Is there Kamen Rider 01 in Date Away?

"Eh?"

Very suddenly, Origami's temperament changed completely, and she asked Zhenlian in a somewhat difficult way. And Zhenlian was very familiar with this name.

"Are you Origami with long hair?"

"Yeah. Sorry that my short hair caused trouble for you guys."

"It's okay. We're used to it." Shinren smiled and touched Origami's head, comforting her.

"But...I should have stopped that! I should have put more clothes on me and Gokawa-san!"

"Huh?" Hearing something was wrong, Zhen Lian was a little confused, "Why do you emphasize 'a little'?"

"Compared to being completely naked, it would be best to keep your face half-covered or half-not-covered! I'm sure Rei-kun and Gokawa-san will understand me!"

"So you two are arguing about half-naked and fully naked!" Zhenlian just remembered that although New World Origami was not as perverted as Old World Origami, compared with ordinary people, she was just a well-hidden pervert.

Finally, it was Nanami's work. Although Nanami had previously lowered everyone's expectations with various excuses, such as "my drawing is not that good" and "I didn't sleep well last night, so my drawing is not good", he still couldn't resist everyone's enthusiasm and handed over his painting reluctantly.

"Wow!"

"No way?"

"Awesome!"

"Wonderful!"

To everyone's surprise, Nanashi's drawings were surprisingly good, and had reached a level that was not inferior to that of some professional cartoonists. Soon everyone made clear the division of labor, with Nanashi as the main artist, and the Yamai sisters and Shiori as assistants.

Ratatosk can produce a maximum of 64 pages of fanzines. Excluding the jacket and copyright page, there are a total of 59 pages waiting for them. If they want to finish it before the comic exhibition on the 31st, they will have to work overtime.

But even so, everyone is still full of energy: "Well, let's start our manuscript battle!"

Chapter 17 Please use comics to conquer her (Part )

Publicity is the most important thing.

Their comics didn't have any reputation, so it was difficult for them to surpass the super popular comic artist Erya in sales. Now thinking about it, Zhenlian would regret why she didn't work on the content of the duel with Erya more.

However, the other side has popular cartoonists, but not all of them are unknown at all.

"Miku, can you come over here for a moment?"

While the manga girls were fighting against Shuraba, Shinrei quietly pulled Miku's sleeve.

"Eh? Darling, do you want to spend some time alone with me? I'd love to!" Mijiu immediately showed an overjoyed expression.

"No." Zhen Lian smiled bitterly and dispelled the girl's fantasy. "I hope Meijiu can help you and let your fans help boost sales."

Yes, Nia is a very popular manga artist, while the Shinrei Shiori camp is a very popular girl idol. With Miku's influence, it is not impossible for her to surpass Nia.

"It's no problem if I can help everyone." Although she agreed to Manren's request, Miku still held her cheek with regret, "What a pity. I thought Darling wanted to date me."

"After you win, I'll let Miss Mayaya accompany you for a day."

After all, compared to having her anus taken away by a male model, Zhenlian would rather wear women's clothes for a day to accompany this yuri idol.

"Really?" After hearing the exchange conditions proposed by Zhenlian, Miku's eyes suddenly sparkled with stars.

--split line--

Shiori, who was working on his manuscript, was pulled out of Ratatosk's underground comic studio by Kotori, saying that there was something important. As soon as he walked out of Ratatosk's underground facility, Shiori was so shocked by the bright white sky that he couldn't open his eyes.

"Guh, it turns out it's already dawn..." Shiori, whose eyes hurt from staying up late, blocked the sun with his hands to make his eyes feel better.

There was a car at the exit of the Ratatosk underground facility. After Shiori was pulled into the car by Kotori, they arrived at a cafe after a few dozen minutes of driving.

The person they were going to meet was Takagi Hiroki, the author of "Other Fake". Shiori had learned from Niya before that Takagi Hiroki was a female manga artist, and today Shiori also met this female manga artist who had a masculine pen name like Niya.

After briefly introducing themselves to each other and claiming to be Erya's distant relatives, they also started the conversation.

And because Takagi knew that Honjo Souji was a female manga artist whose original name was Honjo Niya, he did not doubt the other party's claim of being a "distant relative".

"We have been unable to contact 'Sister Erya' over the years, and we are really worried, so we asked people she knows for information."

"Yes. I understand." Gao Cheng nodded, "I am also very worried about Mr. Honjo. I will do my best to help you two."

Later, Takashiro told Shiori and Kotori about how Nia suddenly distanced herself from her when she was with her. They were originally close, but ended up with Nia suddenly becoming cold. Normal people couldn't understand this, and it was also a knot in Takashiro's heart. She always thought that she had offended Nia unintentionally, which led to her estrangement.

【It's a confession volume! 】X2

Shiori and Kotori both thought of the all-knowing angel belonging to Nia. Based on Shiori's impression of Nia, the girl with poor self-control was very likely to have used whispers to accuse Takashiro and discovered another side of her that she despised, thus distancing herself from her.

"Thank you very much, Mr. Takagi." Shiori bowed solemnly to Takagi, but Shiori frowned, as if she noticed something wrong.

--split line--

"Oh no..." Zhenlian looked at the dismal reading volume of her posts on forums and NicoNico about the sales of comic convention doujinshi, and a look of "miserable" appeared on her face.

At first, Zhenlian was also on the candidate list, but as a CG artist for R18 games, he could only draw a few sex positions and could not help at all, so he could only run to the publicity team in shame. It was him who made the bet with Niya, but he was unable to do his part, which made Zhenlian very distressed.

Looking at the double-digit reading volume and the empty comment section, Zhen Lian sighed - he should have played more forums and video platforms in his daily life to gain more attention. Now he sent a message asking for support at the last minute, which is completely useless.

After all, Zhenlian is just a casual otaku who occasionally touches ACGN, and has no idea how to gain the most attention in the shortest time.

[Should I start a live broadcast of biting a lighter...]

Now Zhenlian was so anxious that she even asked Monkey Hand to help. After a lot of anxiety, Zhenlian brought some comfort items back to Ratatosk's underground comic studio: "Everyone, is the work going well? I brought comfort items."

However, no one in the comic studio responded, and the only response to Shinren was a soft snoring. Shiori, Yakuya, Yui, Nanashi, and Origami were sleeping soundly on their respective tables, and the alarm clock on the side was set for one hour later.

"Did it take you so long to draw? You guys must have worked so hard for this bet that I made in a fit of rage." Zhenlian covered the five people with blankets with some heartache.

"Eiya... I will save you..." Shizhi, who was sleeping at the desk, was talking softly in his sleep. His tired expression made people feel a little distressed.

"Thank you for your hard work, Shiori."

While leaning close to Shiori's ear and sniffing the fragrance of Shiori's hair, Zhenlian kissed Shiori on the forehead.

"Hehe... I was kissed..."

"Are you pretending to sleep?"

"hey-hey……"

After leaving the comic studio, Zhenlian met a woman with long silver-gray hair and two little bears stuffed in her chest pocket in the corridor.

"Oh, how pitiful..."

"You want coffee, right? It's such an honor that my coffee is so popular with Lingyin." Basically, as soon as Lingyin opened her mouth, Zhenlian probably knew what she wanted and said with a smile.

"Well, thank you for your help. It's pitiful."

There was no one in the Ratatosk underground facility late at night, and only Lingyin and Zhenlian were in the tea room. Zhenlian blew the milk foam floating on the coffee: "But it's so late, Lingyin, you haven't slept yet. Although it's rude to say, I don't think I've ever seen Lingyin sleeping."

After all, it was normal for Zhenlian to work overtime and stay up all night. Every time she saw Lingyin staying up late, the two of them would go to the tea room to chat while drinking coffee. But it was a coincidence that every time Zhenlian would fall asleep before Lingyin, and when Zhenlian stayed up all night, Lingyin would also stay up all night.

"I haven't slept in thirty years."

"Ms. Lingyin still loves to joke around." Zhenlian smiled awkwardly, "After all, Lingyin doesn't look like she's over 30, right?"

After finishing her coffee, Zhenlian put the coffee cup into the sink. The water flow seemed unusually clear in the tea room late at night. Zhenlian sighed: "Really, it would be great if I were as famous as Miku. That way I could attract more people and boost sales."

After hearing Zhenlian's troubles, Lingyin thought for a while and said, "Think about it. Maybe there will be other ways out."

[If you want to attract people to increase sales, you must have influence, or at least you must be well-known...]

Suddenly, Zhenlian thought of a solution! Although it was very stupid, she couldn't care less now.

After Zhenlian told Lingyin her method, Lingyin's expressionless face also showed an incredible look: "Is this really okay?"

"Just give it a try. Then I'll ask Lingyin to help me keep the accounts."

Chapter 18 Please use comics to conquer her (Part )

Deadline! Deadline!

There were still a few hours left before the comic exhibition on the 31st. The girls with dark circles under their eyes stared at the manuscript paper, using their hands that were so sore that they almost lost consciousness to draw their own stories and comics. The whole comic studio seemed to be filled with a thick black atmosphere.

The five girls have been working on the comics without any sleep for a whole day and night.

"Everyone, it's time to eat... Haven't you rested yet?"

Kotori, Tohka, Yoshino, and Miku pushed the door open and were shocked by the almost solid atmosphere in the room. The five girls kept working with panda eyes, and it was obvious that they had been drawing comics all night last night.

"Eat... Is it morning yet?" Shiori asked in a daze. The long hours of work had already disrupted her biological clock. Her voice was so weak that it seemed like she would collapse in the next second.

"Morning? It's already noon! Even if it's to make Niya open up her heart, you shouldn't force yourself like this, right?" Kotori held Shiori with heartache.

"Yes! Yes! You need to be full so you can draw better!" Tohka also followed suit and began to persuade Shiori, handing the rice ball she had made to Shiori.

"There's nothing I can do. After all, after getting encouragement from Shinrei-kun, my strength is increasing." Shiori smiled and touched the place on his forehead where Shinrei kissed him. You know, getting a kiss from your loved one will generate endless motivation, and this skill is not a boy's right.

"Hmm... my wind energy is running out, so I should eat something..."

"Agreed. Let's eat something."

Yakushiya and Yui looked at each other and put down the tools in their hands.

Origami also took a rice ball from the lunch box: "Take a break. You need to take in the necessary calories in order to work better."

However, while everyone was eating, they found that one person was still busy. On the innermost work table, Nanashi was still drawing the manuscript with a gloomy face.

In order to unify the painting style, Nanashi is the main writer, so her burden is the heaviest.

“…Whether it’s helping to save the elves…or fighting, I’m probably not going to be useful. These are the only small things I can do…so let me draw more, I really want to help everyone.” Nanashi had the heaviest dark circles under her eyes, her eyes were bloodshot, her tone was tired but full of seriousness, “I’m so happy because I met Shiori, Mayumi, and everyone else. I want to help everyone and other elves. Although I’m very busy, I don’t feel tired at all, on the contrary I’m very happy…I really want to let that stubborn old Niya know how happy it is to have friends!”

Seeing Nanashi's stubborn look, everyone was moved. Miku even volunteered: "This is so touching, let me hold Nanashi to sleep!"

"Sister, help me hold down Miku!"

"Yes."

In order to prevent Nanashi from suffering a mental blow, Shiori and Kotori together held down Miku to prevent her from doing anything bad to Nanashi. Although Miku said, "Kotori and Shiori-chan are so mean~", her blushing face and panting seemed to prove that she seemed to enjoy being held down by the Itsuka sisters.

"By the way, where is Zhenlian? I have worked so hard to draw the sacred chapter, he should give me and the Storm Twins a kiss of contract each!"

"Search. It's really unfair that Manrei only kissed Shiori last night."

"To reward me for my hard work in drawing, I should let Shinrei give me his DNA."

"Rei's kiss... I want it again..."

"Wait! You didn't sleep last night either!" After discovering that he was kissed by Zhenlian last night, Shiori's face, which was pale due to staying up late, turned red in an instant.

Although the elf girls were agitated when they learned that Shinren had secretly kissed Shiori, they soon calmed down and discovered that Shinren had disappeared.

"Feidian, be careful..."

"I pity you for being so messy."

At this moment, the door of the studio was opened, and Zhenlian walked in, but to be precise, she walked in with the support of Lei and Xun.

Seeing Manrei's appearance, everyone widened their eyes in shock, and Shiori screamed out, "Manrei-kun, what's wrong with you!"

All of Shinren's clothes were torn and tattered, and the dust and blood had stained the originally pure white clothes. Shinren's head was still wrapped in a bandage, and there was blood at the corners of her mouth that had not yet dried. This dusty look was just like someone who had just come back from a fight, but Shiori really couldn't imagine who could beat the invincible Shinren into this state.

After Reine's explanation, the girls finally understood why Shinrei was in such a mess. Shinrei had said before that it would be nice if he had the same fame as Miku, and it was this sentence that gave Shinrei an inspiration - he was not without fame, but just not here.

The place where Zhenlian is popular is the red-light district in Tiangong City, where the security is the worst. When she was wandering before, Zhenlian really did everything. In order to survive, she offended many people, including leaders of small gangs.

Because Zhen Lian was a quasi-elf, no matter how many people they brought to cause trouble, they were always sent to the hospital by Zhen Lian without exception. Even after more than a year, their hatred for Zhen Lian should not have diminished in the slightest.

Therefore, Zhenlian made a business, in which the purchase of doujinshi could be exchanged for the opportunity to revenge by beating Zhenlian. Buy one doujinshi to get a punch, buy three doujinshi to get a kick, and buy five doujinshi to get a step.

In just a few hours, Zhenlian was kicked more than 500 times, stepped on more than 400 times, and punched countless times. Of course, every time was recorded by Lingyin and the others. If anyone dared to deny it, then Wang, Xun, Lei, and Zhenlian would soon come to his doorstep to let him know that they and death were synonymous to him.

"I was originally planning to take Zhenlian to the infirmary to rest, but he insisted on showing off his achievements... Alas, he is a willful child." Lingyin held her face and shook her head helplessly. It seemed that Zhenlian forgot that his appearance would only add to the worries of Shiori and the others.

"Manre-kun, why are you doing such a thing?" Shiori held up Manre-kun's disheveled face worriedly and scolded her with heartache.

“After all, you guys work so hard… Wouldn’t it be rude if I don’t try harder…” After saying this, Zhenlian’s head drooped down as if it had lost support.

"Rei-kun!"

"How pitiful!"

Seeing Zhenlian hanging her head as if she was dead in an ACGN work, the girls suddenly became panicked, but fortunately, Zhenlian's snoring dispelled their doubts - Zhenlian was simply asleep.

"Ah... Brother Manren is really messing around..." Kotori held her forehead helplessly. Only Manren could come up with such an outrageous idea. "Reine, please take Brother Manren to the infirmary to rest."

Seeing Zhenlian being taken away by Lingyin, Shizhi breathed a sigh of relief: "It's great that Zhenlian-kun is okay..."

Seeing how hard Man worked, Shiori suddenly felt powerful again: "I must make the best comics and never let everyone's efforts go to waste!"