Is it okay not to want to work hard?

Red bean paste, private Marseille! 90° bow, camera click, click, click, click.

However, Higashino Kanade did not apologize because he was a despicable person.

Even if he did not let Yoshida Koji say a complete sentence and hung up the phone twice, which was 99% wrong, doesn't Yoshida Koji have the other 9901% fault?

First, I committed the sin of hubris by not introducing myself right away.

Secondly, I can’t remember what happened later, but in short, his mistake was very small, a very cute one, and the editor’s mistake was very big, very big.

There is a square table, two people sit facing each other, and on the table are two cups of hot green tea and two cups of ice-cold Sprite.

Yoshida Koji and Pingzi Yoshihisa looked at the two elementary school students sitting opposite them and couldn't help but want to laugh. Especially Yoshida Koji saw that Higashino Kanade was like this, and his bad mood that had been interrupted before was quickly cheered up.

I was overthinking it. No matter how talented he was, he was still a child after all. Even if I became Higashino Kanade's editor, it would be easy for him, an adult, to control a child.

"Hello, let us introduce ourselves again. We are the editors of Weekly Shonen Jump, Yoshihisa Hibiki and Koji Yoshida."

Pingzi Jijiu lowered his head slightly and put his hand on his chest to introduce himself, then indicated the name of the person next to him with his right hand.

"The spring is here, Dongye plays."

Quan Qifang pointed at himself with a smile, and pulled Dongye Kanade closer.

"..."

Dongye Zou really wanted to say that the editor came to see him, what does it have to do with you, but he couldn't say it. It's not that he couldn't say it, but if he said it, Ci Fang would feel disappointed and might need him to coax her then.

Besides, he is not a harem protagonist with low EQ, he is a harem protagonist with high EQ (confidence) (very confident). He should say more nice words and less or no unpleasant words to his future girlfriend, future wife, and future mother of his/her children.

What is the first and only factor that enables a male protagonist to start a harem?

The protagonist is just, bah, Yasasi, damn Yasasi!

Higashino Kanade feels that he is a time traveler and has the aura of the protagonist. Without this, it would be impossible for him and Konata to be childhood sweethearts. He met Shoko and Yuzuru in the fifth grade of elementary school.

"Higashino-kun, congratulations on winning the first prize of the Tezuka Award for your comic book "The Brave." Pingzi Jijiu did not let the silence in the air last. Seeing that Higashino Kanade did not speak, he immediately broke the silence, "This is the Tezuka Cup and certificate of the general, please keep them. And this is the commemorative shield of the deputy general."

“One million.”×2.

In unison, the two money-grubbers spoke.

"..."

"One, one million..."

This pair of primary school students made the two editors confused.

Hey, you are elementary school students, can you please stop being so snobbish and money-hungry? Certificates, Tezuka Cup, Memorial Shield, these are honors that many cartoonists want but cannot get. Even this Tezuka Cup has not been awarded for 30 years, and you actually care about the money of the secondary prize, but not the most important main prize? !

Yoshida Koji had a strange premonition that the Higashino Kanade, whom he thought could be easily controlled, was not only difficult to control, but would make things even more difficult for him.

Come to think of it, these two people seem like the childhood sweethearts he has seen in pure love novels.

He envies other children for having childhood sweethearts. He didn’t have one when he was a child. If he had, he might not be single now.

Pingzi Jiji coughed to try to ease his embarrassment. He explained to Higashino Kanade and Izumi Konakata, "We didn't bring the 100 yen for the secondary prize. For safety reasons, we directly transferred it to the bank card. Higashino-kun, can you please contact your parents?"

"..."

Higashino Kanade fell silent.

"Fuck."

Quan Chifang spread his hands, and the one hundred Fukuzawa Yukichi tickets he had played were gone.

"What do you mean by finished?"

Pingzi Jijiu asked politely, but he probably guessed something when he asked the question.

"Can I exchange it for cash? I want to buy a drawing tablet and a lot of painting supplies. If you, Editor Bottle, transfer the money to my parents' bank card, I may only get 1,000 yen."

Higashino Kanade wants a digital tablet, she really wants one.

One thousand yen can only buy four copies of Weekly Shonen Jump. Buying a graphics tablet? No way.

"This one……"

Pingzijiu hesitated.

If Dong Ye Zou was an adult, he would think this request was fine, but Dong Ye Zou was a child under the guardianship of his parents, and it would not be possible to get the bonus without discussing it with Dong Ye Zou's parents.

"Team leader, should we ask about Higashino-kun's family situation? It seems that his family doesn't support him drawing comics."

Yoshida Koji's way of addressing Higashino Kanade has changed just like that of Heiji Yoshihisa.

Call someone by their first name when you haven't met or when you first meet them. Call them by their last name + Mr. after a brief introduction.

Higashino Kanade knew that his parents did not disapprove of his comics, but in their eyes, comics were not as important as studying. Even if he won the prize, they still thought he should study hard. The prize money should be given to them for safekeeping. What kind of money could a child keep? He would definitely spend it carelessly.

It’s not that he can’t explain to his parents that good painting supplies are expensive. Even cheap ones will still be expensive if you buy them in large quantities. For example, you can’t just buy one pen, or just one painting.

Ink is 500 yen, comic manuscript paper is 500 yen, pencils, erasers, D pens, G pens, correction fluid, rulers... a series of drawing supplies needed for comics. Not to mention that yen is not enough, even yen is not enough for him.

Art, whether it is painting or music, is very expensive. Not only is it expensive, it is also very hard work.

Yoshihisa Pingzi and Koji Yoshida asked about the situation of Higashino Kanade's family, and learned in detail whether Higashino Kanade supported or opposed Higashino Kanade's comics. They were relieved to learn that they did not oppose it, supported it in an attitude as long as it did not affect his studies, and did not support it financially.

The most worrying thing is not the lack of financial support, but the lack of attitude. Although both editors think that it is okay for Higashino Kanade to focus more on studying (???) than comics, he is still young and will have enough time to draw comics in the future, and problems with his studies may cause problems in the future.

What's more, learning can serve drawing comics, but drawing comics can hardly serve learning.

"I'm sorry, we can't agree to that, but we will try our best to persuade your parents."

Pingzi Yoshihisa did not accept Tono Kanade's proposal. He still wanted to talk to the adults of the Tono family, "Don't worry. Even if Tono-kun's parents don't provide financial support, our Jump editorial department will also provide support. However, the prerequisite is that your next work can be serialized in Akamaru Jump through our serialization meeting. This time it will no longer be a short story, but a long one. You have to draw three chapters of Name and let Yoshida-kun read it first. At the same time, you have to complete the three chapters in three weeks? Can you do it?"

"I..." Tono Kanade looked at the two editors, Pingzi Yoshihisa and Yoshida Koji, took a deep breath, and said with a firm look in his eyes, "I don't know!"

"Okay, wait, you didn't know that?!"

"Hey, hey, you must be kidding."

Higashino Kanade's answer was beyond the expectations of Higashihisa Pingzi and Yoshida Koji.

At this time, shouldn’t you say “I can do it” with full momentum, young man, where is your passion???

Light it up!

There are pictures here, which can be viewed after the updated version

Chapter 37: Lonely Rock Preview

The comics thing is not over yet.

There are many things to discuss about the comics. Since Tono Kanade is not an adult, the editors have to discuss many matters with Tono Kanade's parents.

During this visit, the two editors told Higashino Kanade the news that his manga had won an award and sent the reward over.

Their job after that was to go back and report the matter to the editor-in-chief, call Higashino Kanade's parents to transfer 1 million yen to their bank card, and then discuss with them whether it was possible to allow the elementary school student Higashino Kanade to be serialized in "Akamaru Jump".

"Akamaru Jump" is a supplement to "Weekly Shonen Jump", published three times a year, during Golden Week, Obon Festival, and the end and beginning of the year.

If Higashino Kanade's manga can be a great success in "Akamaru Jump" and get first place in the reader survey, then this manga may be serialized in "Weekly Shonen Jump".

But Higashino Kanade is just an elementary school student. Even if he has the talent, isn’t it a bad idea for him to become a cartoonist so early? Once his works start to be serialized in a weekly magazine, will he still have time to go to school?

By then it will probably turn out like this: no time to draw comics at school, no time to go to school when drawing comics.

What Pingzi Yoshihisa actually hopes is that Higashino Kanade can try to complete six or even more chapters of the comics in three weeks during the winter vacation, and Name should be able to reach ten chapters. If Higashino Kanade can achieve this, he will definitely be able to balance his studies and comics in the future.

Let Higashino Kanade try writing three chapters in three weeks first. If that doesn’t work out, let him go to school and become a professional cartoonist when he reaches high school or preferably college.

Yoshihisa Pingzi and Koji Yoshida went back, and Tono Kanade did not go back to his room to catch up on some sleep after seeing them off.

“This way.”

"What?"

"What's your father's phone number? Give me the number and I'll send it to the client. Please talk to my uncle for me. Finally, someone wants us to handle a supernatural incident."

Higashino Kanade didn't expect that the personal website that Uncle Sojiro made for him didn't have Uncle Sojiro's own phone number. Wasn't it agreed that one would be Shigeo Kageyama and the other would be Shintaka Reigen? Although there is no "Psycho Psycho 100" in this world, the meaning is almost the same.

"it is good."

Izumi Konata made an "OK" gesture and told me Izumi Sojiro's cell phone number.

The client seemed to be a big idler. For some reason, when he sent the phone number and ran to Izumi's house, Izumi Sojiro was talking on the phone with the other party.

"Shinjuku? Can I reimburse the travel expenses in addition to the commission fee? Okay, 4pm, no problem, we will arrive on time then."

After a while, Izumi Sojiro hung up the phone.

Izumi Sojiro looked at Higashino Kanade and said, "The client is the manager of a live house. He said that several customers in the store have encountered ghosts when taking pictures. There was also a situation where the clerk heard the sound of guitar in the store after closing the store. The guitar was played without any rhythm and was very unpleasant, like a novice. The clerk thought there was someone hiding in the store, so he opened the door and went back to the store to look for a long time but didn't find anyone hiding in the store. The address is in Shinjuku, the meeting time is four o'clock, and we will leave at three o'clock."

It's all ghosts, is this what you care about?

“Does the store manager have a photo?”

Compared to whether the ghost can play the guitar, Higashino Kanade is more concerned about the clarity of the ghost photographed by the customer. If nothing unexpected happens, the clearer the ghost in the photo, the more difficult it will be to exorcise it. I hope it is not a fierce ghost. It is true that he has superpowers, but there is no guarantee that he will not capsize in the gutter. I just hold the spirit of saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. Even if I really encounter a fierce ghost, I will try to exorcise it.

The ghosts in some stories believe that every wrong has its perpetrator and every debt has its creditor, but the ghosts in this world do not believe in such things.

When he was young, because he could see ghosts, he had more or less voluntarily or involuntarily performed the salvation and exorcism of some demons and monsters. The former was to help the ghosts fulfill their wishes and become Buddhas, while the latter was to let the ghosts' spirits fly away.

"Yes, I'll add his email address now and ask for photos."

Izumi Sojiro knew that Higashino Kanade was an expert in the supernatural, just as Kofusa knew that Higashino Kanade had super powers, he also knew that Higashino Kanade had super powers.

He asked a question about someone, but unfortunately it only made him more lonely.

The dead should not disturb the living.

This is Izumi Konakata's idea, and Higashino Kanade respects this idea of ​​Izumi Konakata's mother. Even if he accidentally sees Uncle Sojiro looking at Konakata's mother's photo with a nostalgic and sad look on his face, he can only continue to abide by the agreement with Konakata's mother.

Soon, Izumi Sojiro received the photos sent by the client in his mailbox. He took a look at them first, saved them, and then gave the phone to Higashino Kanade.

Taking the phone handed over by Izumi Sojiro, Higashino Kanade carefully looked through the photos that Izumi Sojiro had just saved in the album.

The faces of people in selfies are blurred, the key point is that there are shadows of blurred faces in the photos.

One, two, three, four, five, six... eh?

Before Tono Kanade could see clearly, a hand quickly snatched the phone away.

"Have you finished reading it? What do you think?"

Izumi Sojiro put his cell phone in his pocket and pretended nothing had happened.

"Didn't see clearly."

Higashino Kanade yawned.

I’m sleepy. I’ll take a nap later, otherwise I won’t be able to hold on in the afternoon.

"Children, don't look at this!"

Izumi Souji's righteous look makes him look like a beast in human clothing.

"I mean I didn't see those supernatural photos clearly."

Higashino Kanade held his forehead helplessly. It was true that he didn't see the nude picture clearly, but if he didn't see it clearly, then so be it. It was just a nude picture of crickets, not worthy of him taking off his pants.

"Mysterious photo, I thought you..."

Izumi Sojiro wiped the sweat from his forehead awkwardly.

"What do you think?" Quan Qifang, who had been silent, couldn't help but speak, "It can't be something pornographic."

Girls' sixth sense is always extremely sharp.

"Yes, but not completely."

"generally."

The first sentence was said by Izumi Sojiro, he was making excuses. The second sentence was said by Higashino Kanade, although he didn't see it clearly, but the blurry scene he saw at first glance gave his brain the first feeling that it was normal. SpongeBob didn't even shout "I'm ready!" "I'm ready!" "I'm ready!", so what else could it be if it wasn't normal.

"Can you guys restrain yourself for a moment?"

Upon hearing this, Quan felt ashamed.

Wouldn't a normal person be embarrassed to say "no" after hearing what she said? These two people are indeed perverted gentlemen. It is not appropriate to call them perverted, and calling them gentlemen is too flattering. Perverted gentlemen are just right.

In the morning and noon, Higashino Kanade stayed at Izumi Konakata's house. Under the watchful eyes of Izumi Sojiro, he studied the supernatural photos on his mobile phone, then he drank some water and went to sleep.

I'm going to Shinjuku at 3pm to go to the Live House.