A middle school cartoonist

The hand holding the brush began to tremble due to the pain caused by long-term work...

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When he usually finished the comics, Eiji Niji was used to making strange noises, but now his mouth was dry and his throat was hoarse...

Originally, as a cartoonist who worked at home, it was normal for him to look pale because he was not exposed to ultraviolet rays for a long time... But now, because he did not rest well, Eiji Niji's face looked frighteningly pale!

The soreness of his arms and the dryness of his throat... These feelings, called physiological sensations, were all reminding Eiji Niji that his body was about to reach its limit! But the cartoonist named Eiji Niizuma did not stop his work because of this. He just held the brush and worked hard to paint...

The comics scattered around the table proved that Eiji Niizuma was completing the comics at an astonishing speed during this period... and according to the principle of equivalent exchange, Eiji Niizuma sacrificed a lot of rest time and physical health to complete these comics!

Since watching "A Certain Scientific Railgun", Eiji Niizuma has entered such a crazy rhythm when he came back!

...Is it really the rhythm of "no madness, no life"?

"Although I can understand your eagerness to complete "A Certain Science", this is not okay!" Yujiro sorted out the messy comics around the table and persuaded Eiji Niizuma who was drawing again! "Hey, Nizuma-kun, take a break!"

"Yada! I refuse!" As stubborn as a tantrum child, Nizuma Eiji decisively and willfully rejected Yujiro's proposal, and did not stop working on the comic manuscript because of talking, "Although Hououin teacher said there is no rush to finish it, I still want to finish it early!"

"But don't you still have weekly comics now?" Yujiro tried to persuade Nizuma Eiji in a different direction, "Serializing weekly and monthly at the same time, this kind of thing..."

"I can do it... This kind of thing, of course I can do it!" Nizuma Eiji seemed to have understood what Yujiro wanted to say, and gave a predictive answer one step ahead of time, "Since Hououin teacher can serialize "CLANNAD" and "Dream Eater" at the same time, then this kind of thing... This kind of thing I can do as well!"

"Calm down, Nizuma-kun! I think competing with monsters like Hououin Kyouma in physical strength is completely a kind of abuse!" Yujiro said that he was no longer able to complain about Nizuma Eiji's thoughts at the moment!

It is good to have the awareness that "if others can do it, there is no reason why I can't do the same thing"... But the premise is to distinguish the object of comparison, right? According to the information obtained from Yoshida before, the physical strength of a certain chuunibun cartoonist is definitely at the level of "Demon King" or "Out-of-Human"! Competing with monsters that should be exiled to the demon world to fight demon kings and heroes is not a wise behavior no matter how you look at it!

"A real man!" Nizuma Eiji rarely ignored Yujiro while completing the comic manuscript. His eyes were shining brightly, and he replied to Yujiro very seriously, "Although I always thought that Yajo Mumeha-sensei was my "lifelong rival"... But in the process of completing the comic manuscript, I realized that the one I really wanted to fight was indeed Hououin-sensei! So, serializing monthly and weekly magazines at the same time... It's not something you have to work hard to do, but something you have to do! Because... Ha! A Certain Scientific Railgun! Swish, swish, swish!" "Although I really want to persuade Nizuma-kun to take a good rest, but looking at your current state, it's probably useless to persuade him!" Looking at Nizuma Eiji's completely dry face, Seeing that Mi was not going to move, Yujiro spread his hands helplessly, "Okay, I won't stop you, Nizuma-kun!"

"Oh, you are surprisingly reasonable at this time, Yujiro-san!" Nizuma Eiji was obviously a little surprised by Yujiro's attitude at this moment. He dipped the tracing pen in the ink and began to complete the comic draft while asking Yujiro, "If it were any other time, Yujiro-san would definitely try his best to stop me, and even use such a brutal killing move as [Summoning Editor-in-Chief]! Yujiro-san like today... Tsk tsk tsk, is your brain really broken?"

"Nizuma-kun, I'm talking to you..." Gnashing teeth and full of black lines, no matter which one, it shows the anger of the speaker at this moment! However, when the two appear together in the same person, through the principle of negative and negative equals positive, it shows that at this time, although the speaker is full of anger, he is trying to endure and suppress the wild flood power in his body that is about to run away because of various conditions and restrictions! "I think you're just like that guy Hououin Kyouma, you're completely broken!"

"Of course!" Without denying Yujiro's guess and inference, Nizuma Eiji lowered his head and began to speed up the completion of the comic, muttering to himself in a voice that Yujiro could hardly hear, "If you want to defeat the Great Demon King, the first thing you have to do is to keep working hard and move forward in the direction of a brave man..."

After repeatedly suggesting that Nizuma Eiji take a good rest to no avail, Yujiro completely understood the truth that "the one who tied the bell must untie it". Although he was unwilling to meet Takahashi Makoto, he had no choice but to find Takahashi Makoto, both as the editor-in-chief and as Nizuma Eiji's friend!

"...I see...a roundabout way to save the country?" After listening to Yujiro's narration, Takahashi Makoto stopped painting and turned to look at the terrified Yujiro over there, "Then, Servant of the Black Flame King, let's not talk about whether I am willing to stop the Black Flame King...what is the price you can pay?"

"Huh? Price?" Does this kind of thing still need a price? Yujiro looked at Takahashi Makoto with a puzzled look, and his expression was obviously saying, "Did I hear it wrong just now?" After confirming that he didn't hear it wrong, Yujiro almost bit his tongue, looked at Takahashi Makoto in disbelief, and asked with difficulty, "Aren't you... friends? At this time, shouldn't you be..."

"Huh? Friends?" Takahashi Makoto looked at Yujiro in surprise, "Servant of the Black Flame King, when did you have this wrong perception? Friends... Don't make me laugh!"

"But aren't you serializing the comics together under the name [Makoto Shinkai]..." In Yujiro's understanding, two people who can create comics together should be considered friends, right? The best proof of this view is...

"You mean to talk about Yajo Mumengye? Tsk! Are the relationship between Lan Dai and Huang Mao Glasses considered friends? They are blatant gay friends! Don't confuse the definition of friends and gay friends!" Takahashi Makoto seemed to be quite indignant about Yujiro's misunderstanding, and slammed the table fiercely, "Regarding the definition of friends, you can go to my cat to find relevant documents! Holding such a childish and naive idea... Are you really the servant of the Black Flame King? And if you want to get something, you must pay something, but this is common sense in this world!"

"But..." Even Yoshida, who has the title of [Venomous Tongue] on the editor's side, is not Takahashi Makoto's opponent, let alone Yujiro? As expected, Niizuma Eiji's evaluation is correct... Yujiro's IQ is indeed worrying!

"Hey, Servant of the King of Black Flame, answer me a question!" Makoto Takahashi's stopped painting brush and started dancing again, but this did not hinder the conversation between the two. "King, are you arrogant?"

"...Huh?" Yujiro said that he could not keep up with the thinking of a certain middle school cartoonist at all. With a look of help, he turned his head and looked at his colleague beside him, Yoshida, who had remained silent since entering the door...

But unfortunately, Yoshida seemed to want to remain silent today. Facing Yujiro's look of help, he just spread his hands helplessly, and then continued to observe some of the comics of "A Certain Science" in his hand! Yoshida, who had missed the experiment of the "A Certain Scientific Railgun" before, can only make up for the regret of missing it with the comics in his hand...

"The king is above all people, sitting on the throne and looking down at the people. Because he has the kingship, he has already decided to be accompanied by loneliness..." Although Takahashi Makoto made the statement in a very calm tone, both Yoshida who was reading the comics and Yujiro who was listening carefully could feel the trembling of the soul when a certain chuunibunaga cartoonist spoke! "The so-called king is stronger than anyone else, greedier than anyone else, stands higher than anyone else, and sees farther than anyone else... However, the price to pay is the so-called loneliness! The king can be admired and worshipped by the people, and can also be praised and admired by the people, but the king must be lonely, because this is the king's destiny, this is the price to pay for becoming a king!"

"That..." Although it sounds a bit reasonable... But what does this have to do with Eiji Niizuma desperately drawing comics? ? Yujiro looked at Takahashi Makoto with a stupid look on his face, trying to interrupt Takahashi Makoto, but before Yujiro could open his mouth, he was sniped by Takahashi Makoto!

"So, Servant of the Black Flame King, do you understand now?" Takahashi Makoto pulled the brush down heavily, finished the last stroke of the character line, and then threw the brush aside, and then said, "It's not that I don't want to help the Black Flame King, but because all this is the king's fate! The so-called king does not need friends or anything, as long as he is firm in his will and moves towards the desired goal! So... do you still need to consider that kind of thing? Humph! Don't be ridiculous! Compared to the pain of the soul when giving up the existence that you have always believed in and pursued, whether the body can bear it is nothing? ?"

"It's just to complete the comics, Cheng, aren't you exaggerating a bit..." Ding Ding, who came to work overtime today to complete the comics, stopped the brush at this moment and intervened in the conversation! However, after seeing the strange smile on Takahashi Makoto's face, Tintin immediately felt a chill. Although he now realized that he shouldn't have intervened in the conversation, it seemed too late! Helpless Tintin had to bite the bullet and continue to add, "And Cheng, Yujiro-san is also thinking about Eiji Niizuma! If Eiji Niizuma falls ill because of this, it will delay the progress of the manga "A Certain Science"..."

Takahashi Makoto did not retaliate against Tintin who suddenly interrupted the conversation. He simply pointed to the pile of unfinished comics on the table and asked Uncle Tintin to continue working... Tintin showed a sad and angry expression on his face. After giving Yujiro a look that said "I can only help you up to this point", he picked up the comics on the table like an abandoned woman, sighed and continued to work...

"Respect the will of the king! Since you are the king's servant, no matter what path the king takes, you should follow the king without hesitation, instead of becoming a roadblock or an obstacle when the king is moving forward... You are not worthy of being the king's servant!" After sending Uncle Tintin away, Takahashi Makoto turned to Yujiro and continued what he had just said. Title, "My cat servants, when I was moving forward, although sometimes they would complain like common people, they never tried to stop me, because my cat servants believed in me and were willing to follow me... So compared to my cat servants, you, the servant of the King of Black Flame, are still far behind!"

Yoshida, who was praised by Makoto Takahashi, silently lowered his head and looked at the comic manuscript, but his heart was like a thousand grass mud horses whistling through... It's not that I don't want to stop you, but every time I want to stop you, no, even just when I just put forward some opinions, I can feel the murderous aura of Makoto Takahashi that breaks through the sky...

"..."

Although the words are a bit exaggerated and the tone is a bit unpleasant, Yujiro can't refute what Makoto Takahashi said! Although from the perspective of the editor-in-chief, Yujiro still does not agree with the behavior of Eiji Nizuma, but what if it is from the perspective of the cartoonist?

Whether it's the determination to fight to the end with the opponent, or the unwillingness of "others can do it but I can't"... Is it just the manga draft of "A Certain Science" that Nizuma Eiji worked so hard to complete?

No, it's not just that, right?

The reason why Nizuma Eiji worked so hard and even tried his best to complete the manga draft is because Nizuma Eiji knows the gap between himself and Takahashi Makoto... If he can't even do what Takahashi Makoto once did, then how can he duel? If he can't do what Takahashi Makoto once did, then what qualifications do he have to initiate a duel?

Maybe...

I shouldn't have come to Takahashi Makoto today...

I should have...

"Oh? It seems that the editorial staff are not completely useless!" Takahashi Makoto looked at Yujiro who was gradually coming out of the [self-reflection state], and a [teachable] smile appeared on his face, "Hey, Servant of the King of Black Flame! It seems that you have understood it? Then can you answer my previous question? King, are you arrogant?"

"..." Yujiro said that he still couldn't answer!