The Yongchuan Award is sponsored by G Society, and is a newcomer award for shonen manga.

In the early days of the development of G Society, in order to increase the popularity of the magazine, G Society cooperated with many famous cartoonists to hold a comic contest.

The Yongchuan Award is a product of that era, and it was held in the name of the famous manga artist Nagagawa Kazuto.

However, in fact, Kazuto Nagagawa is not a cartoonist of G Society, but an independent cartoonist with his own production company.

In recent years, there has been very little news about this comic book master, and he has stopped drawing comics many years ago. However, his works and fame still have a pivotal position in China, so G Society has always maintained the tradition of using the Yongchuan Award and several other newcomer awards to screen newcomers. Being able to win the first place at the Yongchuan Awards is a supreme honor for any rookie cartoonist.

Hearing Yosuke Akasaka boast that his work could win the first place, Araki Haku smiled and said that it was too good, but his tone was very calm.

Yosuke Akasaka was a little confused, but at this time he didn't have time to care about this, so he hurriedly stood up with the sketch and said, "The submission for the Yongchuan Award was originally closed yesterday, but I can persuade the editorial department to add your manga to it, and I'll go now!" ”

Halfway through the run, he suddenly turned back in a hurry, put a business card in front of Araki Bai, and said, "This is my business card, you can call me if you have something, I will contact you again in the next few days and explain to you about the serialization." ”

He suddenly realized a problem, and immediately asked, "You'll be serialized, right?" ”

The other party is still a high school student, so it may not be difficult to draw a short story to submit. But to start a serialization while going to high school, it is indeed a very difficult thing in the eyes of Yosuke Akasaka.

Yosuke Akasaka doesn't know if he can convince the other party to serialize, but he must try to convince him. With an explosive painter like Araki Haku, coupled with excellent plot design ability, he can definitely take Yosuke Akasaka to the pinnacle of life!

Araki Bai nodded and said, "Yes, I just came for the serialization." Please convey my intentions to everyone in the editorial department, and don't reject me because I am a high school student, I am very fast at drawing. ”

Yosuke Akasaka was overjoyed and said, "Don't worry, if you want to serialize, I will definitely help you get rid of all obstacles!" ”

Araki Bai smiled: "Then thank you, I will wait for your good news." ”

Yosuke Akasaka ran away like a gust of wind, only to hear a sentence from afar: "Leave everything to me!" ”

*

Kusanagi placed the black-covered notebook in her hand on Kaoru Utsumi's desk and sat down across from her.

He smiled and said, "You might not expect that there are other people besides me who are also investigating that high school student named Araki Haku. ”

Kaoru Utsumi blinked and asked, "Who else?" I asked a colleague in the bureau to investigate him, but now he probably isn't investigating. ”

Kusanagi replied, "It's not our people, it's Kurinan's." ”

Kaoru Utsumi frowned and said, "He's just an ordinary high school student, how could he have anything to do with Li Nan?" ”

Kusanagi shook his head and said, "If you think of him as an ordinary high school student, you would be very wrong. What high school student can make 15 million in less than a week. ”

Kaoru Utsumi was even more confused when she listened, and she asked, "What 15 million?" He made 15 million? ”

Kusanagi smiled and said, "He exchanged a check for 15 million at Mitsubishi Bank. And the young owner of the Kageyama Group, Toru Kageyama, spent 15 million yuan at a private auction to buy an oil painting called "The Death of a Girl", and the check was written by him. I also found out that the auctioneer who held this auction was called Shu Sawada, a senior appraiser at the Tokyo Museum, and she took the oil painting to that auction house. Sawada Shu's daughter, Reiko Sawada, was Araki Haku's classmate, and Araki Haku exchanged the check. ”

Kusanagi spread her hand and said, "Got it?" ”

Kaoru Utsumi said, "Are you saying that the oil painting was put up for auction by Hakuro Araki?" ”

Kusanagi said: "Eight or nine is not far from ten." ”

Kaoru Utsumi said suddenly: "Then what does this have to do with Li Nanhui?" ”

Kusanagi Toshihei seemed to have a dry mouth, picked up the tea on the table, took a sip, and said, "Kurunan will have a cadre named Kirizo, who once gave Araki Haku's father Araki Hiroshi a loan shark of 1 million. And Araki Haku took 6 million to repay the loan from Makirito a few days ago, and he set his sights on Araki Haku. ”

Kaoru Utsumi frowned and said: "These loan sharks are too unreasonable, borrowing 1 million, when they repay it, they actually have to multiply it six times, and they refuse to let go of each other even after others have repaid the money." ”

Shunpei Kusanagi said: "Actually, you don't need to repay 6 million, Hiroshi Araki only borrowed for two months, so he only needs to repay 3 million with interest." But there seems to be some agreement between Matong and Araki Bai, and there will be enough for 6 million or something in a week, and I haven't been able to inquire about the details. ”

Kaoru Utsumi said: "It's already great to be able to figure out this information, how did you investigate?" "She's always wanted to learn from this senior, but Kusanagi is generally used to acting alone, so Kaoru Utsumi has never had a chance.

Kusanagi smiled: "I hooked up with Kiri's mistress at the bar a little, and I heard most of the news about Kiri's side from her, and I used the identity of the police to question the people involved, and it was very easy to get it." It's a pity that these news didn't help us with the case in hand, it only showed that Araki Bai didn't have the spare energy to hire someone to help him pick up girls in those days. And I also inquired about the store where he worked, and the girl named Aya Hirano had a good relationship with Araki Shiro before the incident, so there was no need to do anything to add to it. ”

Kaoru Utsumi said: "I also think that my conclusion at the time was too arbitrary, maybe Araki Haku was just impulsive to confess to Aya Hirano at that time, maybe he didn't know that he would meet the masked man." ”

Kusanagi shook his head and said, "There are many things in this world that are coincidences, but there are also inevitable things in coincidences, and I always feel that there is a very important point in this series of events that I have overlooked. ”

The two looked at each other for a while, but they couldn't come up with a reason.

*

Although there is still a gap in money due to his mother's illness, Araki Haku is not worried about his earning ability. So he deliberately brought his sister Yuko to Akihabara this week to fulfill his promise to help her buy a computer.

Akihabara is a bustling electric town, and there are not only all kinds of electrical appliances for sale, but also specialty stores such as games, manga, and novels, so the street is always crowded with otaku of all kinds.

Even Araki Haku's side is crowded with a senior otaku whose name is Kazushi Kitagawa and is the secretary of the Nara High School Student Council and the head of the computer department.

When he was in school, Araki Haku once asked Kitagawa Kazushi what brand of computer to buy.

Kitagawa Kazushi immediately reprimanded him and said, "It's not about what brand of computer to buy, but what brand of accessories to buy!" ”

Araki didn't know why his tone was so fierce, but he still humbly asked.

It turns out that some of the brand computers sold in the mall are actually far less cost-effective than the computers they assemble. And the public is not good at computers, so the brand computer stores make a lot of money, and even those salesmen who sell brand computers are arrogant.