Hirata's heart trembled when Hojo was staring at him.

However, he did not flinch, but stiffened his neck and said: "Even if you tell a flower, I will not go back with you and continue to be your slave!" ”

Hojo Nao knew from Hirata's appearance that he had actually been moved by what he said, but he just couldn't erase his face.

He looked at the mahjong tiles still scattered on the table opposite, and said, "I know that you think the original contract is very unfair, and in order to show sincerity, I came to negotiate a new contract with you this time." As long as you can come back to drawing comics and don't waste your talents on boring things, I can relax the restrictions on you appropriately. ”

Hirata naturally knew what the boring thing in Hojo Nao's mouth meant, and he said angrily: "Playing mahjong is not a boring thing!" Even if I want to continue drawing comics, I will never give up playing mahjong! ”

Hojo Naomichi: "No problem, playing mahjong a few times a week is considered leisure." ”

Hirata said: "I still have the right to suspend publication without restrictions, if I can't draw it, you can't force me to paint!" ”

Hojo Naomichi: "I can give you a chance to take a break once a month. ”

Hirata said: "Not once, I want four times!" ”

Hojo Shang's brows jumped, and he said, "Four times? ”

Seeing that the other party's face turned black in an instant, Hirata knew that this request was too much.

Closing the publication four times a month is equivalent to not having to hand in comics for a month, and you can take a vacation for 12 months a year.

He retreated and said, "Three times, no less!" Besides, I don't necessarily take a break from publication three times, but sometimes I'm still very inspired. ”

He said this kind of thing in his mouth, but he was roaring in his heart: He doesn't stop publishing three times a month, you really have something wrong with me!

Hojo Shang said with a calm face: "Twice, at most two chances will be given you, and the quality of the manga must be guaranteed." ”

Hirata frowned and thought for a while, then said, "Can I put the two months of opportunity together?" ”

Hojo was almost angry and said: "The monthly closure can't be used in series, this week will not be closed, and it will be invalid next week!" ”

Hirata "cut" dissatisfied.

However, if you can get the opportunity to close the publication for a month or two weeks, it can be regarded as earning.

"Deal!"

On this day, the 'Hirata Treaty', which marked the beginning of the treaty of the loss of power and humiliation of the G Society, was signed in the messy home of manga artist Ichiro Hirata.

Hirata also announced his return to G Club again, and he began to prepare his new work.

When Nao Hojo returned to the G Society, his face was not good-looking. Indeed, no matter which editor signed the "Hirata Contract", a contract that humiliated the society, his face would definitely not look good.

But Hojo is no longer worried about what the editorial staff will think of him, and he knows that he will definitely be implicated in abdicating after Long Kongyun abdicates.

Until then, he just wanted to do what he could do well.

There is still nearly a month between now and the actual end of "Children of Gods and Demons", which should be enough time for Ichiro Hirata to conceive of his new work.

In this way, the impact of the end of "Children of Gods and Demons" should be less, and the magazine's sales will not decline negatively.

While Hojo was sitting in his seat thinking about these questions, Yosuke Akasaka appeared in front of him again.

"Editor, I have something for you to see."

Hojo raised his head and asked, "What is it?" ”

Yosuke Akasaka took out an SD card to USB adapter and handed it to Nao Hojo.

This SD card was naturally taken out of his DV machine, and it saved the video recorded by Akasaka at Araki Haku's house.

Hojo plugged the USB into his computer and clicked on the video.

"What is this?" Hojo asked as he watched.

"This is a video I recorded at Mr. Araki's house when he was drawing."

Hojo Shang carefully looked at the extremely smooth waving of the brush in the hand of the person in the video, and couldn't help but admire it a little in his heart. With such skillful drawing skills, he is worthy of being able to draw such an excellent short story.

"Do you suspect that he is not the original author of the short story, so you went to his house to accept the video?" Hojo asked.

"I know it's not good to be suspicious, but this video is enough to answer our questions. That short story is indeed the work of Mr. Araki. But that's not all. Yosuke Akasaka said.

Hojo nodded and asked, "What else do you want to prove?" ”

Yosuke Akasaka said, "I also want to prove that Araki-sensei does have the ability to serialize. ”

Hojo Sho raised his head and looked at him and said, "I think we have made it clear about this point, high school students are not suitable for serialization, and I will definitely not risk high school students to start serialization again." ”

Yosuke Akasaka said, "But if you look at the speed at which Mr. Araki draws, it only takes him 15 minutes to finish an original draft, and he can basically finish the first draft in a week in 5 hours." In one to two days, he was able to process the first drafts and hand them in. Serialization may be stressful for other people, but it's no problem for Araki-sensei. ”

Hojo Shang lowered his head and continued to watch the video, he frowned and asked, "This video has not been processed?" ”

Yosuke Akasaka said: "Absolutely not dealt with it, I vouch for it with my personality." If the chief editor still doesn't believe me, we can visit Araki-kun and ask him to show you how fast he paints. ”

Nao Hojo began to fast-forward, and he found that, as Akasaka said, it often took no more than 15 minutes for Araki Shiro to finish a painting. Through the previous short story, Hojo naturally knew that Araki Haku's painting skills were superb and he was already among the best manga artists in the country, but he definitely didn't expect that the other party's drawing speed was as jaw-dropping as his skills.

"That's right, at his speed of painting, he can really start serialization with great ease." Hojo Shang nodded and said.

Yosuke Akasaka said excitedly: "Then we can let him start serialization?" ”

Hojo said: "I still have to discuss this matter with the company's upper management, with this video as proof, it shouldn't be a big problem." I can add his manuscript to Yongchuan Award first, paving the way for his serialization. ”

Yosuke Akasaka nodded and said, "Then thank you, Chief Editor Hojo!" ”

That night, Yosuke Akasaka relayed Hojo's words to Araki Haku, and indicated that he had a good chance of being able to serialize it, and Araki Haku was also very happy, and thanked Yosuke Akasaka for his efforts. The two exchanged polite words for a while before hanging up.

At the same time, Shunhei Kusanagi and Kaoru Utsumi also came to a residential apartment in Koto Ward.

A strong man was tied to the bed with a leash, a mouth stuffed with a mouth balls for sexual pleasure, his eyes were wide open, and he was dead.

In this man's basement, the police also found a large number of obscene objects, such as women's stockings, **, hoods, etc. There are also dangerous goods such as ether and stun guns.

The biggest find was the photo on the basement wall. There are more than 30 photographs of young women on the wall, five of whom Kaoru Utsumi recognizes as women who have been molested by masked men.

Kusanagi took the grimace mask in his hand and looked back and forth, and noticed that there were four words written on the inside corner of the mask.

"Olli lives on." Kusanagi softly pronounced the four words.

Kaoru Utsumi frowned and said, "It seems that this man is a remnant of the Olli cult. ”

"The Oli Sect has been wiped out for five years, but I didn't expect that there are still its followers who come out to harm people."

Kusanagi looked at the many photos on the wall and said, "Of the more than 30 victims, only five of them reported the crime, which is a terrible low reporting rate. ”

Kaoru Utsumi said, "Not every girl has the courage to say something like this, and several of them will never be able to speak. ”

Kusanagi sighed and said, "I'd love to let this beast go to prison and taste the violation, but unfortunately he doesn't have a chance." I wonder who killed him and for what purpose. ”

Kaoru Utsumi said: "The deceased was poisoned by cyanide, and an injection hole was found in his arm, and the murderer was very careful and did not leave us too many clues at all. When the test report from the laboratory center comes out, maybe something can be found. ”

Kusanagi nodded, not saying more.