta Shinji took the original manuscript handed over by Suzuki Yu and replied very seriously: "I'll go back and review the manuscript." ”

In fact, according to the procedure, it should be reviewed in front of Suzuki Yu.

After all, if there is any problem in the comics, he can react directly to Suzuki Yu, and the other party can change it in time.

However, looking at Suzuki Yu's imminent sudden death, even if he reacts, he probably won't get a response from the other party, so it's better to save some time and let her rest.

But before he left, he could still hear Suzuki Yu's confused and unconscious voice-

"Gotta win... Gotta win Higashino-sensei..."

There was a hint of stubbornness in her tone, even if she didn't sleep, she was still full of thoughts about defeating Tsukasa Higashino.

Furuta Shinji took his leave, and then returned to Fuji Publishing with the original manuscript all the way.

Back in the editorial office, he took out the original manuscript of Suzuki Yu's "Lawyer's Trap", and after a cursory glance at the cover of the detailed drawing, he looked at the content of the first page of the original manuscript.

And then...

He was completely immersed in the comics.

It is a bold painting, and the rough brushstrokes of the hard brush that are the signature of the tree are fully expressed.

But other than that-

"The plot is so interesting."

That's a lot of fun, isn't it?

The editor-in-chief of Furuta is a little incredible.

Yes, that's too much fun too! Suzuki clearly worked on the draft storyboard, and at the outset, he named the protagonist's next competitor.

This is similar to many comics, the hot-blooded and righteous male protagonist must not sit idly by and watch any injustice happen.

The lawyer who can play against the actor doesn't care at all, and does everything he can to buy witnesses to testify, and blows the actor again and again.

This gives the whole story a hint of reversal of trickery.

How does the actor want to see through the other party's tricks, you must know that even the witnesses invited by the actor have been bribed.

The testimony is reversed, and everyone comes to attack the male protagonist.

The male protagonist is like a lone hero who is active in the dirty lawyer world, even if no one understands, he is fearless!

The plot can be said to be the best in terms of conflict and expectation!

Even Shinji Furuta, who has read countless comics, can't help but be hooked.

Pretty! It's really good-looking!

"Just looking at this quality, it's definitely not a problem to promote it as a pillar comic."

Closing the manuscript, Furuta Shinji nodded with satisfaction, his eyes shining brightly.

"There's hope... There is a real hope of winning against Tsukasa Higashino. ”

Furuta Shinji couldn't help but mumble to himself.

This is not unwarranted confidence.

Instead, after reading Suzuki Yu's manga, he got the results after rational analysis.

It's really interesting, and the sense of anticipation is full.

In particular, when the male protagonist in the manga endures the criticism of his parents and the incomprehension of his classmates, he says, 'If I don't speak for them, then who else will speak for them?' 'This sentence... These words immediately set up the character of the male protagonist.

So... Defeating Tsukasa Higashino is promising!

It's really promising!

Thinking so, he immediately set about submitting the manuscript to the printing department—

It's a mule, it's a horse... Let's pull it out for a walk when it goes on sale on Monday.

......

Sunday night, Yumi Takahashi.

"Lianghua, what kind of comics do you think our Higashino-sensei will come up with this Monday?" Yumi Takahashi asked Ryoka Konoe who was holding this issue of "Bad Cold".

She's also the kind of character who isn't ashamed.,After saying 'Lianghua is my sister.,So Higashino-sensei, who became Lianghua's boyfriend, is also a cub of our family'.,,I often call Higashino Tsukasa as 'our Higashino-sensei'.。

Fujiwara Aoi persuaded her several times, but she didn't listen.

Ryoka Konoe also put down the "Bad Cold" in her hand after hearing Yumi Takahashi's words, and shook her head with a red face, saying that she didn't know the situation on Tsukasa Higashino's side.

After all, she hasn't seen Tsukasa Higashino much these days, and the other party seems to go home as soon as school is over, and she doesn't go to the studio at all.

And Konoe Ryoka was already thin-skinned, although she took the initiative to find Higashino Tsukasa a few times, but she just walked to the door of Class A of the year, cautiously, probed his brain and secretly glanced at him twice before leaving - she didn't want to be treated by Higashino Tsukasa as the kind of woman who wanted to be together all day long.

"I'm so worried about whether Mr. Higashino will be exhausted. Isn't it quite popular in the industry to say that Jiang Lang is exhausted? ”

Yumi Takahashi saw that she didn't know, so she could only sigh worriedly.

The news blockade of Urashima Publishing House is too good, and there is no news of Tsukasa Higashino's new manga at all.

However, according to the words of Tsukasa Higashino, Yumi Takahashi and the others still understand that tomorrow will be the day Tsukasa Higashino's new manga will be published.

I don't know if it's alive or dead, whether it's a mule or a horse.

"Ace... That one... No, I have faith in him. ”

Ryoka Konoe, who didn't speak, finally spoke.

She said the phrase and repeated it quietly, as if to hypnotize herself.

"Really? Why don't you give us a call and ask Mr. Higashino? ”

"It's... Too late, right? Maybe Asto's sleeping? Ryoka Konoe asked in a whisper.

"It's only past seven o'clock. How is it possible to rest so early? ”

Yumi Takahashi questions Ryoka Konoe's idea.

yes, it's only seven o'clock, and Fujiwara Aoi is just taking a shower and waiting to come out to play games, how can a manga author like Tsukasa Higashino sleep at this point?

"Oh well..."

Unable to stand up to Yumi Takahashi's repeated urging, Ryoka Konoe still called Tsukasa Higashino.

And then—

"Ace... That one... It's late, I'm sorry to call you... Yes? Don't be embarrassed? Oooh... You're just... Miss me? ”

Konoe Lianghua's face turned red all of a sudden, but the corners of her mouth, which was still aggrieved just now, unconsciously pursed, and a very quiet smile appeared on her face, as if her whole world was hidden in her mobile phone.

Her happiness seemed as simple as that.

Just a word or two with Tsukasa Higashino has already made this girl who is extremely easy to satisfy be content.

She whispered in response to Higashino's words, her eyes like water: "Hmm... I know. A, you go to bed early, too. Good... I'll have dinner with you during the lunch break... Good... I like you too. Ay? Definitely the favorite. That one... I don't know how to say it. ”

At the end, she hung up the phone and turned her gaze to Aoi Fujiwara and Yumi Takahashi with strange faces.

Fujiwara Aoi had just come out of the shower, but as soon as she returned to the room, she was choked by Konoe Ryoka's mouthful of dog food, and her face was full of inexplicability.

I know I'm a single dog, but you can't chase a dog.

But Aoi Fujiwara also knew that Ryoka Konoe was not the type who liked to show off her relationship with Tsukasa Higashino, so she asked Yumi Takahashi, who was full of sour mouths next to him: "What's the situation?" ”

"Huh? Oh, I want Ryoka to ask Higashino-sensei about his new work, and then it's like that. ”

“... Really? Fujiwara Aoi also seemed to have eaten a lemon, and her mouth was sour: "So what about the result?" How's Higashino-san's work? ”

"It'll be published tomorrow..."

Konoe Ryoka was also a little embarrassed, so she answered immediately.

"Tomorrow, I'm looking forward to it."

Aoi Fujiwara came to be interested.

I've heard Tsukasa Higashino say before.,This manga isn't a horror comic.,I don't know what kind of work it is... She's looking forward to it anyway.

The night passed quickly.

Early the next morning.

"Hurry up, hurry up!" Aoi Fujiwara urges Yumi Takahashi to go to the convenience store.

"I know, I know. What are you urging... So what's the need to be in such a hurry? Yumi Takahashi came out of the convenience store with two manga in her hands.

"Why did you get two copies?" Fujiwara Aoi was puzzled, not understanding what the hell this guy was up to.

"On my left hand side is Urashima Press's "Bad Cold", and on my right hand side is Fuji Press's "Shiver", oops... I didn't expect that the author I really liked, Mr. Fujimoto, also drew a new work, so of course I had to buy it and see it. ”

Yumi Takahashi replied as a matter of course.

But this answer made Fujiwara Aoi raise an eyebrow.

She said in an uncertain tone, "Tree Vine... I remember being the author of "The Man Reflected in the Camera" and "The Filmmaker", right? And isn't Urashima Publishing and Fuji Publishing in competition? Now Shumoto Fuji comes out with a new manga... Could it be that you want to fight in the ring with Higashino-san? ”

Fujiwara Aoi mentioned this, Yumi Takahashi was stunned, and then glanced at the "Trembling" in his hand in a daze: "Won't it...?" ”

"What's not going to be? Anything is possible with the publishing house. Maybe Shumoto Fuji is here to snipe Higashino-san? ”

Fujiwara Aoi pouted - this pig brain actually pulled sales for Higashino-san's opponent!

And...

Aoi Fujiwara noticed Ryoka Konoe's blank gaze.

Ryoka Konoe must have been worried about what she just said... Was Tsukasa Higashino really sniped?

So Fujiwara Aoi could only cough dryly and let go of the topic that made Konoe Ryoka uneasy: "Let's see how Higashino-san's painting is." ”

She reached for the chill and flipped it open.

When they saw the first page, the three of them were completely stunned.

It took a long time before they raised their heads and looked at each other, with an incredible look on their faces—

"How can there be such a comic?"

Also feeling the same way as them is Suzuki Ha.

At this time, she really stepped on the work chair with her bare feet, pinching "Bad Cold" with both hands, and laughed from time to time.

Laughing like a child returning to childlike fun.

"It's so interesting! Editor-in-chief Furuta! It's really interesting! Higashino-sensei's new manga! Ay? How did I become a prisoner? I'm not a prisoner! I didn't kill anyone! ”

While looking at the crooked reasoning and heresy of Komimen Kensuke on "Bad Cold", she couldn't hold back her laughter at all.

When she saw Kensuke Komimon say crooked reasoning and heresy and forcibly refused to give up her seat, she muttered happily: "Oh, it's so interesting, Mr. Higashino even drew a trick so interesting." ”

Furuta Shinji next to her looked at her appearance of laughing like a psychotic at every turn, and then glanced at the "Bad Cold" in her hand, and finally raised her head a little helplessly.

How to say it...

The mood is very complicated right now.

Particularly complex.

It's so complicated that it's a little speechless.

He flipped through "The Winner is Justice" several times, but at this time, he still couldn't help but ask Suzuki Yu: "Shumoto Fuji-sensei, what do you think?" Can "Lawyer Trap" win over "Winner is Justice"? ”

Hearing this, Suzuki Yu put down "Bad Cold", still with a happy smile on his face: "I can win." ”

"Can you win?" Furuta Shinji came to the spirit.

Then he heard Suzuki Yu's words behind -

"Readers can win if they're blind."

Belch...

Furuta Shinji shook his head, isn't this just that you can't win?

"What a big defeat..."

Suzuki Yu exhaled and sighed inexplicably.

As mentioned earlier.

To lose is to lose.

She wouldn't fail to admit that she had lost.

"Winner is Justice" is more interesting than "Lawyer Trap".

Whether it is the character setting of the male protagonist or the compact structure of the plot, it is a level higher than "Lawyer Trap".

Not to mention Tsukasa Higashino's painting skills, which are like immersive experiences, completely pull her into the story.

What else could she say in this situation?

"Lose, lose. This time it was a loss. ”

Suzuki Yu put down "Bad Cold" with a 'snap'.

Seeing that she seemed to have given up completely, Furuta Shinji next to her couldn't help but comfort: "Don't be discouraged, Mr. Shumoto Fuji... Even if you lose this time, it's no problem... There will be a chance in the future. The main thing is that Mr. Higashino's strength is indeed very strong, and there is no shame in losing to him. ”

But what Furuta Shinji didn't expect was that Suzuki Yu, who listened to his comfort, looked at him strangely: "Uh... What are you talking about? Editor-in-chief Furuta? ”

“... No... Didn't you lose this time? I'm comforting..."

"I lost this time. That's just the first word to lose. ”

Suzuki Yu took it for granted: "Although I lost this sentence, there is still the next word, and if I lose the next sentence, there will be the next word, I will continue to improve!" Until we defeat Higashino-sensei! ”

Yes.

She's always been the type to get more and more courageous.

If it doesn't work once, it's twice, and if it doesn't work twice, then it's three times.

Sooner or later, she will defeat Tsukasa Higashino!

She admits defeat this time, but she has no intention of completely admitting defeat at all!

That's her.

This is the vine of the tree.

But...

Suzuki Yu touched his head embarrassedly as if he had thought of something, and then approached Furuta Shinji he.

"Editor-in-chief Furuta, I'm sorry, can you lend me your phone."

“... Yes, what do you want to do? ”

Furuta Shinji took out his phone and asked a little strangely.

"Apologize to Mr. Higashino."

She smiled.

"After all, I lost."