"Teacher Gangye, it's been a long time, thank you for taking care of the matter of asking for leave before."

Tsukasa Higashino nodded to Ryoko Okano, and then touched a bag of horse jerky packaged in Kumamoto Prefecture as a souvenir - no way, there were too many purchases, and today he brought a few textbooks, and the others were either horse jerky or Kumamon peripherals.

They are still happily eating Fukushima Madoka over there.

"That's embarrassing... However, it did help a lot to be able to come back so quickly. ”

Ryoko Okano thought about it and took the horse jerky and replied, "Mutono Art University is ready." The mobilization book for the event here is also ready. ”

"I've been bothering you all along." Tsukasa Higashino thanked.

That's why he's stayed in the studio for so long—you know, he'd agreed to Ryoko Okano to go to Muto no Art University's exchange and study program.

This matter still has to have a beginning and an end, and it must not be difficult for Ryoko Gangno to do.

"Don't be so polite." Yoshiko Okano waved his hand.

She has always been very satisfied with her protégé, and what she appreciates the most is that Higashino has never been arrogant, and he has always been friendly with the students in the studio.

As a male student in the studio, Higashino Tsukasa did anything he could, which naturally made her extremely tolerant of Higashino Tsukasa.

But...

"Higashino-san, I want to ask before I get down to business." Ryoko Okano coughed dryly: "It's that Kumamon..."

Before she could finish speaking, Higashino Tsukasa already understood, and he lowered his voice and replied, "I'll bring it to Okano-sensei tomorrow." ”

"Hmm. I'm in trouble with Higashino-san... And then there's the mobilization book from Muto no Art University..."

Ryoko Okano obviously knew that Tsukasa Higashino had come to school today, so she directly took out a mobilization book from the lesson plan in her hand and handed it to Tsukasa Higashino.

Tsukasa Higashino took the lesson plan and looked at it roughly.

This is not much different from the mobilization book of college students in the previous life, which probably means that the students of the North School should not do anything dangerous during the exchange study, and they will not be responsible if something happens... This is also equivalent to a letter of responsibility.

It is similar in nature to the letter of responsibility that Higashino saw in the Celestial Empire when he was a child, 'You can't go down to the river to bathe during the summer vacation'.

After reading the mobilization book, Tsukasa Higashino also signed his name without hesitation, and by the way, he also stamped it and returned it to Ryoko Gangno.

"Okay, I did get it. Higashino-san, you should be able to spare time next Monday, right? I am expected to go to Muto no Art University for a week-long exchange. ”

"I can spare time... But I might have to take my sister to the hospital for a routine check-up... You might take a leave of absence then, and that should be fine, right? ”

Tsukasa Higashino asked Ryoko Okano with a deep groan.

Next Monday, October 12th.

Every month, Higashino Tsukasa takes Higashino Chihaya to the hospital for a routine checkup, and now it's going to be another month... Of course, Tsukasa Higashino was going to take her to the hospital.

"Well, that's fine, I'll say hello to the teacher at Mutono Art University when the time comes."

Ryoko Okano, as the teacher of Kitayojuku, naturally knows the family situation of Tsukasa Higashino, and also knows that he is now living alone with his sister.

"Then it's going to be a trouble for Ryoko Okano." Tsukasa Higashino nodded in acknowledgement.

That's pretty much it.

Next, I just have to wait for a visit to Muto no Art University next week.

......

There was no other fluctuation in the next few days.

Tsukasa Higashino brought a batch of Kumamon peripherals and distributed them to the girls in the studio and Yoshiko Okano.

Then it was the days of drawing comics.

The sales of "Midnight Bell" continued to rise, and in a short period of time it has sold 300,000 copies... Some people even commented on the sales volume of "Midnight Bell", which is expected to challenge the average million sales volume of the volume.

On the other hand, "Aoba" came with a lot of letters to the readers of Tsukasa Higashino.

These readers gritted their teeth with hatred in the letter - I thought you were good and didn't draw horror to scare people, but who knew that you were even more than a horror comic, and if you read "The Lonely Gourmet" on an empty stomach at night, the feeling of stomach cramps made many readers go out at night to find a restaurant for supper.

This made them hate and anger, and they wanted to pull Tsukasa Higashino out of the back of the manga and beat them up severely.

But what about the gas? Still not going to see it?

When watching "Lonely Gourmet" while eating, they really feel that they are very good at eating, even if it is white rice, it seems that they can directly kill two or three bowls.

If you really don't have the conditions, you should also make instant noodles to soothe your empty stomach. So there's such an interesting phenomenon.

These readers scolded the old thief Higashino Tsukasa while still reading it, which is particularly contradictory.

These contradictory emotions are expressed in the reader's letter, and the whole of the previous article is scolding Tsukasa Higashino.

But the Japanese scold people and turn over and over for a few sentences, so the translation is similar to the interesting comment of 'the old thief of Higashino lost his conscience, and I lived and died with Goro'.

Of course, this group of readers scolded and scolded, and at the end there will be a sentence in the reader's letter - but you really draw well, "The Lonely Gourmet" is very interesting, you must continue to paint, otherwise we will go to the food pavilion where you went and squat for you.

The praise behind this plus the Japanese like 'stupid' and 'silly' in the front... It's even a little tsundere.

This made Tsukasa Higashino inexplicably a little funny.

"My readers are really a bunch of tsunderes."

After sighing inexplicably, Higashino Tsukasa looked down again.

In addition to the letters from readers sent by these little tsundere readers, there are also a considerable number of people who ask questions below, asking Higashino if Mr. Higashino is the one who designed Kumamon.

After all, Tsukasa Higashino just appeared at Urashima Press a few days ago, and someone took a photo and posted it in the newspaper.

Although the photos are not clear, as long as you have a careful comparison, you can find the similarities.

So the fans at the bottom are curious.

Most of the previous group of chaotic and evil fans directly rebelled into orderly neutrality and raised the banner - Higashino-sensei and Higashino Tsukasa are the same person! Don't fight anymore! Let's do it together!

Of course, there are still people who still think before -

Tsukasa Higashino is an oil painter, and he knows a ghost comic?

Mr. Higashino is a comic book drawer, and he knows what art design is.

For this kind of question, Tsukasa Higashino has no idea of replying for the time being.

After all, we are going to be interviewed soon, so it would be nice to be honest with each other about the interview.

Of course, the gossip of newspapers and magazines is better than that of him standing up and admitting it.

The days went by like this, and soon it was the day when Tsukasa Higashino was interviewed...

On this day, Tsukasa Higashino got up early and began to draw a few pages of the original manuscripts of "The Lonely Gourmet" and "Midnight Bell".

Then I accompanied Higashino Chihaya to play a two-player cassette game for a while, which is a game in which a snowman shoots snowflakes at monsters, and after turning the monster into a snowball, you can push it away, and you can also crush other little monsters.

Higashino Tsukasa accompanied her to play one or twenty levels like this, and then put down the handle and prepared lunch, and after Higashino Chizao had lunch, Higashino Tsukasa began to draw "Midnight Bell" and "Lonely Gourmet" again, and drew another page or two, and the time came to half past four in the afternoon, and Higashino Tsukasa cleaned up and went out.

He went to the Urashima Publishing House first, and it was already five o'clock at this time, and as soon as Hosokawa Koharu saw him coming, he took him inside the publishing house without saying a word.

Urashima Publishing House has obviously cleaned up, and has specially freed up a table for Tsukasa Higashino.

Interview with the comic author... It's nothing more than having some miscellaneous conversations with the comic author, interviewing him about his recent developments, and then watching him create comics on the spot... That's probably the process.

It seems that the other party also cares about this interview.

Originally, this kind of interview was supposed to be held at Tsukasa Higashino's house, but Hosokawa Koharu considered that Tsukasa Higashino had Chihaya Higashino on his side, so he pressed the matter down and changed the location to Urashima Press.

The people on the TV station program team also respect Tsukasa Higashino, knowing that the other party is now walking hot news, so someone was waiting at the entrance of the editorial department early.

"Mr. Higashino, you've worked hard." The male host in charge of this interview program handed over the business card in both hands, looking very respectful.

"That's there, that's there, and you've worked hard. It is my honor to be able to participate in an interview with your radio station. Higashino shook hands with a smile, and then said apologetically, "I'm really sorry, I don't have a business card..."

"Hehe, after all, Mr. Higashino is also a high school student, so of course he doesn't have a business card." The other party stretched out his hand very kindly and said again and again, "Please, please." ”

Higashino Tsukasa also smiled and nodded, and at the same time took the time to glance at the name on the other party's business card.

The male host's name is Shun Matsui and he is a staff member of Niktv TV.

The so-called Niktv TV, in fact, its full name is Nippon Television Broadcasting Network Co., Ltd., which is mainly a wireless television station with the Kanto Wide Area as the broadcast area, and has very old qualifications in the industry and is very famous.

Such a TV station made a special trip to spare time for an exclusive interview with Higashino Division, and I have to say that the other party's sincerity is indeed full.

But after thinking about it carefully, Higashino felt that this decision was quite normal.

Japan's TV industry is not like the Celestial Empire, where there are many kinds of TV stations, many of which are commercial TV stations, and everything is based on ratings.

And Rishi TV is such a commercial TV station, it is a commercial TV station, so it is normal for them to invest some resources in the design of Kumamon.

Tsukasa Higashino entered the Urashima editorial office and was placed on a table with cameras set up behind and on the sides.

Someone else made a special trip to give a close-up of the table in front of him, and he was going to give a close-up of his painting when Higashino drew later.

Looking at Hosokawa Koharu, who was surrounded by Higashino Tsukasa and had been standing by and watching, he didn't know why he was clenched.

It's like seeing her cub go to the slaughterhouse, Higashino Tsukasa is not in a hurry, but she is in a hurry.

Will Higashino be scared and nervous later?

Will your hands be shaking and you won't be able to draw...?

Thoughts like these popped up all at once.

Obviously, she was the one who arranged the interview, but she was the one who was most worried.

Her appearance made the male editor next to her couldn't help but take a look at it more, and then showed an expression of sudden realization.

No wonder Higashino Tsukasa is so powerful, Hosokawa Koharu's serious and anxious appearance already speaks for itself.

Hosokawa Koharu also said that he didn't cultivate Tsukasa Higashino, isn't this already exposed?

He made up his mind that he would definitely ask Hosokawa Koharu how to train manga writers when he had time in the future.

Comic editors aside... The screen shifts to Tsukasa Higashino's side.

"That's pretty much it for the interview copy, no problem, Higashino-sensei." Shun Matsui poured a cup of tea for Tsukasa Higashino and asked.

The so-called program copywriting is actually a thing that says what questions Higashino will ask Tsukasa Higashino later, so that he can answer the manuscript as soon as possible.

"Well, trouble Matsui-san." Tsukasa Higashino smiled and nodded.

It's not a big deal with the copy, just ask him about his motivation for creating the manga and some of Kumamon's design ideas, and these things can be answered by just thinking about them, so it's not a problem.

"Well, it's okay, Mr. Higashino, you don't have to be too nervous when you interview later, just relax your mind." Matsui Shun soothed.

He has seen the kind of painter or writer who is soft-footed when he comes to the interview, and the topic change is also rigid, and in the end, it is him, the interview host in charge of the round, who is uncomfortable.

But... Looking at Tsukasa Higashino's face, he was a little unsure again.

Because the other party doesn't look nervous at all, he speaks freely, and his expression hasn't changed much, he still looks like hehehe, and he treats everyone very kindly.

Don't say nervous... The other party looked like he was staying at his house.

This psychological quality is indeed not ordinary.

Matsui Shun thought that Higashino Tsukasa had designed Kumamon when he was only in high school, and he had the ability, and then looked at his familiarity with the rest of the radio station now, Matsui Shun only felt that the other party was the kind of 'once in a thousand years' genius young man who could not be underestimated.

After all, in the eyes of ordinary people like him, genius is equated with low emotional intelligence.

Most people spend a lot of time in one line and are naturally negligent in interpersonal interactions.

But Higashino didn't feel this way.

In this way, we continued to greet each other until the end of the equipment adjustment, and Matsui finally came face to face with Tsukasa Higashino.

The director outside the venue dispelled the curious onlookers a little, and then made an OK gesture to signal him to start directly.

After receiving instructions, Shun Matsui began to master the backboard of the newspaper.

"Hello everyone, I'm sure you've all heard of the name 'Kumamon' recently, right? Yes, that's exactly what you think of as a 'Kumamon'... This time, we also had the pleasure of interviewing Mr. Tsukasa Higashino, the author of Kumamon. ”

There was no need for Matsui Shun to signal, Tsukasa Higashino naturally greeted the camera: "Hello everyone, I'm Tsukasa Higashino." ”

And the interview also began with this hello everyone.