I'm a pirate in Tokyo

At this time, Wu Sheng, who was being checked by Nuo Qi, was also thinking about the future, but it was not the reality, but the world of crime and the palace.

It was almost a month since Aaron's palace was destroyed, and he finally met the second person who created the palace.

It seems that even if negative consciousness and shadow monsters are born every moment in the world of sin, the palace is not so easy to be born.

It is not easy to be a hero. The bad guys in this world seem to be very hidden and cannot be found by searching online.

Wu Sheng was also lucky yesterday, otherwise he would probably have to continue exploring the world of crime, hoping to find some clues at the transmission site.

After all, this is not the Marvel or DC universe. There are two crazy and sick scientists appearing every time, and occasionally there are aliens that invade the earth. The most important thing is that they are very arrogant, afraid that the superheroes will not know their existence.

While Wu Sheng was complaining in his mind about the other two parallel universes that brought evildoers to the worst-hit areas, he also helped to set up several special work tables for drawing comics.

This was what he asked Hattori to help order when they signed the contract. There were also necessary machines for cartoonists such as an all-in-one printer and fax machine. Adding in the cost of renting a house, the 65 contract annuity was all gone in no time.

The first chapter of their "Death King's Notes" has 50 pages, and the royalties are 60. Literary and artistic workers, cartoonists and writers here file their taxes themselves or find a tax accountant, so publishers and magazines pay the full amount to their accounts.

After Nami's part of the money arrived, she returned the money to Wu Sheng.

For an apartment of nearly 70 square meters, the monthly rent is 25 yen, plus a one-month deposit and various annual fees. Wu Sheng paid nearly 75 yen in advance when the rent started.

Even if Wu Sheng shared the monthly workshop expenses of 5 yuan, plus the 15 yuan from the annuity, the total of 30 yuan was included in the rent.

Nami's part of the signing bonus and the first episode's royalties were also exhausted. Next, her monthly royalties were basically all spent on rent.

It seemed that Wu Sheng and Luffy had tricked her. In fact, when she did the math, she found that the actual economic situation was: compared to living in the original place and renting an independent studio, this model of life was more convenient and more cost-effective. save money!

The two sisters originally relied on their mother's compensation and insurance money to pay the rent. The elder sister and she took turns working to support the family. Now that her income is enough to pay the rent, the original compensation and insurance money can be saved.

"Overall, it's really a win-win situation."

Wu Sheng gave himself another thumbs up in his heart with a little pride.

Nami was still young and didn't know how to calculate the cost of time. She thought it was better to live far away and be cheaper.

In fact, the value she can create by commuting back and forth for three hours every day is far greater than the cost of the rent! There are 3 days in a month. Excluding holidays, that’s nearly 30 extra hours. A full 90 working days can be used to draw a monthly comic.

We had a hasty lunch at Nami's new home and studio, and the remaining people continued to help clean and decorate.

Takesheng and Sanji set off for GM Tokyo. On weekends, there are many guests coming to dine with their families. Although the number of tables remains the same, the number of guests will double than usual, so they have to go early to help.

A busy day has passed. There are many customers today and the food is slow. Wu Sheng finished cleaning up in the restaurant and said goodbye to everyone at GM Tokyo. It was already a quarter past 10pm when he got home.

Wu Sheng wanted to tell Luffy and the others about the discovery of the palace today, but he was moving during the day and working in the afternoon and evening, so he had no time to tell them.

After going home, taking a bath and drinking milk, Wu Sheng planned to inform his friends in the LINE group first.

He lay down on the bed with his cell phone and yawned. He closed his eyes and wanted to relieve the fatigue of the next day. However, within a few seconds, he fell asleep.

...Having been hanging out with Luffy for a long time, has the neurotic virus infected him unknowingly?

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The next day, Wu Sheng woke up before dawn. He was now in good spirits and in good health. He was very energetic after sleeping for 6 hours a day. Naturally, he couldn't fall asleep at all after waking up.

Get up, wash up, eat toast and drink milk.

Then Wu Sheng began to stand in the living room, practicing the close combat palm technique "Xiliang Palm" taught by Ma Chao. One move at a time, both movement and stillness, simple and unpretentious. The whole routine opens and closes, stretches, flashes and moves, is vigorous and fast, varied and has a unique style. Its palm techniques include: plucking, piercing, wiping, scraping, closing, sweeping, slapping, holding, cutting, belting, dotting, blocking, hugging, turning over, covering, picking, scooping, rubbing, collapsing, splitting, pressing, striking, etc.; Boxing techniques include: splitting, passing, collapsing, sealing, supporting, punching, pressing, channeling, etc.

After completing a set of exercises, Wu Sheng started doing push-ups and sit-ups again, and began strength training.

These techniques, strength and endurance training are all required by Ma Chao. Of course, Wu Sheng himself is very willing to practice. After the Usopp incident, Wu Sheng understands that in reality, fights will still happen, and there is no harm in being in better health.

Now that the second palace has been discovered, preparations must be made.

The information collection on Usopp's side will continue, and the real-life physical training will also be doubled!

After exercising like this for more than 2 hours, Wu Sheng, who was sweating profusely, took a rest and waited for his body to cool down before taking a shower.

When he came out of the shower, he found that it was just before 8 o'clock. He couldn't help but feel depressed. Getting up too early made people anxious, and time passed too slowly, right?

Just as he was thinking about what to do, Nami called: "Takeda, are you up?"

"Well, I just finished physical training."

"Mr. Hattori will bring two assistants over to get to know each other, and pick up the original drawings for the second episode. They should be here at 10 o'clock. You should come down around 9:."

"OK, no problem."

Hattori agreed to bring his assistant over today to introduce them to them. But Hattori's appointment was for 10 o'clock, and it's only 8 o'clock now. I sent a message to Usopp but there was no reply. I guess he was still sleeping on the weekend...

Wu Sheng, who was bored, reluctantly picked up the textbook and started studying (memorizing the textbook).

"It seems that I need to buy a Nintendo SN." Wu Sheng turned the page quickly and was distracted.

Speaking of which, since I came to this world, I have never experienced a game in this world!

Thinking of this, he put down his book, picked up his mobile phone and started searching for game consoles and games.

A real high school boy's weekend morning.

......

"Oh! This looks fun! Buy it! This one is also good..." Wu Sheng has just picked out the game console and is choosing games. There is a spring discount right now! Regardless of whether you have time to play or not, just buy it first!

Then suddenly there was a call on the phone, it was Nami.

Wu Sheng suddenly came to his senses and found that it was almost 10 o'clock.

Games are really harmful. They not only affect students’ homework, but also affect writers’ novels. Even if you don’t play them and just buy them, they will kill a lot of time!

He quickly answered the phone and hurriedly put on his socks: "Yes, yes, I'll be down right away!"

Three minutes later, he rang Nami's doorbell and found that Hattori had arrived early and Nokiko had gone to buy groceries.

There are two girls sitting on the sofa in the middle of the living room. One is pretty and pretty with glasses and braids, and the other looks ordinary with long hair in a ponytail.

Wu Sheng apologized quickly: "I'm sorry, I didn't expect you to be early because we are so close."

"It's okay, it's true that we got here early." Hattori looked at him with a smile.

Nami smelled the fragrance of shower gel wafting from his body, looked at him with suspicion, and asked in a low voice: "You are still taking a shower after meeting an assistant? You don't want to do anything bad, do you?"

"Eh? I just finished exercising! What kind of person am I?" Wu Sheng was speechless, what was on this girl's mind.

"Okay, come and say hello, I've already introduced you here." Nami pushed him.

Wu Sheng stepped forward quickly, "Hello, I am Takeda Asahi who is responsible for the story creation of "Death King's Notes". Please give me your advice."

"Hello, I am..." "Masumi Yasui" and "Yumiko Oka".

The two girls couldn't help but smile and stood up and introduced themselves.

"I'm glad to be your assistant. Please take good care of me in the future."

The two of them knew each other and were both experienced assistants. Looking at the young Wu Sheng and Nami, they looked at each other and it seemed that this assistant position would not be as depressing as the last one. The comic they worked on before had just been cut in half.

Hattori helped introduce: "Because you are all newcomers, I haven't arranged any new assistants for you. Yasui and Noyou are both my senior assistants. They are both veterans in terms of experience and painting. If you don’t understand anything, just ask, don’t be shy.”

After the introduction, he added: "I hope they will start working on the third episode next week. Do you think this is okay?"

Wu Sheng looked at Nami and signaled that this is your assistant.

Nami reacted and said quickly: "No problem."

"But considering going to school, would it be okay for Miss Anjing and Miss Wuyou to come over at 4pm? Is it convenient for you to go home at night?" Wu Sheng asked.

"It's convenient. It's not far from where we live." Miss Yasui returned.

"Okay, then we will work from Monday to Wednesday and Friday every week, starting at 4 p.m. If we need to work overtime or something unexpected happens, we will communicate with you in advance." Wu Sheng said while confirming with Nami.

Nami nodded, knowing that they would all go to the Sin World or the Palace on Thursday.

"Okay, we're fine." The two young ladies seemed to be very gentle people.

Hattori was careful, knowing that they were high school students, and did not find some assistants with difficult personalities.

"If it's convenient, can you take a look at the original drawing of the first episode? We want to confirm Mr. Fukada's style of painting so that we can make corresponding adjustments." Miss Yasui said.

This is the case here, regardless of age, those who are masters are teachers.

Nami quickly took out a copy of the first episode and gave it to them. The two of them didn't say much after getting it. They took out the drawings and took out their own tools and started studying on the workbench nearby.

On the other side, Wu Sheng also handed Hattori the script for the second episode that he had drawn.

Hattori looked at it carefully and found that the storyboarding was still experienced. Except that the painting still had some traces of art sketches, no problems could be found. However, I believe that with the help of two experienced assistants, Nami can improve this problem soon. , he adjusted the drawing: "Then I will confirm my acceptance of the second chapter."

Then he looked at Wu Sheng and Nami and exclaimed: "Everything is on track. I can't believe it. It hasn't even been a week since you submitted the article!"

"It's all thanks to Mr. Hattori's vigorous promotion, and we were lucky enough to just catch up with the serialization meeting." Wu Sheng was very modest at this time.

Hattori smiled and nodded, and continued to say to the two of them: "We will continue to work on the content of the third episode according to the storyboard. But after the third episode, we will start to look at the readers' voting rankings. Can you two Be prepared, the competition for JUNK’s readership rankings is fierce!”

This is a hint that Wu Sheng should stop working part-time, wouldn't it be nice to concentrate on thinking about stories?

Wu Sheng pretended not to hear it. It was possible to quit his job before, but now that he has found a new palace, it is no longer possible. He is short of money to buy equipment!

He laughed: "When will the printed copies be given to us? Not only us, but also our friends can't wait to see our comics published on JUNK~"

"Next Friday, don't worry, this is all a done deal." Hattori reassured.

At this time, Miss Yasui and Miss Wuyou had studied Nami's style of painting and drew the same character according to her style: "We have almost confirmed it and can start working on Monday."

"Okay, if you need any other information or things for drawing comics, remember to tell me and I will try my best to get it for you." Hattori took the drawing paper and handed it to Nami without looking at it. The two assistants were confident: "Let's say goodbye now. I will come and pick up the third episode next Friday night."

He looked at the two of them and smiled, and then said: "We haven't eaten our celebration meal yet. I have something to do today so I won't eat it for now. You guys can find a time to set up and celebrate together. This is already the day." It's a regular ritual of JUNK. I always feel uneasy if I don't treat you to a meal." Then he nodded and said goodbye with the two assistant ladies.

Nami sent a few people out, and when she came back, she was obviously in a bad mood. Wu Sheng saw it and quickly asked if something was wrong.

She picked up two figures that the two assistants had just drawn and handed them to Wu Sheng. She said a little disappointedly: "They seem to be better at drawing than me."

Wu Sheng came over to take a look and comforted him: "After all, I have been drawing for many years longer than you. It is common in the industry for assistants to be better than cartoonists."

"Then I don't have any value in existence?" Nami was depressed.

"No way, you turned my stickman-like storyboard into a line drawing. You thought about character settings, character movements, perspective, etc. These are all your contributions. Even if you draw well, you may not be able to do them. ." Wu Sheng looked at Nami's unconfident look and couldn't help laughing. It seemed that her aura was not completely stable: "Okay, we are still young, we just have to work hard to catch up in the future!"

Nami sat back at her work table and continued to work hard on the manuscript: "Okay, you can eat at my place at noon. My sister knows that you are coming over, so she specially said that she would like to thank you very much at noon today to make up for the fire banquet last night."

"Okay." Wu Sheng simply didn't go back. He sat on the sofa and took out his phone, and continued to add things to his game purchase list.

......

On the other side, after seeing Hattori off at the subway station, two assistants found a coffee shop nearby to sit down and discuss:

"What do you think after reading "Notes of the Death King"?"

"It's amazing. Whether it's Mr. Takeda's story or Mr. Fukada's character drawing, they have reached a very mature level."

"Well, that's great. I hope the series can continue stably and not be cut in half!"

"Yeah, when the work is about to be cut in half, it's really depressing to work."

"But it's hard to say. The two teachers are still high school students. I hope they can be stable. This time, the painting style of "Death King's Notes" just suits my taste. I don't want to be an assistant for funny comics anymore. The painting skills have deteriorated. .”

"Yes, although it is simple, it is actually very consuming..."