This is not the date I wanted.

"Well, to be honest, I just learned from Meng Yue and applied it on the spot. After all, I was busy with the manuscript and couldn't spare the time to watch the animation. However, I like this sentence very much."

Scratching his cheek a little, Shidou said with a wry smile.

"I see..." Erya showed a convinced expression, and then asked, "Then why are you telling me this?"

Even though it was Ryougi Yugetsu who taught him, it was undoubtedly Shidou's own choice to use these words to provoke her at this time.

Hearing this, Shidou turned to look at Nia and said seriously,

"Because Niya, ever since Gao Cheng left, you've always had that expression on your face that says 'I hope someone will give me a push from behind.'"

"Nani!?"

Niya hurriedly touched her cheek, and then when she saw Shidou's smiling mouth, she immediately reacted.

For a moment, feelings of shame and anger surged in Erya's heart, and his face turned red.

"Ah! I'll go! I'll go, okay? Boy, if my comics aren't sold out by the time I come back, I'll definitely teach you a lesson!"

After leaving these words angrily, Erya turned around and rushed into the crowd at a hurried pace.

……

God is lonely, but God can endure that loneliness, so he is called God.

This is what Erya thinks.

She is not so arrogant as to think that she is a god, but she has gained god-like powers due to a coincidence.

Because of this ability, she saw many things that she shouldn't have seen.

The editors who always claim to select works for publication based on their merit are actually using unspoken rules against new cartoonists.

The family of three seemed amiable to the outside world, but they often quarreled at home and abused their children due to stress.

Even a pitiful beggar on the street, Erya saw that the other person secretly had a high-end private car and house, and was richer than her who was a new cartoonist at the time.

and also……

It would be impossible not to feel disappointed when seeing these ugly human behaviors.

Of course, the scope of this disappointment also includes Ben Tiao Erya himself.

As I just said, Honjo Niya is not a god, but a human being.

But humans, after all, are social animals.

Even though she had God's omniscience, Erya still chose to do nothing. She neither chose to expose these ugly behaviors nor deliberately drew a line between herself and those who disappointed her. She just quietly used the intelligence in her hands to smoothly maintain the interpersonal relationships around her.

But because of this, if faced with a true friend, she would choose to leave on her own initiative.

Erya was very scared.

I was afraid that one day I would not be able to resist my curiosity and use the angel to explore my friend’s past. I was afraid that after using the angel, I would be disappointed with the friends I had made with great difficulty. I was afraid that I would be disappointed in myself for doing such an excessive thing to my friend.

and so--

"Ha...ha...I didn't think before...that this venue...was too big..."

Erya took a few quick breaths, looked at the crisscrossing crowd in front of him, and couldn't help but droop his shoulders in exhaustion.

To be honest, she just rushed out because she couldn't resist Shido Gokawa's instigation, but she had no idea what Takagi's next itinerary would be.

"According to the development of the second dimension... shouldn't the next scene jump directly to the plot where I find Gaocheng... I actually got lost here... So... reality is... a rubbish game..."

Although such a problem can be quickly solved by using the Confession Book, if I still want to rely on the angel at this point, even if I find Gaocheng, what I want to say will definitely be distorted.

But if he didn't do this, Niya's own strength would have been exhausted before he found Gaocheng.

"We have to think of a way... Oh, right! Just go to the Lost Children's Center and ask the staff to use the radio to call Gao Cheng to come pick me up!"

Erya couldn't help but applaud at his flash of inspiration.

"How come I'm so smart!"

"You're so smart! How old are you? Do you still have any shame?"

Before Erya could finish praising herself, a paper fan fell on the back of her head with a "pa".

"Bili-chan! Can you please stop doing this? Even if I have a good temper, I'll still get angry."

Squatting down and hugging his head, Erya knew who had hit his head without even raising his head, and complained in dissatisfaction.

"You are just thinking about something embarrassing again..."

Meng Yue sighed softly and spoke slowly.

"Platform 34 in the Central District. The person you are looking for is there."

"Boy, and you too, Bili-chan, you both see things too clearly..."

In this case, there is no room for complaint. Erya couldn't help but smile helplessly.

"Hey~ Bili-chan."

"what?"

"I can't run anymore. Can you carry me?"

"Get out of here!"

……

"T-Takagi... Teacher..."

"Eh? Honjo-sensei? Why do you look so out of breath?"

"Ahahaha...it's been a long time since I last did some strenuous exercise...it's a bit too much."

Supporting her still trembling knees with her hands, Erya panted and gave Gaocheng a smile that was uglier than crying.

"Damn... my back hurts... Bili-chan... is it just a joke?"

Feeling the burning sensation on his back, Erya couldn't help but mutter softly.

"Mr. Honjo?"

"No...it's okay. Wait a minute."

Feeling Gao Cheng's puzzled gaze, Erya waved his hand, wiped the sweat from his face, took a few deep breaths to adjust his breathing, and then spoke solemnly.

"Teacher Gaocheng..."

"Yes, what can I do for you?"

"Um, um, well... actually I..."

Feeling like he couldn't find the right words to express his thoughts, Erya was a little incoherent.

(Not good... What should I say now?)

Over the past few years, because of the angel, although Erya looks unrestrained and nonsensical, she is actually better than anyone else at wearing a mask and talking fluently with others.

But because of this, when she took off the mask and tried to communicate with others with her true heart, she seemed clumsy.

(Should I kowtow and apologize directly? No, if I saw this, I would run away instead. How about finding some topics with similar interests first, or just confess directly? It’s not good to be too serious, or I can inadvertently hint at it while playing a joke...)

Hurry up, or I will retreat again. Erya urged himself desperately in his heart.

"Well, after this comic convention, can you be my friend?"

Hearing what Erya said, Gao Cheng first opened his eyes wide in surprise, and then he laughed with relief.

"Pfft - Honjo-sensei, what you said is like raising a death flag."

"Eh... so that's true..."

What on earth am I talking about? Erya couldn't help but think in a confused manner.

"Then I will fold the flag now."

Gently holding Erya's hands, Gao Cheng showed a sincere smile under his big glasses.

"That's unnecessary. I have always been very good friends with Honjo-sensei. It's great that this is not just my fantasy."

...Hello, I'm Honjo Niya.

I can't hold back my tears. What should I do? Waiting online. Urgent!

PS: The lines of Zhu Luye and the monologue of Erya that appear in the text are all my personal imagination and do not exist in the original work.

23 Doujinshi featuring Shidou

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"Thank you for your patronage. Ha~"

After watching a customer leave, Gokawa Shido yawned a little tiredly.

Although he knew that his behavior was not good, there was nothing he could do about it. Too many things had happened one after another in the past few days, leaving him with little energy to allocate for sleep.

(No, no! Focus!)

Shidou patted his cheek to sober himself up.

Taking advantage of the time when he was not with the customers, Shidou secretly looked at the remaining books in Niya's shop. The original 5,000 printed copies were almost sold out. It can be said that he is indeed a popular manga artist, and his popularity is well-deserved.

(We are still a little bit behind.)

Glancing at Kotori's stall, Shidou smiled bitterly.

Although it was a latecomer, unlike Honjo-do, which had a big show from the beginning, Ratatoskr only started to attract customers in the second half. Before that, the people who came were either Kotori's "shills", Origami's former AST teammates, or classmates or friends from school.

I lost. Although I felt a little regretful, Shidao surprisingly did not feel particularly depressed or disappointed.

It is true that the story I created with everyone has received good reviews. I have tried my best and it has paid off. If you don’t care about winning or losing, this is already a good result.

Moreover, if he really cared about winning or losing, he would not deliberately make the self-inflicted choice of helping Erya watch the game.

(Niya, have you reconciled with Mr. Takahashi?)

"Hey, we meet again, handsome boy."

"?"

Shidou raised his head in confusion, and saw a mature woman who was somewhat out of place with the atmosphere of the venue and was dressed very fashionably. She was standing in front of the counter and smiled at Shidou.

Shidou recognized this woman. She was the strange foreign tourist whom Shidou met on the street yesterday.

"Ms. Ai. Are you here at the Comic Colosseum too?"

"Just call me Wu Lian."

Ai Wulian nodded slightly and replied,

"Yes, it's a rare opportunity to come to Japan, and I happened to encounter such a big event, so of course I have to participate."

"How does it feel?"

"Ah~ To be honest, it's even more amazing than I imagined. Everything is so new and interesting to visit. Unfortunately, there are so many places I want to go that it's hard to choose."

As she spoke, Ai Wulian showed Shidao the various otaku bags she had bought, and she seemed to be enjoying them very much.

"Well, let's stop chatting here for now. Handsome boy, do you still have Mr. Honjo's notebook?"

“Yes, this is the last one.”

"Oh, Lucky~ Here, please give me one."

"Ten thousand yuan... Sorry, please wait a moment."

Seeing the other party casually take out a Mr. Yukichi note with the highest price in the market from his wallet, Shidao's forehead was slightly sweaty. He stood up and asked other staff to prepare the change.

"Thank you for your patronage. The total is 500 yen. Here's your change for 9,500 yen. Please keep it."

He handed the change and the notebook to Wu Lian. Perhaps because they knew the stock was out, all the customers in the queue except Wu Lian had left in disappointment.

"Thank you."

After receiving the notebook, Kiriren did not rush to leave, but sat on the counter and chatted with Shidao.

"I see. I was wondering why you were so angry when you saw me cutting comics yesterday. I originally thought you were a fan of Honjo-sensei. Now it seems that you are Honjo-sensei's assistant."

"No, no, you misunderstood."

Shidou smiled bitterly and shook his head, then pointed to the stall next door.