A middle school cartoonist

It is normal to want to know the answer to the question that confuses you... After all, the exploration and pursuit of knowledge about unknown things is an important source for human survival and development!

Therefore, when Jinghe River realized that there was a problem with the way the cartoonists were fighting each other, he immediately thought of coming to Takahashi Makoto to seek the answer... For Jinghe River, although a certain chuunibyou cartoonist should be considered as a [outside of human] in terms of thoughts and words and deeds, in essence, Takahashi Makoto is definitely a trustworthy and reliable person!

At least in the days when he was an assistant to a certain chuunibyou cartoonist, Jinghe River learned a lot from Takahashi Makoto... Otherwise, Jinghe River, who knew that Takahashi Makoto was a patient with the late stage of chuunibyou, still treated such a person as a [life-changing soul mentor], definitely needed to find a certain electric shock maniac professor for treatment!

However...

Just as humans always stumble on the road to exploring the truth, Jinghe River also encountered a similar experience while waiting for Takahashi Makoto to solve his doubts!

Originally, Shizuru thought that the reason why Takahashi Makoto and Nizuma Eiji proposed to decide the outcome of the comic in that way was largely because of their favoritism towards him... In the end, Shizuru did not make a mistake in judgment, and a certain chuuni cartoonist also admitted that the reason for making such a suggestion was indeed due to his favoritism towards Shizuru!

It's just a pity... No matter the reason or the cause, it is slightly different from what Shizuru thought... No, it should be completely different!

Shizuru had always believed that the reason why a certain chuuni cartoonist proposed that kind of condition to decide the outcome was largely because of his favoritism towards himself, a rookie cartoonist who used to be his assistant! After all, the core of the comic "Assassination" is the character of [Kuro-sensei]. Not to mention the people on the cartoonist side, anyone who has read the serialized comics can notice it... Not to mention Takahashi Makoto and Nizuma Eiji who proposed the way to judge the outcome this time!

However... the reality is cruel. Takahashi Makoto did not hide his bad taste as usual, but instead gave a reason that shocked Shizuru!

The reason why the criteria for judging the outcome are designed in this way, so that you have an advantage from the beginning, cannot be regarded as partiality, but just to give you the possibility of competing with other participants on the cartoonist side... In other words, if Takahashi Makoto and Nizuma Eiji did not set such conditions, Shizukagawa would not have the possibility of fighting with other cartoonists on an equal footing!

Before coming to Takahashi Makoto, Shizukagawa had considered various possibilities!

According to the usual words and deeds of a certain middle school cartoonist, he would definitely say some reasons that would make ordinary people smile, such as "I do this just for fun", "As a subordinate of the mad demon god Fenghuangyuan Kyoma, a little care is not a matter of course", "The stronger the opponent is, the better", and "Compared to the favorable situation where you crush all the way to the end, as a fighting nation, I prefer the unfavorable situation with a bad fighting environment" and so on...

But this reason... Shizukagawa has never even thought about it!

First he was shocked, then he fell into deep contemplation and silence... Until he left Takahashi Makoto's house like a zombie, Shizukagawa never said a word!

After Shizukagawa left, Takahashi Makoto concentrated on completing the comic manuscript; while Yoshida looked at the completed comic manuscript without saying a word... It seemed that a certain chuuni cartoonist and a responsible editor had agreed that no one spoke to break the silence!

As a passerby who had been watching coldly, Yoshida didn't say a word from beginning to end!

From the conversation between Shizukagawa and Takahashi Makoto, it was vaguely inferred that a certain chuuni cartoonist was planning something, which was originally something worth celebrating for Yoshida... But now, Yoshida can't be happy at all!

No matter how interesting the comic manuscript in hand is, it cannot attract a reader who is full of worries; the joy of seeing through Takahashi Makoto's plan cannot dilute the entanglement and depression lingering in his heart... So, after seeing Takahashi Makoto finish a page of comic manuscript, Yoshida finally couldn't help but speak!

"Hey, Makoto, what you said just now... was a bit too much!" Rarely, Yoshida took out the momentum of being a responsible editor and started a conversation with a certain chuuni cartoonist in a serious tone! "Of course, I don't mean to blame you, Cheng, but... Cheng, next time you speak, please consider other people's feelings a little!"

"Hey, my cat..." After hearing Yoshida's words, Takahashi Makoto put down his brush, looked up at Yoshida seriously, and after pondering for a moment, as if he had made up his mind, he asked, "Do you understand the real [pleasure]?"

"Huh? Pleasure?" Takahashi Makoto's irrelevant question seemed to have no other meaning except making Yoshida even more speechless...

"Yes, the real [pleasure]..." Takahashi Makoto leaned back in his chair, with a half-smile on his face, "If you, my cat, understood the real pleasure, you wouldn't ask such a foolish and superficial question just now!"

"So Cheng, what is your so-called [pleasure]..." The so-called [pleasure] has nothing to do with what you said before... In fact, what Yoshida really wants to say is this, However, after seeing that Takahashi Makoto looked a little uncomfortable, Yoshida decisively chose to follow the wishes of a certain middle-class manga artist!

"The collision of wills, the fierce fighting with high morale, the upright face-to-face duel, the victory or defeat of the real sword where the opponent will meet the good talent, experience the excitement of being on the verge of death, and feel the pressure brought by danger and crisis with your heart..." It is different from usual. The more he spoke, the more excited he became. The tone used by Makoto Takahashi today was quite calm... This made Yoshida, who originally wanted to interrupt Makoto Takahashi, chose to be a quiet listener after hesitating again and again! "But not long ago, I suddenly realized that the [pleasure] brought by those actions was actually a mistake! Everything was just my pure fantasy, and I regarded those things as [pleasure] in a general way. It’s just that the arrogance that sleeps deep in the human soul appears in me!”

"I thought Cheng, you were serious about what you wanted to say... Haha!" Yoshida had a troubled expression on his face and laughed inexplicably. At the same time, he did not forget to complain, "Also, by the way... Cheng, what you just said... was adapted from Edward's words in "Steel"? What should I say at this time? Should I say that Cheng, you are worthy of being the cartoonist of "Steel"? "

"No, my beloved cat, I just want to tell you that I was once lost on the path of finding [pleasure]... and now, I finally understand what true [pleasure] is, that's all! "Takahashi Makoto said with a serious look!

"I think it's Cheng that your illness has become more serious..." Yoshida muttered in a low voice while pretending to sort out the comic manuscripts in his hands, "So, Cheng, what you are saying now is different from what you said before. Does it matter?"

"My beloved cat, the reason why you are angry now is because of what I just said, right?" Looking at Yoshida's unhappy expression, a certain middle-level cartoonist consciously sighed, "Forget it, this I won’t argue with you about this matter… After all, who doesn’t even understand [joy], what qualifications does he have to comment on the murderous majesty of the Phoenix Academy?”

"Hey, Cheng, you really dare to say that!" Yoshida, who was sorting out the comic manuscript, fiercely 'put' the comic manuscript on the table... Obviously, a certain editor in charge was furious at this moment... It should be said that a certain Is the cartoonist's level of ridicule too high, or should I say that the editor's resistance to ridicule is too low? "What kind of [pleasure] do you think this is? What you said just now really shocked Mr. Jinghe, right? What you call [pleasure], Cheng, is just your own bad taste, right?"

Yoshida's three-part complaint... It's been a long time coming!

"Liuzi will be hit by what he just said, and then he will gradually start to feel depressed. Finally, he will have a self-defeating mentality, which will make the content of the series become worse and worse, causing the comic "Assassination" to be cut in half...successive setbacks and failures, It will make Liuzi start to doubt himself, doubt his correctness as a cartoonist, and even start to doubt life..." Although he was clearly talking about quite terrifying speculations, Takahashi Makoto had a smile on his face that was difficult for Yoshida to understand. , "The words I just said may not have such an effect...but for Liuzi, they will definitely have a negative impact on his emotions and shake his will!"

"Hey, Cheng, since you already know the consequences of doing this, why do you still..." It will destroy a cartoonist, or even ruin a person's life... This is no longer just a simple bad taste. Bar?

"Of course, Liuzi may also engrav all the humiliation in the depths of his soul because of what he just said, and then turn his resentment and unwillingness into motivation to fight and fight with all his strength in this duel. ...Reborn from the ashes in the most brutal battlefield, from now on my body, mind and soul will always be in the fiercest and hottest battle!"

It was obvious that Makoto Takahashi was just talking about some of the most exciting things in his career, but Yoshida felt that Makoto Takahashi's figure in a white coat was completely distorted from the image in his memory... wrong, an illusion. Bar! ?

"Sa, my beloved is a cat, what choice do you think Ryuko will make?" Rather than saying that Takahashi Makoto was asking Yoshida, he was actually saying to himself, "No matter what choice you make, It's just a struggle between the two choices of destruction or rebirth... Ah, it turns out that only humans can provide the [pleasure] I'm looking forward to!"