A middle school cartoonist

Although City Z was not directly destroyed by the meteorite, the fragments of the meteorite shattered by Teacher Saitama left the ground devastated...

Originally, it should be a matter of celebration that the city avoided such a natural disaster... But Yoshida failed to feel a trace of joy from Genos' inner monologue in the comic manuscript, and instead felt a bit more dignified!

"The next plot..." Yoshida looked up at Makoto Takahashi who was full of expectation over there, and swallowed with some difficulty, "Could it be... Zhi Yuxiang again, right?"

Yoshida once asked Makoto Takahashi why several comics serialized by cartoonist Hohoin Kuma are accompanied by depressive content...

"Of course, joy must be accompanied by depression! The purpose of this is to prevent human beings in joy from forgetting sadness... When giving people hope, they also do not forget to give corresponding despair. This level of [ Equivalent exchange] Hey, this is a [truth] that is common to all worlds!”

This is Makoto Takahashi's answer...it also belongs to the unique style of manga artist Shoin Hoshizōma!

Now that he has guessed that the next plot will lead to depression, Yoshida, as the editor-in-chief, will naturally be mentally prepared in advance! In the face of upcoming misfortunes, human beings will always think that they have taken proper precautions... However, unfortunately, this naive idea is just human arrogance!

Therefore, Yoshida, who thought he was mentally prepared, arrogantly began to observe the remaining comic manuscripts of the comic "One Punch Man", and then...

Then Yoshida showed the look that Makoto Takahashi expected...well, it was the twisted look that made Makoto Takahashi's soul feel "pleased"!

Teacher Saitama, who smashed the meteorite and saved City Z, was not greeted with flowers and applause. Instead, under the deliberate instigation of some villains, he suffered slander, resistance, rejection... and resentment!

"But it's all because of you that my new car..."

He obviously saved the human beings in the city, but now he has become the criminal responsible for the destruction of the city...

"It's all because of you that my house was..."

It was clear that the meteorite was shattered, but the distorted human beings repeatedly questioned and criticized...

"Because of your hasty behavior, my supermarket..."

He should have been treated like a hero, but now he was questioned like a sinner...

Looking at the manga manuscript, Mr. Saitama, instigated by a group of villains, was surrounded by more and more humans to criticize and question... Although he was just an observer of the manga manuscript, at this moment, Yoshida felt something in his heart. A kind of helplessness and anger that cannot be vented!

Faced with the accusations of those onlookers whose human nature has been distorted, Teacher Saitama did not retreat or escape, nor did he go dark and destroy all living things to take revenge. Instead, he argued loudly with the people around him like a child quarreling...

"What a mouthful! Shut up! I don't care what losses you suffer! Go talk to the meteorite like that, you stupid ass!"

"Listen, I didn't become a hero just to get your praise, it was because I wanted to be one!"

"Hate all you want, you baldheads!"

But is this really an argument...?

Looking at Mr. Saitama's declaration in the manga, Yoshida somehow suddenly remembered this sentence that Mr. Saitama often said!

[I am a hero driven by interest...]

When he first saw this sentence, Yoshida thought it was quite funny and quite unserious... After all, it would be too out of place to engage in a high-risk profession like [hero] just because of interest, right?

Or maybe... Saitama-sensei's ideas are too naive and childish, right?

But when he saw this, Yoshida realized that he was the one who was truly innocent and childish!

Whether it's killing monsters or smashing meteorites, it's all out of interest; it's not to protect anyone, nor to get any praise or praise, all actions are out of one's own interest... After gaining nearly invincibility, After the battle, Saitama-sensei has not forgotten his original intention!

[I remember, I just want to be a hero who can beat you bad guys with one punch...]

Recalling what Saitama-sensei said to the crab monster who wanted to kill the children in the previous serial content when he was not bald and had no strong fighting ability... Yoshida suddenly felt that maybe the reason why Saitama-sensei was truly powerful was not that. It sounds like an exercise method that ordinary people can do, but it's because of such a mentality that you can gain that invincible power!

This is probably what is called "Don't forget your original intention, and you will always succeed"!

"Hey, I have finished reading the manga manuscript!" Makoto Takahashi sat on the desk and interrupted Yoshida who was still thinking, "Then you can answer me now..." Do humans need heroes?”

Of course... If you haven't read the content of this chapter, or to be precise, if you haven't read the second half of this chapter, Yoshida will definitely answer this without hesitation!

"..." But now, after seeing what happened to Teacher Saitama... Yoshida can't say such words!

"Oh, my familiar cat, your current expression... is really a masterpiece!" Makoto Takahashi, who was even worse than the onlookers in the comics, looked at Yoshida's aggrieved expression and let out a cry of "pleasure" Praise! "Seeing the look on your face, My Familiar Cat... I'm already looking forward to the readers' reaction after this chapter is published!"

"Although there is no problem with the style of painting, the plot of this episode..." Ignoring the evil taste of a certain second-year manga artist, Yoshida couldn't help but ask Takahashi Makoto after pondering for a moment. Attacking... Of course, only the editor in charge knows whether there is any intention to change the topic intentionally! "Some... passed, right?"

"Eh? It's really unexpected..." Makoto Takahashi looked at Yoshida with some surprise, and said with disgust in a disgusting tone, "I didn't expect that you, my companion cat, can't even bear this level... Hey, hey, you’re not pretending to be my beloved cat, are you?”

"Stop joking, Cheng! I'm discussing the plot of the comic with you now!" Although he tried his best not to use the [Roar] skill on a certain second-grade cartoonist, Yoshida was really a little angry at the moment... As for being angry The reason is more or less due to the influence of this chapter of the comic "One Punch Man", right? "There's nothing wrong with the first half of this sentence, but there are some...some..."

"The second half of the plot is very realistic and cruel... right?" After completing what Yoshida had not finished, Takahashi Makoto also restrained his smile and shook his head slightly, "But My Dependent Cat, you don't want to I forgot that the world that humans live in today...is originally like this!"

"No, it's not the same... It's not the same..." Even though he subconsciously refuted Takahashi Makoto's words... But is Yoshida's unconfident tone really a refutation, or a different kind of self-comfort? What about deception?

"Heroes who save mankind receive not praise but blame; doctors who rescue patients suffering from sudden illness receive not thanks but complaints; judges who judge criminals receive not praise but abuse; originally well-intentioned Pedestrians who help others with good intentions are not grateful but questioned..." A disdainful smile appeared on Takahashi Makoto's face, and he tapped the table with his fingers, "Hey, My Familiar Cat, what happened to Teacher Saitama in the manga... It comes from the cruel reality we live in!”

"I know...but..."

"The reason why you can't accept the plot of the comic is because your soul is stung, or it comes from conscience and moral guilt... After all, you also live in this cruel and cruel world. In real society!" Makoto Takahashi jumped down from the table, walked to Yoshida, and picked up the manga manuscript lying aside, "So for a hero, the best ending is not to defeat the evil devil, but to defeat the evil devil. It is to die together with the other party..."

"...In other words, do humans still need heroes?"

"Of course it is necessary! But...sacrifice is the fate of a hero!" Makoto Takahashi was sorting out the manga manuscript while using [Serious Nonsense] to corrode Yoshida's thoughts, "After all, heroes live in human memory. ...To mankind, he is a hero!”

"sacrifice?"

"Now, my beloved cat, do you know why it is said that [sacrifice is the fate of a hero]?" Makoto Takahashi's tone became a little deeper, "Because the so-called [hero] has bloomed his own glory. After that, you must die... Human beings, such twisted creatures, exude the rotten stench called [jealousy] from the depths of their souls. They cannot tolerate beings who are better than themselves, nor can they tolerate the objects of their admiration and worship... …There is no room for a being who can be praised and praised by mankind as a [hero]!”

"Hey, Cheng, don't smear humanity with just a few points!" Yoshida seemed to have escaped the ideological erosion of a certain secondary comic, "If it's true as you said, then...does humanity still need heroes?"

"Of course!" Makoto Takahashi quickly flipped through the manga manuscript, pulled out the conversation between Genos and Mr. Saitama after the disaster, and spread it out in front of Yoshida, "As Mr. Saitama said... even the [Heroes] run away. , who will fight?"

"..." Knowing that this is the fallacy of a middle-class cartoonist, Yoshida now feels helpless and speechless... Is it an illusion?

"My Familiar Cat, do you feel conflicted? In fact, it goes without saying!" Makoto Takahashi put the compiled manga manuscript into Yoshida's hand, pulled the white coat on his body, and said righteously, "In longing for a hero At the same time, I am also deeply afraid of the existence of heroes... As I said to you before, humans are such creatures! "

No further analysis is needed, now Yoshida understands why Takahashi Makoto said that human beings are complex and contradictory creatures! Because for humans, the existence called [Hero], while being admired and worshiped by humans...

He is also hated and rejected by humans!