A comic book, but a librarian

Kita Ikuyo looks as energetic as ever, but from her words, it can be heard that perhaps the toxic lady who claimed to be a self-media person that day did give her a little cognitive shock, and she seemed to start thinking more from Goto Ichiri's perspective.

"In that case, we need to speed up the song. Pochi-chan, how are the lyrics going?"

Yamada Ryo's question suddenly turned Goto Ichiri into a stiff stick, and it looked like he was about to roll from the stars into the trash can.

"It's okay. Since we just happened to have some time, Senior Uesugi, can you please accompany us to complete these tasks?"

Yamada Ryo asked Uesugi Sumiya with familiarity, and Uesugi Sumiya had no objection, after all, he was also quite curious about the current level of the Bond Band.

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Chapter 334 Comic release date.

"No, anyway, I think we should add some small movements when we appear on stage. After all, this will make it easier for the audience to remember us."

In fact, the conversation ended up being an exchange between Ms. PA, Hoshika Ijichi and Sumire Uesugi. As for the four members of the Bond Band, they suddenly found out helplessly that they seemed to have been excluded from the discussion on how they would perform at the music festival, and could only go to the rehearsal room to practice the music they were going to use next.

"No...still no, sorry."

The first time Yamada Ryo said sorry so solemnly, it really shocked her teammates. Everyone turned their eyes to Yamada Ryo. She still had almost no expression on her face, but her drooping brows did explain her mood.

"I'm sorry, I still can't come up with a new song. Please give me some more time."

Yamada Ryo chose to tell the truth. Although she said that she did not take the words of the self-media person to heart, who can really ignore the possibility of what Miss "Poison" said?

Goto Ichiri has indeed reached a professional level in terms of skills, and she is completely different from the other members of the girl band who are currently just hobbies and have no intention of becoming professional.

Because of this, the words that Goto Ichiri said to them, the words she hoped to keep in the band, seemed so precious. She didn't want to hold the band back because of herself, so she chose to tell the truth.

Yamada Ryo plans to go home after the end of the day and immediately start to enter a closed-door creative mode. She does not plan to contact the outside world and stop all activities except for the Bond Band until she can come up with a song that she is satisfied with.

"By the way, is that strange band of Uesugi-senpai's going to participate in the music festival as well?"

Goto Ichiri murmured to herself. She had already seen that strange mask-themed band. Except for the lead singer Uesugi Sumika, all the other members were women and they wore masks. It had to be said that this was also a very strange thing.

However, Goto Ichiri was more concerned about their level. Except for the drummer's slightly awkward rhythm, their performance on both the guitar and bass was almost perfect, and they blended perfectly with Uesugi Sumika's singing. Goto Ichiri could not think of anything that could surpass them under such circumstances.

"But... I can't be stage frightened. Just like at that time, even if I'm scared to death, I can't show an expression that will make everyone worry..."

Goto Ichiri suddenly realized how tolerant her teammates were towards her in order to give her confidence before she was fully integrated into the band.

"Come on... We still have a little time. If possible, I'd like to help Liang finish the song. Is that okay?"

Goto Ichiri's sudden question and smile scared Kita Ikuyo so much that she felt like her jaw was about to dislocate. She rubbed her eyes as she looked at this Goto Ichiri who was completely different from the one she remembered.

Then she found that she seemed to know where this strange feeling came from. Goto Ichiri was learning from Uesugi Sumire, or imitating Uesugi Sumire's way of dealing with things. Even after saying this, Goto Ichiri's body began to tremble uncontrollably, as if he was about to turn back into a slug in the next second.

"Okay, let's do it again...get up."

Yamada Ryoya looked at Goto Ichiri with a little shock and nodded seriously.

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"Youth is great, isn't it?"

Xingge leaned against the door of the rehearsal room and spoke to Uesugi Cheng opposite her. She was happy for the growth of the Bond Band from the bottom of her heart. Of course, towards Miss Poison, the instigator of this incident, she still maintained the same attitude towards harmful substances and wished she would disappear.

"Manager, when you said this, have you ever considered that I am actually about the same age as them this year?"

Uesugi Cheng took off his glasses reluctantly. Their discussion had already produced some preliminary results. They only needed to make minor adjustments based on the ideas of the girls.

"No, to be honest, you give me the feeling of a mature office worker. You consider so many aspects and try to save time. I have only seen this in some of my friends who have become senior office workers."

"I don't know whether you are complimenting me or insulting me by saying this, but I still accept it. By the way, are there any thresholds for music festivals?"

Uesugi Cheng pushed his glasses helplessly. When he was working, he seemed to exude a trustworthy aura, or once you saw him, you would believe what he said from the bottom of your heart.

"That's all for today. After they finish practicing, I'll talk to them and show them our plan. Then we'll continue rehearsing... I won't be here at this stage. Anyway, I don't think I can provide any help here. We can just meet at the music festival then."

Uesugi Cheng quickly arranged a lot of free time for himself. After all, he had a lot of things to do, and this music festival, which was dispensable to him, was not ranked at all in terms of importance.

"Okay, okay. After all, you're not the type to do this kind of thing. I'll keep an eye on it, don't worry."

Ijichi Xingge sighed helplessly. She never expected that she would be the one doing all the logistical work in the end.

So after bringing the preliminary plan to the four girls of the Bond Band, Uesugi Sumiko walked on the street alone again. He was a little bored now, but he didn't feel sleepy. After all, his body had reached the limit of human beings with the blessing of pulse rhythm and health, so he was naturally not so easily tired.

"Oh, now I remember, today is the day when that monthly magazine goes on sale... Let's go buy one."

Uesugi Sumire walked into the bookstore. It has to be said that the publications he chose are really good. Although they have no voice in the mainstream trend, they still have a certain say in the niche field.

He picked up a monthly comic magazine and turned directly to the pages that belonged to him.

"Sure enough, the pictures printed by the printing factory are not as good as my own original manuscript..."

Uesugi Cheng touched his chin. Although he felt a little regretful that these images could not exert their most powerful power, he felt relieved when he thought that these were not the pigments he had mixed himself.

"No...are all the newcomers nowadays some kind of monsters? This painting technique and picture..."

Uesugi Cheng heard this comment and was right beside him.

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Chapter 335: Hikigaya Hachiman begins his investigation again.

Uesugi Sumiko didn't look back. He just silently looked at the monthly comic in his hand and listened carefully to how the other party evaluated his comics.

"I have to say this scene is really creepy, no matter from which angle you look at it, especially this one."

Uesugi Cheng turned to the next page, which was a work by another cartoonist, telling a horror story that a girl encountered.

"To be honest, this last close-up of the hunter is too extravagant. How did they draw this specifically for the hunter? I'm afraid I'll never be able to draw this look in the eyes in my lifetime."

Uesugi Sumiko smiled and thought it was normal that you couldn't draw it. After all, this look was truly taken from an old hunter who believed in the colonel. Of course, he had no idea whether the other party really gained a place under the colonel or just became a soldier, but Uesugi Sumiko had learned some hunting skills from him.

Perhaps after hearing the comments from his colleagues, Uesugi Cheng picked up a few comics and walked to the cashier counter of the bookstore to pay. After all, it was impossible for him to spend his dinner time in this bookstore.

"Please settle the bill."

Uesugi Sumiko took out a few bills from his bag. To be honest, he didn't have the habit of coming to the bookstore often, so today he just treated it as a passing moment. After all, comics were more of a form of creation with a venting effect for him.

"Should we draw the Iron Saint's portrait more clearly?"

Uesugi Cheng was walking on the street with a comic book in his hand, thinking about his next move. For him, monthly comics meant that he didn't have to rush to finish the manuscript. He had more time to think and discuss the next plot with the editor.

"Hey, what's going on this time? Don't tell me you ran away during the winter break and got into trouble."

Uesugi Sumire answered the phone. It must be said that Hikigaya Hachiman was born with a physique that was prone to trouble. No matter how you looked at it, he wouldn't be able to have a few days of peace.

"Do you remember the strange story that suddenly became popular on the forum? The urban legend called 'Steel Man Nanase'."

Hikigaya Hachiman's voice sounded calm. I don't know if he has understood his special physique, but he actually began to take the initiative to deal with these things.

"I don't remember much. Did you encounter that thing on the road?"

"No, but I searched carefully and used some tricks to track down the people who posted these things on the forum, and then I made a very amazing discovery... The strange story of Steel Man Nanase was spread by humans."

Hikigaya Hachiman took off his headphones, then looked outside the door furtively a few times. After making sure that he was the only one in the house, he turned up the volume a little.

"Let me be more specific... But artificially creating weird stories, isn't this a daily practice on anonymous forums? What's there to say about this kind of thing?"

Uesugi Sumire was a little curious. Hikigaya Hachiman seldom mentioned meaningless things, but making up stories was a common occurrence on this anonymous forum.

"No, what I mean is that there is a strange person who is trying to make people believe in various ways that 'idol Nanase turned into a ghost after death and started attacking humans'. This kind of story cannot be made up by one person. The other party even forged a very realistic discussion thread."

Hikigaya Hachiman moved his mouse as he recorded a lot of data, so he could come to the conclusion that there was a team behind the rumor of "Steel Man Nanase" that was pushing it to become more popular. Although he didn't know why the other party would be so bored as to promote such a thing on an anonymous forum, it was enough to be called abnormal.

Because this is not some hype at all. Although the idol named Nanase died in a very strange way, she had been dead for a while after all. No matter who hypes her up, the popularity will not be very high. On the other hand...Hikigaya Hachiman had just experienced a terrible experience where he was almost blown in the head by an I-beam, so he chose to start an investigation.

"I happened to pass by that place when I went out last night, and I was almost hit on the head by that steel man Nanase with an I-beam... If this is really a man-made ghost story, I must also blow the head of the mastermind behind it..."

Hikigaya Hachiman said this almost with gritted teeth. Although he had encountered many dangerous situations after seeing the other side of the world, he was hardly as embarrassed as he was yesterday when he was almost crushed to death.

"I'll help you take a look at this matter, but of course it's just a look. If it really is an undead ghost, I'll take care of it while I'm at it."

Uesugi Cheng thought about it, this matter was indeed very abnormal, but in fact it had no effect on him. After all, the time and place of Steel Man Nanase's touch would hardly have any impact on him and the people around him... Oh, except Hikigaya, who would occasionally run around Tokyo after learning the night wandering technique.

However, what Uesugi Cheng has to do now, besides going home to read comics, is to finish interpreting the other books in his hands.

"Well, there are only two books left about [Hongzhong and Bronzeware]. I have to say that this feeling is really wonderful. There is no bottleneck in learning and understanding knowledge."

Uesugi Cheng stretched his body, bought some snacks and took them home, ready to use as tea to entertain his guests. After all, he now has a certain social environment, so if there is only tea at home, it will inevitably seem a bit strange when facing guests, especially since his social circle is almost all people of the same age as him.

However, when Uesugi Sumire returned home, he sensed a strange aura.

"That's weird, has Sakura started to recruit followers as well?"

Although the aura was faint, it gave people the illusion that it was extremely powerful.

So he pushed open the door and saw a strange scene.

Himegami Sakura stood at the end of the corridor with a helpless look on her face. She bowed to her master, and then the little girl who was hugging her from behind poked her head out and cheered the moment she saw Uesugi Cheng.

"This is... the Devil Mother Goddess?!"

Uesugi Sumiko finally couldn't hold back his expression. The little white-haired girl in front of him, whose height just reached his waist, looked nothing like the mother god in the mythology, but the fluctuations of power in her body undoubtedly revealed her identity.

"Wow! Welcome home, my child!!!"

The little girl happily ran towards Uesugi Sumiya and said something that made Uesugi Sumiya's eyes go dark.

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Chapter 336: Himegami Sakura’s envy.

Under the helpless gaze of Himegami Sakura, the petite girl took two steps at a time and ran towards Uesugi Sumire. The child, who was only as tall as Uesugi Sumire's belly, hugged Uesugi Sumire's waist and showed a childlike innocent smile.

"Great, I'm finally home."

"Um...thank you, you are...Kishikomojin, right?"

Uesugi Sumiko asked with some hesitation. To be honest, he had thought about many things that would happen after Kishimogomi was reborn, but he had never expected that she would appear in front of him in this way. For a moment, he actually wanted to go out, close the door, and then reopen it to try to refresh the situation in the room.

"Eh? What is that? I don't know, but as long as the child comes home, he is a good child."

The silver-haired little girl, wearing clothes that were a little too loose, leaned on Uesugi Cheng and smiled happily, as if she had completely forgotten about her own affairs.

"Is this your hope, too?"

Uesugi Cheng didn't know what kind of hope the original Kishimogomi had in the end made her forget everything about herself and give birth to her again.

"?"

The little girl tilted her head in confusion, then waved her petite arms in front of Uesugi Cheng.

"Do you want to eat first? Or take a shower first?"

"No, I still have some books to read. But you... kid, you need to go to bed early, otherwise you won't grow taller."

Uesugi Cheng gently tapped the little girl's head and said something that made the little girl turn pale.

"Hey, then...then I'll go to bed right away, you should also go to bed early and be a good child!!"

The little girl ran back to Uesugi Sumire's room in a panic. Uesugi Sumire followed her into the room. The little girl had disappeared, leaving only a huge ball of light floating in the room. Uesugi Sumire now understood what had happened.

"gentlemen……"

Himegami Sakura walked in with helplessness on her face. She had clearly planned to watch several movies today, but this little girl who jumped out of Uesugi Sumika's room and clamored to find her child made her so busy that she didn't know what to do. If Uesugi Sumika hadn't come back, she would have had to open the laptop that Uesugi Sumika had left at home to search for questions like "how to raise a child".

"Well, go and rest first. Do what you need to do. I didn't expect something like this to happen... The power of this new god will probably attract a lot of attention. I'll have to trouble you to cover it up for me."

Himegami Sakura nodded, and wisps of mist slowly wrapped around the room where Uesugi Cheng was, making this originally warm winter afternoon feel slightly chilly.

"The power of the mist has increased again. Is there anything else I can do for you sir?"

Himegami Sakura looked at the big ball of light in the room, revealing a rare bit of envy. As an elf with a doll as her body, she could clearly sense that Kishimogomi had a physical body since birth. That wonderful vitality and all the perceptions of a living person, for some reason, caused fluctuations in her already calm heart.

"Perhaps I should try harder... to prepare a new body for myself... Unfortunately, sir's fake body is just a fake body, and cannot truly become a human being..."

Himegami Sakura thought with some regret, she slowly walked back to her room and put herself back into the doll box.

Uesugi Cheng looked at the light ball with some distress, and finally placed it in his room. The whole light ball was like a huge breathing lamp, flashing rhythmically. Although there was suddenly one more person in the family, and the god who treated him as his own child so enthusiastically did make Uesugi Cheng a little distressed, but this was not what he needed to pay attention to now.

The power of [Omen of Destruction] has been somewhat restless since it was last opened. It seems that the blessing of the wolf has made its power violent again. Uesugi Cheng even feels that the Saint Skin will probably not last long. Moreover, there is no altar related to the power of the Thunder Skin in the Silent Bookstore. It is unlikely that Uesugi Cheng will be able to meet the conditions for offering sacrifice to the Thunder Skin.

Therefore, he could only try his best to improve the great art of [Hongzhong and Bronze] to be strong enough so that he would have enough strength to truly complete this indescribable weapon.

"There are still two books left... and then there are some books about flesh and blood and the body. I have to speed up the reading."

Uesugi Cheng rubbed his eyes, the power of soul covering the book helped him read and understand. He saw the envy in Himegami Sakura's eyes, so he decided to speed up his learning again, and see if he could find some spells used by his past self in his memory to create a temporary body for her.

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