A comic book, but a librarian

Yotsuya Miko's face turned a little red. In fact, what she didn't say was that her mother had looked at her with an eye that said "the child has grown up, let her be" for a long time, and even if she didn't go home at night, her mother didn't ask much.

"That's better. But it's almost noon now. Let's try to get on the bus that leaves this town before the afternoon."

As Uesugi Sumire said this, he started packing his luggage. Yotsuya Miko nodded, stuffed the bread into her mouth, and then put on her bag. She had packed her luggage long ago after waking up.

Xiao Wei and Xiao Yao both recovered well. Although the Mountain God's silence and Yuan Tianzun's cutting of the red string that was maliciously entangled between them by the Mountain God did have some impact on their bodies, fortunately, as long as they rested well, there would be no trouble.

Then, after visiting the three monsters and gods, Centipede God, Yami and Yuan Tianzun, who had returned to their respective realms, Uesugi Sumiko and Yotsuya Miko boarded the return bus.

……

"I have to say that home is still better. At least it's more comfortable to live in..."

Uesugi Cheng sat on his favorite sofa, simply collapsed, and let his body fall on the sofa.

"Next, I will return to my favorite campus life... It's time to say hello to them. I haven't been in touch with my classmates since the winter vacation, and the same is true for the new semester. I haven't been in school for a long time."

Uesugi Cheng opened his mailbox skillfully and began to clean up the unread and spam emails.

"By the way, I also need to think about whose short story I should draw next. It's time to exclude some of Si Chen..."

After the Double-Horned Axe showed his goodwill, Uesugi Sumiya would naturally not be so tactless as to continue to include him in the comics.

"Mr. Uesugi, do you have time to participate in the promotional activities?"

Just when Uesugi Sumiya was thinking about how to develop the plot next, he saw such an email.

505

Chapter 505 [Pyrotechnician Yukinoshita Yukino]

"Promotional activities? Please send me the details."

Uesugi Cheng replied to the email. It's not that he can't participate in such things when he has time. Of course, it also depends on the specific form. Forget about publicity activities that require public attention. He uses a pen name to draw comics because he doesn't want people to know his real identity. This point cannot be put the cart before the horse.

The email was replied very quickly, and it seemed as if the editors in the editorial department were squatting by the computer waiting for Uesugi Cheng's reply. This promotional activity was very simple, just shooting a question-and-answer video, with the face and voice blurred, and answering some questions about the plot and comic settings through casual chatting.

"Forget it. This kind of activity is still too much trouble for me... A simple text interview is fine. I just need to tell them about this."

Uesugi Cheng typed on the keyboard, replied to the email, then opened his drawing software and started debugging his brushes.

"The following plot is more suitable for pure black and white... so I won't draw a color version, which can save some effort."

Uesugi Cheng began to adjust the color numbers. If he used paint, he could mix the color he wanted instantly, no matter how vague or strange it sounded in the language expression. However, if he used drawing software, he would have to adjust it slowly. After all, humans are visual animals and have different understandings of color blocks.

And on the other side.

"Uesugi-sensei refused, but he said we could do it in a text question-and-answer format... That's great, I thought he had no intention of participating in the promotional activities at all."

The editor-in-charge and the chief editor reported this as they looked at the email Uesugi Cheng replied to. Even they had to admit that with the end of the first story and the beginning of the second story, the relationship between the publishing house and the author had subtly changed. They tried to keep this talented cartoonist as much as possible. After all, comics were just a hobby for this young master.

"That's good. You are responsible for sorting out a few questions and sending them over. Just like the usual ones, don't ask any sharp questions. Also, include a few questions from readers."

The editor-in-chief nodded. This situation was a pleasant surprise for them. After all, there were people spreading rumors every day that Glory Eyes teacher was going to leave their publishing house and join Jump. It would be a good thing to stabilize the morale of the team through interviews.

"Come to think of it, is Mr. Uesugi really a high school student? This storyboard doesn't look like it could be drawn by a high school student who has never seen it before..."

The editor-in-chief looked at the manuscript at hand, which was a color draft of the battle between man and bear. Although the protagonist's perspective and the third-person perspective were frequently switched, the storyboards did not look messy at all. Instead, it made people feel as if they were fighting a monster. No wonder the praise rate and popularity of this episode have skyrocketed further after it was published.

But what the editor is more concerned about is the overall storyboard of this battle between humans and beasts. No matter the strategy chosen by the protagonist or the battle, the feeling that it can only be drawn after experiencing a life-and-death fight makes many people speculate that the author is a real hunter who ran away to become a cartoonist.

"Anyway, let's take a look at the second story first and see what Mr. Uesugi wants to draw. To be honest, I think it's just a review function. I don't know where to start if I really want to revise Mr. Uesugi's manuscript. No matter how I look at it, there's nothing that must be changed."

The editor touched his hair. Since becoming Uesugi Cheng's editor, his workload has been much lighter and his hair looks much better than before.

……

"Good morning everyone, I'm back again."

Uesugi Cheng pushed open the classroom door and returned to his class as usual.

Several classmates who usually chatted freely in class immediately came over and started asking Uesugi Sumire all kinds of questions, such as whether he had visited tourist attractions in Kyoto, whether he had taken any nice photos, or whether there were any fun things and activities. After all, the official reason used by Uesugi Sumire was that he went to Kyoto to collect materials. For these students who were attending classes in school, this was enough for them to imagine what fun things Uesugi Sumire was experiencing thousands of miles away.

Uesugi Sumire answered their questions patiently and looked at the seat in the corner. Yotsuya Miko's eyes just met his. The two nodded to each other and looked away. Yotsuya Miko seemed to have obviously recovered quite well. Her energy and spirit were much better than before. Even the doctor was wondering what had happened to her in the past few days and why she suddenly had no problems at all.

"Come to think of it, the Service Club is still around... I thought they didn't plan to continue maintaining this weird club."

Uesugi Sumire listened to what his classmates were talking about and compared it to Kigaya Hachiman.

"Yeah, that girl Yukinoshita has become a lot more frank since she learned from you... But to be honest, she is even more troublesome now. Her mobility is ridiculous. I don't even know what you said to her. She doesn't act or think like a high school student anymore."

Uesugi Sumiko really wanted to say, "Actually, Hikigaya Hachiman, you don't look like a high school student now. After all, high school students don't go around investigating drug cases and cults."

['Fireworks Master' Yukinoshita]: Now, Yukinoshita firmly believes that actions, words and thoughts must be consistent, and her own path must be practiced. (4 Castings, 1 Blade, 2 Lights)

The girl, who was much slimmer than Yotsuya Miko, waved goodbye to the last classmate who came to consult, and then looked at the pink-haired girl next to her with some helplessness.

"Yuigahama, if you keep eating like this, you'll really get fat."

Yukinoshita Yukino put down the notebook in her hand and found the frightened Yuigahama Yui a little funny.

"Eh, but I obviously didn't eat much... I didn't really get fat, did I?"

The pink-haired girl pinched her belly through her school uniform in panic, and it seemed that she really cared about this matter.

"I think if you keep eating, you might get fat. How was that last time? Was Yuka-san's problem solved?"

"Well, she and I are fine now. By the way, you've changed a lot recently, Xiaoxue. I can hardly recognize you. By the way, Uesugi-san is back."

Yuigahama Yui suddenly said happily, causing Yukinoshita Yukino to pause.

"Well, I'm finally back, good afternoon everyone."

Uesugi Cheng pushed open the door of the service department.

"I have a question and would like to consult you."

Chapter 506: Two urban legends.

"Ah, good afternoon, but it's rather unusual that you would come to the Service Department with a problem."

Yukinoshita Yukino nodded and greeted Uesugi Sumire. Of course, Yuigahama Yui still walked back a little, turned her face away, trying her best to prevent Uesugi Sumire from seeing her expression.

She has a crush on Uesugi Sumire, and it seems that he doesn't have a girlfriend yet.

"It sounds like that's the case. So, would you like to hear my questions?"

Uesugi Sumire found a chair and sat down, and Hikigaya Hachiman returned to his favorite state of looking dead as if nothing had happened. Uesugi Sumire's questions were never easy, and he had finally had some free time recently, so he really didn't want to increase his workload.

"The Service Club exists to solve problems, so please speak, Uesugi-san."

Yukinoshita Yukino let out a long sigh, then took out a pen and paper and started taking notes.

……

"In short, you are thinking about some plot issues in the upcoming work, so you come to consult us?"

Yukinoshita Yukino repeated Uesugi Sumire's request. She always felt that there seemed to be some problem hidden here, but after looking carefully, she discovered something.

"Here's the thing. What do you think? I've written down a rough outline of the plot on a piece of paper."

So the three people from the Service Club came together to look at the pieces of white paper that Uesugi Sumiya took out. It was some kind of storyboard with a certain amount of dialogue and analysis. Although it was drawn sloppily, what it wanted to express was very clear.

"To be honest, this development is very... how should I put it, it makes people feel very uncomfortable."

Hikigaya Hachiman touched his chin with interest. It wasn't that there was any problem with Uesugi Sumire's setting of the plot, but his storyboard just happened to end at the most exciting part, which was the scene where the murderer was revealed.

"A policeman who survived the mountain, a forensic doctor who looked like a dead person, and a shrine maiden who looked strange the moment she appeared. Is this drawing of yours... not right?"

Hikigaya Hachiman looked at the characters and settings marked in the picture provided by Uesugi Sumire. He always felt that Uesugi Sumire seemed to have embellished some things and drawn them as stories, but he had no evidence.

"What's wrong with that? Have you seen too many weird things?"

Uesugi Sumiko looked puzzled when he asked. Hikigaya Hachiman shrugged his shoulders and said that he had no suggestions for revisions to the manuscript given by Uesugi Sumiko. He always felt that this was a textbook that was written more obscurely. Unlike the materials directly sent to them, the knowledge that was so obscure that perhaps no one would discover it was hidden in these storyboards.

"Hey, but this looks like...wait, so that comic was drawn by Uesugi-san?!"

Yuigahama Yui exclaimed belatedly after realizing it. Although she had no interest in this type of comics or manga in general, she had heard about the plot of this recently popular manga when chatting with friends and classmates, and had even read a few pages of the comics.

"Yeah, yeah, now I'm worrying about the next plot."

Uesugi Cheng said so. In fact, the original settings of these characters are very secretive. In addition to the policeman representing the colonel, the "god" worshipped by the shrine maiden is the ant mother, and the forensic doctor is actually a re-creation of Uesugi Cheng's stereotype of the bone pigeon. Anyway, no matter what he does in this world, Si Chen outside the forge will see it, so he might as well let himself go a little more.

"It's amazing... but I don't really understand it, but it's really amazing."

Yuigahama Yui said this and shook her head regretfully. She thought that if she read more comics, she might be able to provide some help.

Of course, the remaining two Service Club members just shook their heads and said nothing. If Yuigahama Yui understood, that would be a big problem.

"If you judge by my standards as someone who hasn't seen it, the arrangement on the left might be more comfortable. But maybe you have some special arrangements or metaphors for the shots, so I can't decide for you. I can only give you my opinion."

Yukinoshita Yukino put down the storyboard, pinched her nose, and began to worry about the future development of the world. Unlike Hikigaya Hachiman who was still a little skeptical and unsure, she had met a being called the "Crucible King". That time she gained a lot of knowledge about secret history and multiple histories. The images of these people were too consistent with the stereotypes in that knowledge. She was even afraid that one day she would be "silenced".

Of course, if something really happened, Uesugi Sumiya would be the first to bear the brunt, and this matter had nothing to do with her, so she had no intention of dissuading Uesugi Sumiya. After all, if the fireworks really had to be launched into the sky and exploded, it would definitely be the biggest and most beautiful one.

"Okay, thanks for your advice."

Uesugi Cheng put away the storyboards. It seemed that these two had made good progress in learning the material, at least they had already noticed something.

"Oh, by the way, Hikigaya, I have something to tell you later, so come over then."

Uesugi Sumire gave the usual code word for gathering, Hikigaya Hachiman and Yukinoshita Yukino both said they understood, while Yuigahama Yui's eyes looked a little vague, and no one knew what she was thinking.

Fifteen minutes later, in the library.

"Although it's only been a few days, it feels like I haven't been back to this room for a long time."

Hikigaya Hachiman sat in his seat and sighed. The stuffy air was gradually exhausted by the exhaust fan. He sat down with the sound of a chair being pulled open.

"Speaking of Uesugi, there is a very interesting rumor. Do you want to hear it?"

Hikigaya Hachiman asked, and Uesugi Sumire put down the book and looked at him.

"Just tell me what you want to say. Haven't we heard enough urban legends? By the way, it is said that the police recently proposed a bill to Congress to increase efforts to crack down on illegal religions, but it seems to have been blocked."

Uesugi Cheng casually talked about current political news.

"Ah, that means... never mind. We won't have any illusions about the people sitting in that position."

Hikigaya Hachiman understood what Uesugi Sumire meant. There would not be much official support for actions against those underground organizations. However, this matter would be discussed later. He had to tell Uesugi Sumire about the urban legend first.

"Actually, it seems to be a combination of two things. One is the doppelganger, and the other is... a strange shrine that you go to when you fall asleep."