My girlfriend is Kusunoko Saiki

But for Naoto and Kusunoki, this place is really nice.

There are many people who come to the small cafe to work and rest. They take a cup of hot coffee and read books quietly in the air-conditioned room.

From time to time, you can also look at the people outside.

Even at night, it seems so warm and peaceful.

"Come on, eat without worry. For the sake of our Miss Nan Zi's hard work today, don't be polite to me. If you don't eat enough today, don't even think about going back like this."

At this moment, when Naoto was looking at Nanko happily enjoying the coffee and snacks on the table, he couldn't help but feel happy in his heart.

That sweet smile seems to be the most precious treasure in the world.

In this strange world, Naoto seems to have found the meaning of his existence.

If God feels pain in this world, then I will bring that little happiness to God.

Being a knight who protects the gods is also a good thing.

Chapter 45: Surprise and Sunday's Counterattack

While Naoto and Kusunoko were on a date, another thing was happening at the same time.

After the first volume of "Bloodline" achieved unexpectedly good results, the second volume was urgently prepared for publication.

Coupled with the news of its animation adaptation, many people believe that "Bloodline" may break JUMP's record.

Such achievements naturally boosted the morale of many people in JUMP. They even wanted to straighten their backs and show off in front of their peers when they went out.

But in Neon, the comics community is not a friendly and peaceful place.

You know, the current Japanese comics industry is a three-way competition. If one of them becomes dominant, the remaining two will definitely unite to fight against it.

For example, now, facing the increasingly powerful JUMP, the other two giants are not willing to be outdone and are preparing to start besieging JUMP and striking down JUMP's arrogance.

There are currently three major comics publishing houses in Japan, namely Shogakukan, Shueisha, and Kodansha.

The flagship magazines of the three publishing houses are Weekly Shonen Sunday, Weekly Shonen JUMP, and Weekly Shonen Magazine.

Compared to JUMP which is full of talented people, the other two companies actually seem to be half-dead.

If we use the Three Kingdoms to describe it, the current JUMP is the Wei Kingdom, which is the most powerful. Not to mention the JUMP of this world, even in the world before Naoto, comics such as "Chainsaw Man", "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba" and "Jujutsu Kaisen" were extremely popular.

Magazine is like Shu Kingdom. Although it has some gaps, it is still very strong. Comics like Attack on Titan, To My Immortal, etc. are all very good comics in Magazine, but they are indeed much less popular than JUMP. Although there are no particularly strong ones recently, it is still okay if it just maintains. By the way, the second part of Cooking Master Boy is now in Magazine.

As for Sunday, it is the most miserable one, just like the Wu Kingdom. The previous SUNDAY was very powerful, with two giants, Inuyasha and Conan, so needless to say.

But unfortunately, in recent years, the gap is even more serious than that of Magazine, and it can only be described as a declining trend.

But in this time and space, after everything started from scratch, it seemed that the situation remained unchanged, and even became worse.

Without those old books that can be used to make a living, people in particular on Sunday are going crazy with anxiety.

Originally it was only supported by a few mediocre books, and now it has to face the fierce attack of JUMP, which is full of talented people. Therefore, it specifically sought out its old rival Magazine to prepare to deal with JUMP.

If JUMP continues to be so arrogant, it will not only cause problems in sales, but even the big guys behind them will lose face.

You know, whether it is JUMP, Magazine, or Sunday, they are no longer just a tool to make money. They are a matter of face.

Over the years, there have been wins and losses among the three comics, and no one has given in to the other. Although JUMP was the most popular in the era of the three pillars, the other two have been able to hold their own.

We finally see the older generation leaving, and now a few big names have popped up. How could the other two families agree?

So this time, Sunday's current editor-in-chief, Fujii, went to a certain place specifically to talk with Magazine's editor-in-chief Ushijima about how to stop JUMP's new round of rise.

"Editor Ushijima, you have seen the current situation. The new generation of JUMP cartoonists, led by ONE, are very powerful. If our two companies do not join forces, I am afraid that we will not be able to suppress the rise of JUMP, especially at the age of these cartoonists."

At this time, Editor Fujii looked at Editor Ushijima in front of him with a serious face.

Surrounded by clouds and mist, the two of them had their brows tightly furrowed.

Both of them knew that the current situation was very critical, and those JUMP writers were more powerful than each other.

It's not just because of Naoto, but also Eiji Niizuma, Yumeha Ajou, and all of them are the focus of their attention.

One or two of them are only in their teens now. You should know that the writers under them, even the youngest one, is probably in his twenties.

Even if the other few people are not famous now, in a few years, I'm sure they will be able to beat the cartoonists under them.

The two editors trembled all over at the thought of that scene in the future.

"But if we want to cooperate, how exactly should we do it? You know, ONE is the most popular one right now. Not only did he win the National High School Art Award at a young age, he even got the opportunity to be adapted into an animation. Now he is almost an idol for young people all over the country. As for the others, none of them are easy to deal with."

"Indeed, these people have great potential. Originally, after those old people withdrew, we would have a chance, but I didn't expect Editor-in-Chief Sasaki to be so courageous."

When mentioning Sasaki, both of them couldn't help but sigh.

As opponents they have dealt with for so many years, they were not brave enough to let Sasaki serialize the story with high school and junior high school students.

If this isn't done properly, it might explode.

"At present, if we want to suppress the rising momentum of JUMP, we can only think of a way to find a way with their top cartoonists. The second volume of "Bloodline" is said to be released soon. It seems that we can only look for opportunities at that time."

"what do you mean……"

"We will first strike at the reputation of their top authors, and then slowly think of ways to deal with the rest. It's that simple. At present, our ace authors Yamamoto-kun and Miss Qinglai are ready to fight. As long as they release their works, we will snipe them."

"In that case, Tsukishima-kun and Sakaki-kun from our side can also join, and if we release them together, I don't believe that ONE has such great abilities that he can take first place."

"That's right, it's time to teach the newbies a lesson. A mere high school student can't survive on this battlefield!"

"So, Editor Ushijima, it's been a pleasure working with you?"

"Pleasant to work with."

On this day, Sunday and Marvel Comics began to fight back against Leap, and the center of this fight happened to be Naoto himself.

But now Naoto still doesn't know what is waiting for him.

Chapter 46: The Besieged Blood Clan

After a long wait, the second volume of "Bloodline" is finally ready for release.

After the good results last time, everyone felt that the sales of this single volume should be able to set a new record.

However, just when everyone was filled with joy and ready to celebrate with champagne at halftime, something unexpected happened to the JUMP editors.

That morning, Sasahara Kanji, a new editor who had just graduated from college and had finally joined the JUMP editorial department, was preparing to go to a bookstore near his home to take a look at the single volume of his publisher's flagship manga "Bloodline".

Editor Sasahara has been involved in comics activities in the club since college and has participated in the creation of many doujinshi. He has an extraordinary love for comics.

Even his girlfriend is a new female cartoonist who is working hard to serialize comics in JUMP.

However, when Editor Sasahara just arrived at the bookstore, he was stunned by the situation in front of him.

According to his original estimate, based on the last sales of Vampire Clan, the bookstore should now be filled with Vampire comics.

But the situation before him was not at all what he had imagined.

"What's going on?"

Feeling a little bit unbelievable, Sasahara hurried to the front of the bookstore and took a close look at the comics on the shelf.

"The tenth volume of Yamamoto-sensei's "Rise of the Star Swordsman", the eighth volume of Qinglai-sensei's "Love Guide", the last volume of Tsukishima-sensei's "After the Storm", the fourth volume of Sakaki-sensei's "Relaxing Moment", and... why are all these teachers selling their own books today?"

Seeing these familiar comics on the bookshelf, Sasahara felt a little confused.

In order to allow "Bloodline" to realize its greatest potential this time, the JUMP editorial office even postponed the release of other comic volumes by one day, setting aside a special day for the promotion of "Bloodline".

But today, seeing so many veteran cartoonists actually publishing single volumes, Sasahara felt very uneasy, and suddenly had a feeling that a storm was about to come.

Generally speaking, when a writer's single volume is released, they will only tell you a specific time, and most of the time, unless it is a book from an editing company, it is difficult to get it together.

Of course holidays are extra.

In this case, the fact that they can be sold together directly is very likely because these people got the news from the printing factory.

This situation is not good.

"Boss?! What's going on? Why are there so many single volumes on sale today?"

In order to confirm the doubts in his mind, Sasahara hurried to the bookstore owner and asked him about the situation today.

"Oh, it's Sasahara? I was wondering about that too. They suddenly called me yesterday and said that new comics would be delivered today. They are all top comics. It's really strange. Is there a holiday recently?"

Seeing his old acquaintance Sasahara coming over, the bookstore owner answered his questions truthfully. He also felt that something was wrong with today's situation.

Usually, there are only one or two people publishing single volumes, but today it seems like there are so many of them.

"No, we have to inform the editor immediately."

At this time, Sasahara no longer cared about comics and ran straight to the editorial department.

By the time everyone in the editorial department learned the news, it was already after ten o'clock in the morning.

"Editor-in-chief, what should we do now? Magazine and Sunday have chosen today specifically. What should we do?"

"Yes, these people are all the trump cards of the other families. In this situation, how should we deal with them?"

At this time, all the editors gathered in the editor-in-chief's office, wanting to see how the editor-in-chief gave orders.

As a comic that currently boosts JUMP's morale, it would be really bad if the vampires were successfully surrounded and suppressed by the other side.

We finally have Ace Comics, but now we have encountered this kind of thing. The editors are very anxious.

"Don't worry, let me think about it."

At this time, Editor Sasaki was also surprised by what happened today.

When they were publishing the single volume, they had thought of almost all the unexpected events, but they never expected that the other two companies would do such a thing.

He had just contacted his friends in the industry, and the people who were responsible for this action were Magazine's editor-in-chief Ushijima and Sunday's editor Fujii.

The two relied on their connections to learn from the printing house about the approximate release date of Vampire Diaries, and then asked their authors to release the single volume on that day.

Although I don’t know why those authors would agree to such a thankless task, but judging from the current situation, the other party’s tactics are indeed somewhat useful.

Compared to the last time a single volume was released, the sales of the second volume of Bloodline are still very good, but far from being as amazing as last time.

The three major editorial agencies have always checked and balanced each other, and there was even a history of competing for cartoonists.

Although after entering civilized society, everyone has become much more restrained.

But none of the three families had ever been convinced by the other.

I didn't expect this result this time. First, I didn't expect the other party to move so quickly. More importantly, I was a little too proud.

Now that the release of the second volume is a foregone conclusion, what we need to think about next is what to do next?

If JUMP is suppressed by the two companies this time, it will probably be difficult for it to make a breakthrough.

"Editor-in-chief, what's the situation with the boss?"

At this time, the deputy editor-in-chief quietly walked over and asked the editor-in-chief about Shueisha's attitude.

This kind of thing is no longer something that their editing company can easily deal with. What they have to do now is to prepare for the release of more authors' single volumes.

"If they want to suppress our JUMP, they won't just target one of us. Are there any other writers' books to be released next?"

"Yes, the first volume of "This World Relies on Money and Wisdom" by the Yashiro Mumengye duo and the first volume of "Kro" by Nizuma-sensei are both about to be released. Both of them are popular cartoonists in our comics. If we don't think of a good countermeasure, it may be..."

"Looks like we have to fight back... Contact all the comic book authors who are preparing to release single volumes. This time, we must fight our way out of this fight."

After Editor Sasaki said this, the entire editorial office was filled with a solemn atmosphere.

At this moment, Editor Sasaki finally exuded the aura of a big boss who had come through the darkest era of JUMP.

This battle for the survival of JUMP is about to begin.

Chapter 47: Cartoonists Unite

"What? I was sniped?! What the hell?"

At this time at home, Naoto was listening to the phone call from Saiki's father with a confused look on his face.

When Naoto heard that his second volume was jointly sniped by several comics, his eyes were swollen and filled with confusion.

"Brother, what happened? You look like, a little, what?"

After hearing her brother's unbelievable words, Lingxiang at home walked over in confusion. Looking at Naoto's expression, she always felt that something was strange.

"I don't know. Uncle Qi Mu called me just now and said that my comics were attacked by several other comic authors."