My girlfriend is Kusunoko Saiki

"I think, if you go to her on your knees and beg her, maybe she will agree. Do you want to consider it?"

"I think it would be better if you kneel down. After all, you are the president. Besides, if I go, are you sure Yukino won't look for you?"

"You bastard, it's not like I need an illustrator. Oh, forget it, let's think of a solution. This isn't going to work."

At this moment, in the art club, a girl named Eriri was sitting in front of her drawing paper, looking at her painting with an annoyed look on her face.

"No, this won't do! How can a painting like this possibly be accepted into this art competition?"

After looking at it more and more, she felt something was wrong, so Eriri simply tore down her painting and threw it into the trash can.

Those in the art club were shocked and helpless when they saw how angry Eriri was.

In their opinion, Eriri's paintings were good enough. At least if they were asked to do it, they would definitely not be able to do it as well.

But unfortunately, Eriri doesn't think so.

As the ace of the art department, he should have represented the department to participate in various competitions.

The result? Ever since the National High School Art Competition began, Eriri has never won an honor for the Art Club.

Even so, the art department didn't blame her. Who made the school have such a perverted guy?

"What's wrong? Why can't I always beat that person? Why is this happening?"

Ying Lili sat back in her seat and felt like she was going crazy.

As a talented girl, she even felt that what she drew was not as good as the first painting that Naoto drew last year.

Although Eriri's level is very strong among high school students, otherwise she would not have won the fourth place in the national high school students competition.

But compared to straight people, the gap is still quite large.

Originally, Eriri thought that the gap between herself and Yamashita Naoto was not that big, but the fact was, the other person seemed to be better than her in every way.

Originally, winning the national high school champion was nothing, but Naoto became the king of the comics world in just one year. Even Eriri went to the Seinenga Contest, but she didn't even make it past the preliminary round and was eliminated.

How could the proud and arrogant Ying Lili tolerate this?

And because of Naoto, Eriri's title as the ace of the art club seems to be a bit unworthy of its reputation.

It's really a joke that the best artist in the school is not in the art department.

But what can she do? She can't win, can this help her improve her painting skills?

"Eri, take a break. We should not participate in this competition. With Yamashita-san here, we probably won't have a chance to win any prizes."

Seeing Eriri like this, the art director kindly said to her.

Now that the matter between Naoto and Nan Yunxiao on the Internet has become like this, he absolutely does not believe that Eriri can beat these people and win the award.

What's more, there are some college students involved, and Eriri is not a cheater like Naoto, so how could she possibly win?

However, it would have been better if the minister didn't say anything. Once he said it, Eriri became even angrier.

What does this mean? Is she so much weaker than Naoto? How much does this mean she looks down on her! Yes, she can't win, but does a weakling have to admit defeat?

"Yamashita Naoto! Just wait for me! This time, I will make sure you pay!"

Chapter 177: Preparing to Raid the Art Department

In the room of the Creation Club, all the members of the Creation Club gathered together.

On the blackboard behind Naoto, it was written: "The first collective meeting of the Creation Society."

Looking at Naoto cosplaying as Commander Ikari, basically no one except Kusunoko knew what this guy was up to.

Although it’s not the first time that Naoto has suddenly gone crazy and caused trouble, it doesn’t mean that they have gotten used to it.

"Ahem, it looks like everyone is here. So, I officially declare that the first collective meeting of the Creation Society will begin now!"

Following Naoto's announcement, except for Kusunoki and Tsuchiya, almost no one applauded. They all looked at Naoto in confusion.

This kind of awkward atmosphere always makes people feel a little unbearable.

"Ahem, Naoto, what on earth is the reason you asked us to come here today? Anyway, I'm in a hurry to go back and review."

"Yeah, Naoto-san, why did you call us here today? I still have two manuscripts to draw."

None of these hateful members cared about Naoto's embarrassment. Instead, they were thinking about how to deal with it and then went about their own business.

This made Naoto particularly sad. Before Ming Ba Ming, everyone was quite enthusiastic about this club. What happened? Now, no one is even bothered to come over when they are called?

"Ahem, actually this is what happened. Recently, Hachiman's light novel is finally going to be published. You guys know about this, right?"

"Hey? Has Hachiman-nii's novel reached its publication date? That's great!"

"I've never heard Hachiman mention this before. Hachiman, this is too formal."

"Hikigaya, why didn't you tell me this before?"

Hachiman could only smile bitterly at the surprise of the others. What was Naoto doing? He hadn't even told Yukino about this, waiting to tell me about it after it became a big hit, and now you're revealing it to me?

"It's okay, it's just about to be published, but there are still some problems that have not been dealt with. I guess the publication will be a bit uncertain."

"What on earth happened?"

"In fact, this is because Hachiman's illustrator suddenly resigned, and now there is no illustrator, so we are currently looking for a suitable illustrator."

"Hahata-san's illustrator resigned?"

"how so?!"

"Hasn't a new illustrator been found yet?"

Upon hearing that Hachiman's illustrator had resigned, the people who knew the importance of illustrations were all very surprised, and then they began to worry about Hachiman.

"Wait a minute, can you tell me first, is it a serious matter that there is no illustrator?"

On the other hand, several girls, led by Jianji, did not know much about the so-called light novel illustrations. It seemed that these people felt it was quite serious.

Seeing that the girls didn't quite understand this thing, Naoto and others explained it to them.

"Illustrations are currently a necessity for light novels. Without them, the sales of light novels may plummet."

"In that case, why don't you draw a picture for Hachiman?"

At this time, Jianji also gave his own opinion.

There are two JUMP cartoonists in this place now, so can’t we handle a few illustrations?

"No, Mikichi. Illustrations are different from comics. Although we can draw them, there may be various problems if we really want to draw them. What's more, what Hachiman needs now is an illustrator who can cooperate with him for a long time. How can we find one so easily?"

Everyone began to wonder about Hachiman's current predicament and why they were gathered together. Did they want them to find an illustrator who could be used?

"Well, Naoto-kun, where can we find an illustrator for long-term cooperation? After all, we don't know any illustrators right now. Otherwise, how about we draw a few paintings first?"

"Supreme, are you an idiot? If you draw it now, will you be responsible for the rest? If the style is different, what will happen to Hachiman-san's novels in the future?"

Akito directly blocked the highest proposed method.

After all, they are responsible for the illustrations this time, so what about the later ones? If the illustrations this time are particularly good, but the later ones are a mess, wouldn’t that be a deception?

Are you not going to sell the following works?

This is also the reason why Naoto did not draw illustrations for Hachiman directly before. There is really no other way except to find a long-term cooperative illustrator. Unless Naoto draws illustrations exclusively for Hachiman in the future and becomes his exclusive illustrator.

At this time, Yukino seemed to have noticed something and asked Naoto and Hachiman directly: "Have you two found the right person? And this person is a bit tricky, and you can't handle it, so you plan to let us do it?"

Both Hachiman and Naoto were shocked by Yukino's amazing intuition.

The two of them hadn't said anything yet, but Yukino had already guessed most of it.

"Huh? Someone's chosen? Who?"

"Troublesome person? Is this illustrator good?"

Everyone else became curious about Yukino's guess.

As a straight person, it should be easy to find someone if I want to.

After all, the name ONE still has a terrifying appeal outside.

"This person is Kashiwagi Eri, one of the two new illustrators. However, from what I understand, this person's true identity is the ace of our art department, Ms. Eriri."

Okay, having said that, everyone finally understands why Naoto finds this matter troublesome.

The Art Department is the biggest enemy of the Creation Club. Not to mention that this person is actually the ace of the Art Department.

As for Eriri, everyone has heard that she is very dissatisfied with Naoto and has always wanted to challenge him.

If Naoto wants to ask her for help, it will not be an easy task.

"So, that's why I'm looking for everyone's help. I have no idea what to do with the Art Department. After I rejected them last time, I basically have no interactions with them anymore. I can only rely on everyone for this matter."

In response to Zhiren's statement, everyone looked at each other and fell silent for a moment.

"Actually, there's no need to go through so much trouble. After all, it's just a delay in publication. I can wait."

"Hikigaya! Are you just going to give up so easily?"

Just when Hachiman thought that the matter might as well be left alone, Yukino suddenly interrupted him.

For some reason, everyone at this moment seemed to see - fighting spirit in Yukino's eyes?

Chapter 178: It's time to use Plan B

"I say, it's definitely not possible for us to just go to the art department and look for someone, right? There's no one among us who has any connection with the art department, right?"

Although everyone has decided to help Hachiman find a suitable illustrator, they still haven't figured out how to get Eriri to help Hachiman draw illustrations.

Students in the art department are basically all art students, and there are not many of them in PK Academy. For example, in Naoto's class, there is not even one person in the art department.

It is probably impossible to find someone. If you go to the art department in such a brazen way, the probability of success is basically only one percent at most.

"So, the best way is to let you two go and talk alone. I asked someone, and recently because she plans to participate in the art award, Eriri will stay in school until very late every day. There should be no one in the art department at that time, so you can take advantage of that time to have a good talk with Eriri."

"But even if we talk it over, Eriri may not agree. After all, Hachiman has asked her before, but it didn't work. If we want her to agree to help, we can only use other means."

"So, this is where you have to take action, Naoto. I have a way that will make Eriri agree to your request."

At this time, Yukino whispered a few words to Naoto and the others, which made Naoto and Hachiman stare at Yukino with horror.

I didn't expect that there are such vicious strategies in the world. Who did Yukino learn these from?

"Don't look at me like that. I just learned a little from my sister. Well, whether this thing can succeed depends on you."

Looking at the confident Yukino, Hachiman and Naoto knew that this was not a good idea, but now that things had come to this they had no choice but to give it a try.

I hope Eriri won’t be angry when she finds out about this.

Time gradually passed and it was evening.

The school had already been over by this time, and even most of the club members had returned to their homes.

"Eri, goodbye then."

"Ah."

After the last person in the art club except Eriri walked out of the classroom, Eriri was the only one in the entire classroom still sitting in front of the canvas, contemplating her painting.

As time is running out, Eriri's painting is still not finished. Now Eriri can only speed up the preparation of her painting so that she can finish it before the deadline.

But unfortunately, the dilemma Eriri encountered is similar to that Naoto encountered before. It is not an easy task to draw the big theme of friendship.

"Friendship... How do you get something like this?"

Whenever Eriri thinks of friendship, her mind goes blank.

In the sunset, the beautiful blonde girl sat alone in front of the canvas without saying a word. The golden sunlight filled the entire classroom, making it look magnificent.

If someone painted this scene, it would really be a good painting.

As soon as Eriri entered high school, she was selected for the school exhibition. She is truly a rare painting genius in the school. Whether in fan works or in other aspects, she is a rare genius.

But such people have one very unique feature, which is that they have no friends.

Since junior high school, Eriri has always been physically weak, and even got the title of a jade girl. When she was young, she even asked for leave every month, which also caused her to have almost no one to make friends with her.

For someone like Eriri, friendship is something that cannot be drawn easily.

Just as Eriri began to think about how to paint, the door of the art club suddenly opened.

"Hmm? Ling Mei, did you forget to take your things?"