Is there Kamen Rider 01 in Date Away?

"It's useless to increase your favorability towards me. Go pay more attention to Shiori."

Fortunately, Erya's stomach cooperated and played the empty city plan, otherwise Zhenlian really would have no way to calm Erya down, or even calm herself down.

Now that I think about it, the saying “women are emotional animals” is absolutely true. Instead of talking to Erya who is angry and she has no intention of listening to any big truths, it would be better to make a delicious meal first, comfort her, and then talk slowly after she calms down.

After hearing what Zhenlian said, Niya showed a distressed expression on her face: "I don't hate Xiaozhizhi, but I really can only fall in love with two-dimensional characters. It would be great if Xiaozhizhi was the heroine of the comics..."

Hearing what Niya said, Zhenlian's eyes lit up, and a wonderful idea formed in his head: "What if... there is a comic with Shiori as the protagonist? For example, Shiori, my friends and I draw a comic book?"

"Huh?" Erya waved a spoon to replace the index finger in the "NONONO" gesture, "Impossible. Not to mention that I have a lot of comic manuscripts to draw, and so many anime, comics, games, and light novels to appreciate. I am not obligated to read third-rate comics drawn by amateurs like you, right?"

Hearing what Erya said, Zhenlian stood up and said to Erya, who had just taken a few bites of curry rice: "Then I will pour out your curry now. Just like you have no obligation to watch our work, I have no obligation to cook for you, right?"

“Hey hey hey! I’ve only taken two bites!” Seeing Zhenlian coming to grab the food, Erya hurriedly protected the curry rice, “It’s not that I won’t watch it at all. But I have a condition!”

"What conditions? Just tell me."

"It's very simple. Just prove to me that your work is excellent." Erya smiled mischievously, "We are not competing on the depth of the plot or anything like that. We are competing on the most intuitive indicator - sales. The sales of the comic exhibition on the 31st of this month!"

"Hey, you're Honjo Souji! Isn't it a bit too hard for us newbies to compete with you?" Zhenlian looked embarrassed - you know, Niya is the famous Honjo Souji, a popular professional manga artist who has not updated for five years but whose popularity has not diminished at all. Comparing the sales of doujinshi with her is no less than that of a brave man who just walked out of Shin-Natsu Village and took a broken wooden stick to compete with Gundam.

"Wouldn't it be extremely valuable to defeat Honjo Souji's comics?" Erya made an exaggerated gesture, "The higher the difficulty, the greater the reward. After defeating me, I can reward Lianbao with a sweet kiss."

"Don't talk about these nonsense. What I'm most worried about is whether you will go back on your word when the time comes." Manren was cautious. After all, the previous confrontation between Tenyousai and Miku ended with Miku brainwashing everyone. Manren's memory was not that bad.

"No! I guarantee it in the name of Honjo Souji!" Erya made a swearing gesture, and then a sly smile appeared on her face again, "But I won't accept one-sided gambling. If I win, I will also get a reward."

"But it doesn't matter!"

"Then...I want Lianbao and the male model I found to be the reference for my R18BL book!"

“Pfft! Cough cough cough…” Hearing Niya’s request, Zhenlian spat out a mouthful of rice and choked and coughed, “Are you kidding! I don’t want it!”

"Then let Xiao Zhizhi..."

“I want to be number one.”

"OK, let Lianbao be 0, it's such a happy decision!"

"Hey!"

Chapter 15 A Visit from the Spirit of Time

"So, based on our previous experiences, we will create a comic book and surpass Honjo-do's sales at the comic exhibition on the 31st of this month?"

In the meeting room of Ratatosk, Kotori, who had been worrying about how to conquer Nia, a paper-sexist, smiled with hope on her face. Manrei helped a lot this time: "It works! There is a way! The road has been opened, and all we have to do next is keep moving forward!"

Looking back, the stories they have told along the way are no less exciting than those in some anime and game works. What's more important is that they have absolute confidence in Shiori's kind heart, which is the basis for their firm belief that their story can definitely defeat Niya.

“Hey, hey, hey! Is it really okay for you to open champagne and celebrate when nothing has happened yet? There is a big premise for getting Erya to read our comics obediently.”

Shinren, who personally made such an agreement with Niya, was not as optimistic as them. After all, no matter how touching the content of the comics was, it would be a waste of effort if the sales volume could not match that of Honjodo. And it was really not easy to beat Niya in sales volume.

Sales volume is not completely equal to the content of the work. In this golden age of good works, everyone has seen one or two good works. The era when good wine needs no bush is long gone. On the contrary, it is now the era when good wine needs no bush. The quality of the work needs to be excellent, the publicity and promotion should be in place, and more importantly, it should be gimmicky and meet the market taste.

"A female protagonist who plays the male protagonist in the harem, paired with a male protagonist who plays the role of a thug in the early stages. Such a weird work can probably only attract some curiosity enthusiasts, right? Or... delete me and change Shiori into a male character?" Manren said without raising her head as she kept putting cakes from the food cart onto her plate.

"I have never considered Manrei-kun a thug!" Shiori looked seriously into Manrei's eyes, "Manrei-kun is also a hero, my hero! Manrei-kun has always been very important!"

"Yes! Manren-nii is also a key figure!"

Seeing Shiori and Kotori looking very serious, Mayu shyly turned her head away: "Well... don't say such embarrassing things..."

The plan to use the decisive comic to conquer Niya was decided. Of course, if Manren told about the chrysanthemum bet between him and Niya, I'm afraid Shiori and the others would fight even harder.

--split line--

"Hehehe... I finally found it, Miss Second Elf."

If the steel buildings shrouded in darkness were a forest, then this girl with heterochromatic eyes and wearing a black and red Gothic dress would be a predator like a poisonous snake in the forest.

In order to get information from the second elf of Quan Yazhi, she dispatched a large number of clones to collect information throughout Tiangong City. At first, Kuang San thought that she could quickly find the trace of the second elf by relying on her army of clones.

But over the past month, the second elf seemed to have evaporated from the face of the earth, and Kuang San's clones searched hard for nearly a month in Tiangong City but were unable to find any information about the other party.

But it's no wonder. After all, the second elf had just escaped from the clutches of DEM, so its anti-reconnaissance awareness was naturally very high. It was easy for it to find out the whereabouts of Kuang San's clone. Therefore, every time Kuang San's clone wanted to follow her, it ended up in vain. So Kuang San had to doubt the possibility that she had left Tiangong City.

However, in the past few days, the second elf actually took the initiative to contact Zhenlian and Shiori. In a sense, the two of them gave Kurumi's investigation, which had been delayed for a long time, hope.

"Hehehe... Ever since I saw Mr. Manre's special abilities last time, he and Miss Shiori have given me another surprise." Moving as fast as a shark in the shadows of the night, Kurumi's mouth corners raised in an arc of ecstasy.

In Erya's apartment, Erya was lying on the bed, and in front of her was a huge book floating. This was her angel - the Whispering Book, an existence that recorded everything in the world.

Looking at the page in front of her, Erya's forehead was dripping with cold sweat. As long as she gently turned over this thin page, she would know everything about Gokawa Shiori. But this piece of paper seemed to be a thousand pounds heavy, and Erya had no courage to open it.

[What if...what if Xiao Zhizhi is doing this behind my back...No! ]

Niya breathed in deep gulps of air as if she had just been fished out of the water. As expected, she still couldn't investigate everything about Gokawa Shiori.

"Ah, isn't it a shame not to use such a convenient ability?"

"who!?"

Hearing Kuang San's voice, Niya sat up from the bed like a carp, and the Whispering Chapter was also considerate and turned into particles to prevent it from hitting its owner. At this moment, black shadows continued to seep out from the gaps between the ceiling and the wall like a leak in the house upstairs, and a girl with two ponytails, one long and one short, and a golden dial on her left eye walked out of the black shadows.

Kurumi lifted her skirt and gave Niya a mature greeting: "Nice to meet you, Ms. Honjo Niya. My name is Tokisaki Kurumi, please give me your guidance."

"Tokisaki Kurumi... I don't care who you are, trespassing into someone's house is not polite."

Erya took several steps back cautiously, and then summoned the Whispering Volume. The pages of the book flipped, and glowing words appeared on the pages. After Erya touched the words, she knew some information about Kurumi: "I see, the reason why the DEM transport plane carrying me did not have an escort was because of you."

After watching the ability of the Whispering Annunciation up close, a smile of ecstasy appeared on Kuang San's face: "Hahaha! What a wonderful angel! The omniscient angel - the Whispering Annunciation."

"Oh? Have you investigated me?"

"Of course. But my method of investigation is not as convenient as yours. I rely on the stupid method of 'clone'."

"A clone? What a terrifying ability..."

[Ah! How come the most evil spirit that controls time suddenly appeared! Is she going to kill me? My little whisper doesn’t have any means of attack except throwing it at me! If I had known earlier, I would have let Lianbao stay overnight even if she pestered me! ]

Although she was panicking, Niya still pretended to be calm and forced a calm smile that said, "I am not a vegetarian." "So, what do you want to see me for, Miss Tokisaki Kurumi?"

"I just need the help of your omniscient angel." After saying that, Kuang San pointed to the big book floating in the air.

"I see..." Hearing that the other party's purpose of this trip was not to kill him, Erya breathed a sigh of relief, "Since you have helped me, I will do my best to help you find the information you want. But by the way, I will not tell you any dangerous information."

"Don't worry. This is a very personal request. No one will be hurt by this."

"Is that so?" Although Erya was a little skeptical, she didn't have much choice at the moment.

"So, please tell me──the reason and reason for the appearance of the original spirit that appeared in this world thirty years ago, the correct coordinates and time of its appearance, as well as her abilities and──how to kill her..."

Kurumi paused, then said, "Finally, please tell me how to find and obtain the power of 'Hell Rising Hopper'."

Chapter 16: Manuscript Operation

If you want to draw a good comic, the main writer's solid skills are essential. Ratatosk will provide professional props and venues for comics, but if you want to impress Nia, who has an omniscient angel, you must not only have high-quality comics, but also "sincerity" and "authenticity" that is similar to real life experiences. After all, what Shinrei promised Nia at the beginning was "the comics we made." In order for Nia to truly feel that Shiori and the others are working hard to save the elves, it is crucial that Shiori Shinrei and the others are the main writers.

In the painting studio provided by Ratatosk, Kotori looked at everyone and said seriously: "Now let's take a look at your painting skills. For male characters, draw Manreon-nii, and for female characters, draw Nee-sama."

After hearing what Kotori said, everyone found their favorite work table and started drawing characters. After about 30 minutes, everyone had their own work.

"It's finished! Come and see it!"

"I...I've finished drawing too..."

"Clang! How does it feel?"

The first three people to hand in their works were Tohka, Yoshino, and Jin. Although their drawings were indeed cute, this kind of "cuteness" was the kind of cuteness that elementary school students draw on their textbooks.

"I drew this."

“I want to show it too~”

"I'm not very good at drawing, so I just drew a few strokes casually."

Although the styles of Kotori, Miku, and Kaminari's works are not as childish as the previous three, they are only at the level of cute characters drawn by high school girls in their notebooks.

"That...Miku. Why did you draw Maya?" Maya pointed at the "Maya" on Miku's paper. That "Maya" was wearing the female school uniform of Raizen High School, had long hair, and a bulging chest. The one on the paper was actually Maya, not Maya.

"Because Maaya-chan is cute~?"

"This kind of chaotic villain shouldn't appear in comics."

Manren patted her head. A character like Maya who is like Gudako would definitely turn their comics into a chaotic work like "POPko and PIP's Daily Life of Beauty".

After banning the character Maya, Maya also took out her own work: "This is what I drew."

Wang also handed over his work: "This is my work, please give me your advice."

The art style of Shinrei and Oh is very good, but there is one thing that is of concern. Shinrei's drawing of Shiori is indeed very cute and the style is very delicate, but Shinrei's drawing of himself is very simple.

"Wow, Darling's drawing of Shiori-chan is so great!" Looking at Shiori drawn by Manren, Miku's eyes suddenly sparkled with stars.

"The sister that Manrei-nii drew is great, but... why did he draw himself so simply?"

"Why? The reason is very simple, because I used to be a CG artist for R18 games."

"Does it matter?"

"I can draw female characters, but for male characters I can only draw goblins."

"Don't draw me with the mindset of drawing a female knight falling into a goblin cave, Manre-kun!" Upon hearing that Manre-kun was drawing him with this mindset, Shiori wailed with tears in his eyes.

The situation of Mugumi is just the opposite. Shinrei is drawn very well, but Shiori... I can't say he's ugly, I can only say he looks like an ordinary person. Looking at Mugumi's drawing, Tohka asked curiously, "Why didn't Mugumi add Shiori's bangs? And hair that looks like... that!"

Facing Tohka's lack of expressive ability, Wang just said silently: "I can't draw people other than my brothers and sisters."

"Hehe, the next one to be displayed is our painting!"

"Show. Please look."

The Yamai sisters presented their work with great confidence.

"Cool!"

Seeing their paintings, Shiori couldn't help but widen his eyes. As expected, the two had competed with each other in illustrations before. Yakuya and Yui's painting skills were very exquisite, which was incomparable to the four people just now.

Of course, the sketch has some messy lines, but it is enough to be drawn into a comic. However, in terms of style, Yakuya's style is more like a battle and bloody manga, while Yui's style is more like a girl's manga.

"You guys are amazing, Yakuya! Yui!" Looking at the work of the Yamai sisters, Shiori couldn't help but sigh in admiration.

"Great. But I feel that Niya should like Yui's style of painting very much..." Seeing himself in Yui's work like the male protagonist of a BL comic, Zhenlian couldn't help but recall the fate of his own failure. Just imagining the scene of his own withered anus made Zhenlian shudder.

"Hmm. So the main characters are Yakuya and Yuzuru. What's the next work?"

"Um... this is my painting." Shiori handed over his work shyly.

"Very good, Shiori." Zhenlian showed a happy look on her face when she saw Shiori's painting.

"Really?" Hearing Zhenlian's compliment, Shizhi scratched his head a little embarrassedly, "Thank you for the compliment, hehe..."

"It's as expected after practicing so many times."

"Ah?" Upon hearing what Zhenlian said, Shizhi's eyes suddenly turned into small eyes and he tilted his head blankly.

"That's the one you always put in the chest pocket of your school uniform. It's called 'Mare-kun's Observation Diary'..."

"That's really not what you think, Shinrei-kun!" Knowing that the girl's secret was exposed, Shiori's head suddenly burst into steam. He rushed to Shinrei crying and explained to him.

"But... I feel very happy knowing that you are always watching me..." Although Zhenlian still had a poker face, her cheeks turned slightly red with shyness, and she turned her head away guiltily.

"Origami, what are you drawing——!"

Kotori's scream immediately broke the awkward atmosphere between the two shy people, and everyone came over to appreciate Origami's work - Origami's painting style is more realistic, and her style is also very amazing, but her work is a naked Shiori and Origami hugging each other tightly, and the two of them sticking out their tongues and constantly entangled.

"!!!"

After Kotori, the other girls also gasped at the shocking scene. Only Yui showed a subtle smile, Miku was very excited, Lei showed an "I know, I know" smile, and Shinren secretly took a photo of Origami's work before it was destroyed.

"Origami, what are you drawing?"

"Shiori and I, and Shinrei who will have sex with both of us. Unfortunately, we didn't have enough time, and Shinrei hasn't finished drawing yet."

"Don't draw unnecessary things! The drawing is good, you can be included in the drawing candidates, but don't make trouble when the actual work comes."

"To increase sales, the R18 element is essential."

“Our booth is an all-ages area!”

Zhenlian also patted Origami's shoulder and said, "Well, Origami hopes you can put the overall situation first. It's better not to bring private goods with you."

"Um...Is Lianjun angry?"