A comic book, but a librarian

Uesugi Cheng took notes seriously. After all, even if he was just using them to write an article about a man who had to work overtime even though his subordinates died, he didn't intend to do it hastily.

"I have to say, these character designs are really...shocking. This bear has just the right amount of weirdness and horror. It's almost as if it really exists..."

When Sugino Jiro said this, Uesugi Cheng subconsciously looked at the bookshelf next to him. Of course the bear existed, and now it was lying in some processing factory waiting to be broken down into useful raw materials.

In terms of painting, it can be said that there is almost no one who is better than Uesugi Sumire in the use of colors than Sugino Jiro. Even if there are only three colors, black, white and gray, the shocking tension of the picture is still irresistible.

Sugino Jiro handed the drawing back to Uesugi Sumire. He had nothing more to say and could only ask a question.

"Would you like to go and have a look together? We just happen to have a small art exhibition held by students here. I also want to see how those little guys are doing with their studies."

"Okay."

Uesugi Cheng readily agreed. After all, he was still just a high school student, and it would always be a good idea to learn more.

The exhibition was held inside the university, and almost all the visitors were college students, whether from the university or other schools. Of course, there were also quite a few art students who seemed to be preparing to enter the Department of Fine Arts at the University of Tokyo. They were really concentrating on learning the experiences of their predecessors who had successfully entered the University of Tokyo.

Sugino Jiro was wearing a coat and looked like an ordinary old man as he walked inside the venue with Uesugi Sumire, occasionally making some comments on some works.

“In fact, one’s likes and dislikes for art are very subjective. Some people may hate a style or genre that others love all their lives. But no matter what, people’s pursuit of beauty will never stop.”

Sugino Jiro felt a little emotional. He actually seldom said such words. However, in front of Uesugi Sumire, when he spoke as an ordinary teacher instead of a professor of the art academy, he felt that he felt a little more relaxed when speaking.

"No matter what, few people would say that you are a bad painter, Uesugi. At most, they would say that they don't like what you draw. This is strength. You can break down those prejudices and doubts with your own painting skills... You can really do it, so I hope you can study here. To be honest, we have very little to teach you. Perhaps it is more about discussing and making progress together."

The old man's words were sincere, and it was clear that he really meant it.

"I really want to get in, too... but first I have to be able to do this."

Uesugi Sumire breathed a sigh of relief. Of course the University of Tokyo is good, but the problem is how to get in.

"As long as you have this idea, it's fine. What I'm most afraid of is that those old guys are secretly trying to lure you to other schools. Don't worry... just take the entrance exam normally. With your level, I think those guys will agree to admit you even if it means making an exception."

The two of them left the exhibition while chatting and came to an empty studio. Uesugi Sumiko instantly understood why Sugino Jiro's destination was here. Looking at the innocent old man, he stretched his body.

"To be honest, I don't know what to draw in this situation or this place."

"Then just draw what you want to draw in your heart. After all, this is not a test."

Although he said this, Sugino Jiro still had expectations in his heart, wanting to see what Uesugi Sumire would choose to draw in this situation.

The studio has a very complete range of pigments. Although their quality is certainly not as good as those that Uesugi Cheng usually uses, which can be considered alchemical materials, they are also quite good pigments.

More importantly, the quantity of these pigments is quite large, so Uesugi Sumiko does not have to make the pigments himself and use each of the limited pigments just right as he did when painting "Hell Transformation".

Soon the paint mixing was completed, Uesugi Cheng picked up the paintbrush, took a deep breath, and then started his painting.

The theme this time surprised Sugino Jiro a little. He did not expect that Uesugi Sumire would choose a room with bright afternoon sunlight as the subject of his painting.

But the sunlight shining on the broad leaves of the green plants beside him, with a steaming teacup placed in front of him, made him feel as if he was lying on a recliner, listening to the wind outside the window and leisurely enjoying the afternoon time. It made him relax his body naturally.

"I have to say that no matter how many times I see it, this skill and talent is always so stunning that it's hard to describe. Does it have a name?"

“Afternoon Time is probably my favorite break time.”

Uesugi Cheng flexed his wrists. He really missed the days when he could spend an afternoon doing nothing, basking in the sun and drinking tea.

"Should we leave it here? Or should we take it back?"

"Stay here. I'll treat it as a gift to you. After all, you took the time to instruct me and take me as a tour guide. As a junior, I can't be impolite."

Following Sugino Jiro's advice, Uesugi Sumire simply kept the work without even signing his name.

So there is a somewhat out-of-place work in Sugino Jiro's office, but anyone who sees it will be moved, as if the first sight of it can bring people back to that leisurely afternoon enjoying a leisurely and happy time.

After completing his journey to the University of Tokyo and seemingly having satisfied the prerequisites for admission, Uesugi Sumiya picked up the phone and called Uesugi Nobuyuki.

"I think I'm going to be your junior..."

Uesugi Cheng hung up the phone after he finished speaking, just to make things difficult for his brother.

"What the hell? What did you say?!"

Uesugi Nobuyuki was stunned for a moment, and just when he was about to ask back, he found that the call was disconnected. His expression was instantly out of control and he immediately called back.

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Chapter 306: Baoyue Night Snack chose [Worm Technique]

Of course, this joke didn't last long. Uesugi Cheng quickly told Uesugi Shin about the incident in full, and Uesugi Shin's reaction was...

"That's great. I won't interfere then. You can handle it yourself."

Although such a sentence may sound a little lacking in humanity, it is just right for Uesugi Cheng. At least he really doesn't want anyone to interfere in this process.

After enjoying the unique cafeteria of the University of Tokyo, Uesugi Sumiya slowly left the territory of the most powerful university in the country and got on the bus to his next destination. Although it was almost the end of the semester, Uesugi Sumiya still had some things to do before the exam.

The bus quickly took him to the tram stop, he got on the tram and began the long wait.

……

"Then I will give you two choices, namely [Chenxue] and [Worm Magic]. Choose what you want to learn based on your actual needs."

This is what Uesugi Cheng said to Baoyue Yexiao. Baoyue Yexiao's method of using spiritual power with such powerful force was still a bit too wasteful for Uesugi Cheng. He himself knew nothing about the skills of using local spiritual power, so he simply chose two of the nine techniques as Baoyue Yexiao's choice.

[Chronology]: The art of light that deals with the mysterious gods known as the Hours and the laws and differences between their named images.

[Vermicomputation]: The study of what should not be studied - worms, earthquakes, the wearing away of the surface of the world, the most malicious of the arts of the night.

“Is there any difference between the two techniques?”

Bao Yue Ye Xiao held the doll in his arms and raised its arm curiously to ask a question.

"It's actually a discipline... Well, if we really want to make an analogy, Chenxue is more inclined to the application of various rules and laws. It can be regarded as a more aggressive discipline."

Uesugi Cheng slapped his forehead helplessly. He was now confirming with Baoyue Yexiao what she wanted to learn. After all, a genius like Baoyue Yexiao who learned on her own needed to be given some autonomy to develop her own talents.

"Of course, wormcraft is just like what I said. It is the most malicious of the nine disciplines, whether it is towards humans or other things... Night Arts and Light Arts are not the standards used to distinguish between good and evil disciplines, but wormcraft is undoubtedly the most malicious discipline."

"I want to learn worm magic!"

Baoyue Yexiao said this without surprise. What she wanted was nothing more powerful and a more efficient and safe way to subdue evil spirits.

"Not surprising, but I still have to remind you that this technology should not be used casually. However, considering your situation, it is a bit unnecessary to mention this..."

Uesugi Cheng rubbed his eyes and took out the prepared teaching materials. He had prepared teaching materials for both the School of Chen and the Worm Technique, but the directions and situations were slightly different.

The first lesson of Baoyue Night Snack is a relatively special great technique [Sharp]

【Sharp】: Knife, crisis, and misplaced things.

Although there are only three words to describe it, in fact, sharpness not only includes the use of weapons, but also various unconventional methods of using weapons to carry out various covert activities.

Baoyue Yexiao opened her eyes wide and watched Uesugi Cheng perform a set of dagger techniques with various difficult moves, and clapped her hands very cooperatively. She really wanted to learn how to use weapons. After all, whether it was against certain evil spirits or humans possessed by evil spirits, it was very meaningful to have a suitable weapon for battle. After all, she was still using the crude spiritual tools she made to fight, and when she encountered a slightly stronger evil spirit, she would be in an awkward situation where she could only rely on the evil spirits in her hands to compete in combat power.

Of course, this was just an introductory course that Uesugi Cheng gave to Baoyue Yexiao. After all, the worm technique was the so-called 'most malicious', and he couldn't teach the most terrifying part to Baoyue Yexiao right at the beginning, although she would definitely say that it was completely fine with her.

"Then the main goal of the course has been decided. I will officially start teaching you after the final exam. To be honest, I haven't learned much about worm skills, so my teaching progress will probably not be very fast."

Baoyue Yexiao nodded seriously. For her, as long as she could become stronger, these things were completely acceptable. After all, Uesugi Cheng giving her lessons was just one of her options, and she would not give up her own unique skills because of this.

"By the way, Uesugi-sama, there's a place I want you to go with me... Since Hotaru and Eiko are a couple, it's not easy to ask them for help... I want to recruit a graduate as an assistant for the next operation."

Uesugi Cheng was stunned for a moment. What did they mean that they didn't plan to take them along because they were a couple? What kind of strange evil spirit would have such a strange condition?

"She was once an oiran, but was framed and killed by other oirans out of jealousy. She has great malice towards women and likes to appear in front of men to absorb their energy."

After hearing this, Uesugi Cheng understood. After all, they were a couple. It would be better not to have a plot where a female evil spirit appeared to seduce and separate the couple. Although he didn't think that a woman like Houyue Eiko, who looked normal but was actually crazy and scary, would give up Gendengawa Hotaru because of such a thing.

"I understand, but you also know that these things will be discussed after the final exam. Now... whether it's you or me, let's deal with the final exam first. We are not a group of evil spirits who don't need to think about anything and only pursue their instincts to survive."

Baoyue Yexiao lowered her head instantly. It was obvious that she really disliked school, but this was normal since she was only in elementary school.

"Then it's a deal, see you later."

Uesugi Cheng squatted down and shook hands with Baoyue Yexiao. The very surprising thing was that although Baoyue Yexiao was very mature in many things, he was unexpectedly as innocent as a child when it came to making a promise.

It was at this time that Uesugi Cheng finally decided to open the book "A Child's Golden Afternoon Treasure" as a teaching material for Baoyue Yexiao's class. Although there was a leap knowledge in it, if it was just to teach skills, this leap knowledge could be temporarily ignored. At least that's what Uesugi Cheng thought.

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Chapter 307: A Child's Golden Afternoon Treasure

"Okay, the final exam will begin now. I hope you are all fully prepared. This year's questions may be a little more challenging than in the past."

Shizuka Hiratsuka walked into the examination room holding a lollipop stick as a substitute for cigarette, placed the test paper in her hand on the table, said a few routine words before the test, and then began to distribute the test papers in her hand.

Uesugi Sumire was twirling the pen as if he was letting the dagger fly between his fingers. Yotsuya Miko, who was sitting in the front, seemed a little nervous and was taking deep breaths to adjust her mentality, while Hikigaya Hachiman, who was sitting behind him, had squinted his eyes as if he was thinking about something unrelated to the exam, but he still looked like he was preparing for the exam.

"It's time to start..."

Yotsuya Miko reminded herself quietly. Although she had gone through the hellish journey of tutoring, her natural fear of exams still did not subside. After all, she had experienced too many things this semester and had too much to learn. In addition, her original academic ability could only be said to be at an average level. It was still unknown whether she could do well in the exam.

Hikigaya Hachiman calmly took out a pen from his pencil case. He was not too worried about this matter. After all, for him, exams were just a matter of fact. As long as he didn't allow thoughts that shouldn't appear in the exam room to appear in his answers, he would at least be able to get a score that would impress Komachi.

Although it felt very long, the two-day exam actually passed very quickly. When the last subject was finished, Shizuka Hiratsuka clapped her hands, put the collected test papers into the bag, and then spoke to all the people in the class who were already impatient to enjoy their vacation.

"Enjoy your winter vacation. By the way, stay safe... I don't have much else to say. I hope we can still meet here in the spring."

After he finished speaking, the whole class burst into loud cheers. A group of students could not resist the temptation of the holidays. They immediately packed up their things and started running home or other places, about to start their happy holiday life.

"Uesugi, what do you say today?"

Hikigaya Hachiman spoke first, forcing Yotsuya Miko to hold back her words helplessly. She glared at Hikigaya Hachiman fiercely. She had originally wanted to invite Uesugi Sumire to spend some time together, but she didn't expect that she was one step slower than this guy Hikigaya.

"What can I say? I have to go home and finish translating some documents. You can still come to my house anytime if you are free, but my place is rather... boring, I guess it will be like that for you guys."

Uesugi Cheng's mind was still on the book with the golden cover. He couldn't understand why his intuition told him not to read the book casually. Even the betel nut stone containing [Leap Knowledge: The Bell of Ys] had never given him this feeling.

"Then see you in two days. I'm going to go home and sleep for two days. I have to say that you stuffed too much information into me. I need to have a good rest now."

Hikigaya Hachiman yawned. He had just said that sentence in Faha. His recent learning process was really stressful. He had started to mix Faha and ordinary Japanese. Sometimes, Komachi's look of looking at him with a Chuunibyou syndrome made him feel creepy.

"Then, Acheng, can you accompany me to a place?"

Yotsuya Miko spoke, attracting Uesugi Sumiko's attention.

"Where to go?"

Although he was asking where to go, Uesugi Sumire had already carried his bag and had no intention of refusing Yotsuya Miko.

"It's just... I bought too many movie tickets... I want to find someone to go to the theater with."

Hikigaya Hachiman's dead eyes were exposed again in an instant. He didn't know if anyone other than Uesugi Sumire would have laughed at this excuse. Could his companion be so stupid?

"It's all right. What time do the movie tickets come from? I'll see if I can make time for it."

Uesugi Sumire thought about it and decided that he would always need some entertainment time anyway. Instead of finding something to do himself, it would be better to let Yotsuya Miko take him to the movies.

"Great!!"

Yotsuya Miko shouted happily, which attracted the attention of her classmates who were just packing up their things. She had to cover her mouth and shrink back immediately.

At this time, Hikigaya Hachiman looked back. You know, Yotsuya Miko seemed to have forgotten her best friend again. If her best friend found out that her good friend had abandoned her like this, she might...

Hikigaya Hachiman turned his head silently. Yurikawa Hana looked extremely moved, as if he saw his silly daughter finally come to her senses. He instantly realized that his thoughts were completely unnecessary. What he needed to do most was to go home, put his body in bed, and sleep until he woke up naturally.

So after several people agreed on their respective meeting times, they went home. Yukinoshita was unable to participate in this conversation due to family issues, but according to her, she would find a chance to come out during the holidays so that everyone did not need to worry.

……

“…What on earth did I watch?”

Late at night, Uesugi Cheng put down the golden comic book in his hand and tried to clear out the knowledge he had read and absorbed in the past two hours from his brain. He never imagined that the content of this comic book was much more explosive than the stuff on the betel nut stone, literally explosive.

【A Child's Golden Afternoon Treasure】: Long, long ago, a very bad guy wove very evil secrets into the charming illustrations of a charming storybook. Wake up to the illustrations and you will see. 【This book hosts a leap consciousness - a truth so powerful that perhaps it believes it can be realized. 】

Of course, the most important content in the illustration is the conversation between the wolf and the little girl.

"Here's your paint,"

The wolf whispered to the pale girl, "Here's your scraper. Here's your face."

Uesugi Cheng probably knew who the "wolf" was referring to, which was why he felt his scalp tingling. What made him even more uneasy was the leap knowledge hidden in this book.

【Interlude: Ruthless Change】: Fundamental flaws; tempting shortcuts; rising hatred; destructive changes; open scars. These are the worst and dirtiest history. (5 cups, 5 blades, 5 casts)

Simply put, the secrets in this book are enough to start a real life-and-death battle in the entire Mansu.

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Chapter 308 [Omen of Destruction (Semi-finished Product)]