A middle school cartoonist

"Moshimoshi, this is the Demon King who heals love, the crazy cartoonist Hououin Kyoma!" Takahashi Makoto stopped painting, picked up the phone, and after a brief introduction, his tone became a little cold, "The one who called a lot before, is it you? If you meet the three conditions proposed by the Demon King, the Demon King will naturally fulfill your three wishes! Of course, you can choose to refuse or give up halfway, but there is only one chance to fulfill your wish! Now, tell me your wish!"

"Hehehe... It seems that I did not dial the wrong number. It is indeed Hououin Kyoma's call!" The other party gave a sinister smile, and the voice sounded a little Weird, as if the gender was deliberately concealed, and it was impossible to tell whether it was a man or a woman, "Do you know who I am?"

"This voice sounds... Could it be you, Yugi?" Takahashi Makoto didn't care about the other party's true identity, and completely transformed himself into the president, "Is this moment finally here? Humph, Yugi, I have been looking forward to this duel for a long time! While you are still obsessed with the past, I have already stepped into the future! Under the attack of the three [Blue-Eyes White Dragons], witness the moment when I become the duel king! Hahahahaha..."

"..."The other party seemed to be shocked by Takahashi Makoto's words. After a long silence, he decisively hung up the phone!

"Humph! Bastard, are you just going to run away like this?" Takahashi Makoto was extremely angry at the other party's non-cooperation! Just when he was about to complain, his phone vibrated again. Seeing that it was the same number calling, Takahashi Makoto hesitated for a moment, but still answered the phone and activated his taunting skill, "You are not a game! A real game will not avoid any duel! Humph! Jonouchi, you are really a stray dog!"

"..." The opponent was shocked and attacked again, but the same trick would be greatly reduced when used for the second time. This time, the opponent recovered quickly, "Houhouin Kyouma, I'm a little tight on money recently, so I want to ask you for some money... Of course you can refuse! What happened this time was just a greeting to you! I hope you can understand through this incident. Some things! By the way, my account is..."

"What? You're a fraudster! But your fraud level is too low. Do you think you're Kurosagi Kurosaki?" Takahashi Makoto hung up the phone unhappily. Looking at Sebastian who was preparing black tea, he sighed helplessly, "Sebastian, add more sugar cubes to the black tea! My train of thought was just interrupted by that suspected fraudster. I need sugar to maintain the magic of my brain! Well, when I go out to buy coffee, I'll collect some information! Leakers and the like should be humanely destroyed as soon as possible!"

"Yes, I understand, young master!" Sebastian smiled, bowed slightly, and a strange light flashed in his eyes!

It has been a few days since the new issue of "Shonen Jumk" was released. Yoshida was waiting behind the technical statistician early in the morning, waiting for the statistical results. Yoshida was fascinated by the story of "Fullmetal Alchemist" before. He was looking forward to the duel between Edward and Grid. Yoshida decided to wait until the result came out and go directly to Takahashi Makoto to see it first!

"It's great to be the editor of "Shonen Jumk"!" Yoshida sighed while taking the ranking of this issue of comics to look at it. However, this result surprised Yoshida very much! Yoshida rubbed his eyes in disbelief, "This... What's the matter with this ranking? Hey, Muliang, could it be that the data is wrong!"

"Huh? Yoshida, don't be kidding! How could such a thing be wrong!" Muliang looked at Yoshida with some sympathy, and comforted him, "Yoshida, you know, I have been doing this job for many years, and I have never made a mistake! There is no problem with the ranking of comics! Even genius cartoonists sometimes fall into a depressed state, which is normal! So... face reality!"

"But..." Yoshida wanted to say something, holding the statistics sheet tightly with his hands, his face was extremely ugly, but in the end he didn't say anything! Because Yoshida witnessed the whole process of the wooden beam statistics, there was no problem with the statistical ranking, but this ranking...

The content of this issue of "Higurashi" is the end of the Mianliu arc. Because of the large number of character deaths, the ranking will drop. Yoshida has expected this, but the sudden drop to the last place is somewhat beyond Yoshida's expectations! Although "Higurashi" has a history of ranking plummeting, this situation is really unscientific! What surprised Yoshida the most was the ranking of "Fullmetal Alchemist", which dropped from the top three to the twelfth place. This sudden drop is a bit weird! Yoshida looked at this ranking and was full of doubts!

The ranking of "Fullmetal Alchemist" would drop, which surprised Yoshida very much! Obviously, the comics have reached the exciting part. How Edward will fight back against Grid is the selling point of this issue! Yoshida, who has been responsible for many comics, can't say that he knows the readers' minds, but at least he can guess some of them! Takahashi Makoto stuck the story of this issue at a critical point. Although this kind of suspense is a bit unfair to readers, it makes readers look forward to the manga and will increase the ranking of the manga! But why did it turn out like this?

"This matter seems a bit weird no matter how you look at it!" Yoshida looked at the ranking statistics in his hand again, his face full of doubts, "Why did it suddenly plummet? Especially "Steel", it suddenly dropped to ten The score of 2 is the first time this comic has appeared since it was serialized! I remember that when Hughes died, the ranking also dropped, but..."

"Yoshida, what's going on?" The editor-in-chief looked at Yoshida, who looked depressed, and was a little confused, "What have you been mumbling about since the beginning?"

"Uh, editor-in-chief, this..." Yoshida scratched his head in confusion, "A Cheng's manga ranking suddenly dropped... Well, it must have plummeted a lot! This kind of thing is a bit abnormal! Especially "Steel" , it was clear before..."

"Yoshida, the decline in manga rankings is the cartoonist's problem. If the responsibility is really held, then it will be your business as the editor-in-chief!" The editor-in-chief waved his hand impatiently, "At this time, instead of worrying about it here The reason for the sudden drop in rankings is that we might as well discuss with the cartoonist how to change this situation!”

"But..." Yoshida was about to open his mouth to defend, but after coming into contact with the editor's indifferent eyes, his rebellious heart completely melted away and he immediately changed his words, "Yes, I know! Now I will go to Acheng's place to discuss with him Let’s take a look at this question!”

When Yoshida came to Takahashi Makoto's house, he was a little surprised. Takahashi Makoto was the only one at home. Sebastian, who always had a smile on his face, was not at home at the moment!

"Oh? My Familiar Cat, you're here!" Makoto Takahashi looked back at Yoshida and continued drawing the manga, "The manga manuscript has been completed, and it's on the table over there! Today, the assistants are going to draw the Brave Man It’s a copy. As the assessment instructor, Sebastian will follow and monitor the whole process. For cheaters..."

"Um, Cheng..." Yoshida looked a little embarrassed. After hesitating and hesitating for a long time, he gritted his teeth and told the story about the decline in the ranking of the manga.

"Oh? Is that so?" Makoto Takahashi replied in surprise, and then continued drawing comics, "Well, I understand!"

"Cheng, you..." Yoshida was a little surprised, "Your reaction to the plummeting ranking seems to be wrong, right?"

"The child has to pee, the wife wants to steal, and the ranking will drop. No one can control these things. So what if I stop drawing? Go to the room and do somersaults? Roll on the floor? I'm just a cartoonist. All I can do is draw!”

Makoto Takahashi's plain reply made Yoshida doubtful. Is the person in front of him really the Makoto Takahashi he knows? According to Yoshida's expectations, Takahashi Makoto would definitely stand up with a sneer, hold a wooden sword, and issue a declaration such as "Crunt against the editorial department", or mock readers as "stupid humans" and "mortal wisdom cannot understand after all." It's right to say something like "The Demon King's Thoughts"! But with this kind of reaction now, could it be that Makoto Takahashi became passive because he couldn't stand the stimulation of the plummeting ranking?

"It's okay, Cheng!" Yoshida, who was thinking too much, began to kindly comfort Takahashi Makoto, "The drop in ranking is just accidental, there is no need to be so negative! As long as the content of the next chapter is published, the ranking will It will definitely go up!”

"Hmph! As a demon king, he is calm when things happen, and his expression does not change even when Mount Tai falls in front of him. This is the demeanor of a king!" Makoto Takahashi finally stopped the brush in his hand, turned around, and looked at Yoshida with disdain. , "My beloved cat, you really haven't made any progress at all!"

"I'm very sorry, it took too much time this time, Master!" Sebastian came in from the door with a bunch of items in his arms, still with a faint smile on his face, "Sure enough, just as the Master thought, I collected some interesting things. information!"

"Huh? Have you checked it out? Which side is the other party from [Body-Eating Snake], [Star Cup Knight] and [Guerrilla Association]?" Makoto Takahashi looked at Sebastian and shook his head with a smile, frowning a little, forever He asked in an uncertain tone, "Is it the remnant of the [Cult] that has been killed?"

"It's not the organizations that the young master said!" Sebastian put down the items in his hands, and after saying a friendly hello to Yoshida, he walked up to Takahashi Makoto and took out a scroll from his arms, "The mastermind behind the scenes It has not been confirmed. There are currently three people who are questionable...but the person who leaked the information is..."

"What are you looking at me for?" Yoshida was a little confused about the two people's actions. "By the way, what are you talking about? What kind of leaked information? Hey, hey, Cheng, now we are discussing the issue of the decline of your manga ranking. Stop talking about it. What kind of detective espionage game are you playing at this time?”

"The person who leaked the information is an insider of "Boyen Jumk"!" Sebastian looked at Yoshida with a smile, "Mr. Yoshida is not aware of this matter, so Master..."

"I'll leave the explanation to you, Sebas-chan!" Makoto Takahashi showed a strange smile on his face, "As for those who try to provoke the Demon King... I haven't encountered them in a long time since the purple-haired bastard! Switch! Personality, pattern synchronization..."

"The young master received a strange phone call before!" Sebastian began to explain to Yoshida who looked confused. "After the other party confirmed that the young master was the cartoonist Phoenix Institute Murasaki, he asked the young master for money! After the young master refused, he felt Something is wrong, let me investigate some things! By the way, maybe the young master has already predicted the reason for the decline of the comic ranking!”

"Expected it?" After listening to Sebastian's explanation, Yoshida was even more confused, "How could Cheng have expected it in advance when it only came out today!"

"Don't you understand until now?" Takahashi Cheng looked up at Yoshida with an expectant smile on his face, "My cat, because I have already felt the hostility brought by the ominous wind!"

(PS: Sorry for the late update today! I received a notice from the expedition editor that the book will be on the shelves the day after tomorrow. Please allow me to be happy for a while, meow! Thank you all readers for your continued support, meow! As a newcomer, I am not good at writing and plot construction. I haven’t practiced enough yet, so I would like to thank all the readers for their tolerance and understanding, as well as their suggestions. I have learned a lot in the process of writing, and I have really benefited a lot, meow! I have been sick recently, so the updates have been a bit slow, I am really sorry! I have always kept the rewards and votes from all the readers in mind, so I would like to say thank you here and continue to write, meow! I personally feel that only if I work hard to write good books and keep updating, can I get the support of the readers. If I don’t work hard, what qualifications do I have to ask for the support of all the adults? That’s all, meow! )