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Chapter 190 Set sail
"Usually I just think he is an arrogant, arrogant, reticent, obnoxious, arrogant, unsociable, and annoying kid, but this guy is really powerful!" Mitsui Shou thought so.

At the end of the first half, under Rukawa Kaede's performance, Xiangbei vs Hainan were evenly divided at 49:49!

Rukawa Kaede, who just graduated from junior high school, actually took control of the game and scored 25 points in the first half. He is a real super star with a bright future.

At the end of August, the summer vacation is coming to an end.

At this time, Higashino knew that Nishimura had returned to Tokyo.

They made an appointment to meet near Yanyan High School.

It was almost time, Higashino leaned against the shade of the school gate and waited.

Unexpectedly, some students have returned to school now, they should be students of the art department, living in the dormitory.

"Tori Akino-sensei!"

When Higashino was in a daze, he heard a very excited voice.

He was dazed and didn't respond for a while.

The other party said: "Senior Dongye!"

Higashino raised his head. It was a girl with a round face and looked very cute.

"Hello," Higashino stood up straight, tidied up his messy clothes, and almost fell asleep.

"I am a student of "Yoshihara-so"!Thank you so much for the paintings you left behind. "The girl said excitedly.

"Painting?" Higashino realized that it was a junior from his original dormitory, "Did I miss something? I'm really sorry."

His things are not easy to sort out, and there may be something left behind.

"There are only a few paintings," the girl waved her hand, "and it's a surprise! A big surprise!"

"As long as you like it." Higashino replied with a smile.

"Senior's paintings are really good. I didn't expect that your original manuscript, Senior Higashino in high school, is already very good." She held her hands to her chest, her eyes sparkling.

That was the original manuscript of "The Garden of Words", which was much more detailed than what she saw in the youth jump.

The composition of the comic background, the use of pavilions, pillars, and tree trunks are all unique and full of details.

And under the strokes, it fully demonstrated the shyness of the young Yukino.

After seeing it, she felt the beauty of youth, and her heart was moved by this painting.

"As expected of Senior Higashino, the legend of Yanyan High School."

……

Nishimura and Kitamoto arrived, and they saw Higashino Hibiki chatting with female high school students from a distance.

The girl's admiring eyes made Nishimura very jealous, "Damn Higashino! He is really popular with girls..."

"As expected of Higashino." Kitamoto sighed.

After the girl asked for her autograph, she waved her hands and ran away cheerfully.

The two of them stepped forward.

Nishimura wanted to ask jealously, and when the two of them worked, they hooked up with the cute jk.

"What's the matter with you? Why are you contacting me now?" Higashino asked Nishimura.

Nishimura was taken aback for a moment, and a warm current gushed out from the bottom of his heart.

"It turns out that Higashino also cares about our relationship."

"Sorry, I don't want to interfere with your work."

"So," Higashino continued angrily, "You should go straight back to Sapporo and leave me alone."

"???" Nishimura was full of question marks.

"Haha, just kidding." Higashino hugged him, "Long time no see, welcome back."

……

It's been a long time since I've been back to Yanyan High School, the three of them were looking around in the school.

It happened that a cloud blocked the sun, and a pleasant wind blew again.Except for the occasional students who want to sign autographs, it is quite peaceful and peaceful.

"This place! That's right! That's right!" Nishimura exclaimed excitedly, "On the stool here, I caught a glimpse of Asahina-san sleeping with her eyes closed. Her hair fluttered in the wind, her expression was peaceful, With the charm of Sleeping Beauty, I fell in love with her! Ah, I miss her so much."

Higashino and Kitamoto saw this place as an ordinary armchair, and they couldn't help looking at Nishimura with perverted eyes.

Seeing that he even wanted to touch the armchair, the two couldn't help it immediately, and pulled him away.

Later, when he came to the playground and looked at the football field, Kitamoto sighed, "When I was in high school, I was tired from studying and would often come to watch the games."

In the small Yanyan High School, memories of the past are everywhere.

Only Higashino Hibiki lacked some memories. His high school years were spent in the dormitory.

After wandering around the school for more than an hour, when he was about to leave, a student excitedly recognized Hibiki Higashino.

"Tori Akino-sensei! I like "Slam Dunk" very much! I think your concept and plot are better than Osamu Tezuka!"

Higashino Hibiki didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Tell me why I offended you."

After leaving school, the Northwest two also used this incident to tease Higashi Higashino.

"Thank you for the idea he gave us, Higashino, please treat us to dinner today, otherwise we will say that when we meet people in the future."

Higashino Hibiki: "..."

The whole was speechless.

But after that, he still invited him to dinner, after all, Nishimura entertained him in Sapporo before.

"Next time it will be Beiben's turn."

Higashino said at the turntable sushi restaurant.

"Of course there is no problem, but we have to wait until after graduation." Bei Ben smiled happily, "I have already successfully proposed to my girlfriend, and I will get married after graduation. You must come to participate when the time comes."

"Really!" Higashino's eyes widened, how could they be so similar?

"Wow!" Nishimura gritted his teeth, enviously wanting to put the sushi plate upside down on the table!
"Of course it is true," Beiben said, "I am really happy now."

"Congratulations," Higashino said.

The three talked for a long time, and did not bid farewell to each other until the tip of the willow on the moon.

"Wait! North Bento University Law, there are still many years until he graduates!"

It was only then that Higashino realized that he would have to wait a long time to eat this meal from Beimoto.

……

In the two years since graduating from high school to university, Higashino found that both of them had grown a lot, and now they looked like adults, and they began to think about the future.

This made him very emotional.

Soon time came to September, and Musashino started school.

I didn't see each other for a holiday, and when I saw my classmates, they all changed.

Some got tanned, some changed drastically, from the good girls to the hot girls.

Others talked about love inexplicably.

For example, Tada Wanli, he was with Musashino's eldest daughter Kagaka Koko.

"Mr. Higashino, is there any event you want to participate in this year's school celebration?" The squad leader walked over and asked cautiously.

"That's right," Tada Wanli said, "My folk dance club will organize dances, Mr. Akino Tori, please come and join us!"

"Sorry," Higashino refused, "I'm really busy and don't have time."

"Understandable, excuse me." The squad leader left.

Except for the serialization of "Slam Dunk", Higashino's life has not changed.

He still returned to the dormitory after class and started today's work.

Oda was very nervous, the results of the third round of serialization meetings were about to come out.

He pretended to be calm, and continued to work under his hands, but his eyes became erratic.

Higashino didn't care either.

After working for half an hour, Oda answered the phone, and then cheered, he finally passed the serialization meeting!
In other words, "One Piece" will start serialization.

After venting his emotions, Oda immediately expressed his gratitude: "Thank you very much for the training of Mr. Akino Tori!"

The official serialization is about to begin, and he will also leave Higashihiro Higashino's studio. I am very sad and thank you solemnly.

"Oda-san, I should also thank you for your dedication to serializing "Slam Dunk" for so long."

Although there are four assistants, the serialization of "Slam Dunk" has a lot of tasks, so every assistant has worked very hard. Higashino is very grateful to Oda and the others for persevering.

"The teacher taught me a lot! Story creation, basic comic skills, all benefited a lot!"

Oda found that the characters in "One Piece" are becoming more and more exaggerated. This is the teaching of Akino Tori in the future. Only by exaggerating the characters can they be different.

Perspective also learned a lot.

He dug out the sketches from two years ago, and compared with the present one, he looked like a completely different person.

"Come on." Higashino said: "In the future, we will compete together on the jump."

"Yeah!" Oda nodded.

the next day.

Today is Oda's last day at Tori Akino Studio.

His mood was unexpectedly peaceful.

After finishing the work, Oda looked at the Easter egg of the "Straw Hat Pirates" pirate flag left on the drawing, with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

"I take my leave," he said, standing up.

"Goodbye." Higashino stood up and waved goodbye to him.

Before leaving, Oda wanted to say something, thank Higashino for what he said in the program.

What he said greatly affected Torishima Kazuhiko's judgment.

"But keep it in your heart."

Looking back at the studio, Oda left.

Without Oda, the studio immediately became quiet. There used to be noisy voices and chattering people, but now the three assistants are all quiet types.

Tanaka got up and left.

Yoshii Sanjiu stood up immediately, and he came to Higashino Hibiki: "Can you come out and have a chat?"

"of course can."

When the day's work is over, the moon comes up.

The wind at night brought coolness, and the blown hair fluttered.

In the corridor, Higashino did not speak, quietly waiting for Yoshii Sanhisa to organize his words.

After a long while, Yoshii Sanjiu spoke up.

"Higashino-kun, I listened to what you said about me on the TV show. During the summer vacation, I kept thinking, what is my dream?"

"I tried a lot of sports, including baseball, tennis, and volleyball; I also tried some creations, writing novels and scripts. As a result, I found that none of these were what I wanted to do."

"Dream or something, I haven't found it yet."

He decided to continue his current life, "Compared with those, I think it's more interesting to be an assistant with everyone. So I will trouble you next."

What he said was sincere, Higashino knew he was serious, so he nodded.

"Hearing what you said, I'm actually a little happy in my heart," Higashino said, "This studio is still inseparable from you, hahaha."

Sasaki once said that in order to cultivate newcomers, the assistants in the studio are usually two veterans paired with a newcomer, and the cycle continues.

Yoshii Sanjiu left, and the progress of "Slam Dunk" will be affected.

These are the superficial thoughts of Higashino Hibiki.

In fact, after staying together for so long, he will be sad if another friend leaves.

Seeing the back of Yoshii Sanku leaving, Higashino stretched his waist.

"Okay, let's continue working."

……

San Yuanyi is a staff writer for the Yomiuri Shimbun and has been working in this position for 10 years.

He is also a reader of the old era, and there are always some who look down on the new era.

Looking at the jump, he frowned.

"Jump has weakened. Compared with the Platinum Age, only one "Slam Dunk" dominates the scene. It's really sad."

To the newcomers around him, he talked eloquently, "It's far worse than before. It's interesting to compete with "Dragon Ball", "Yu Yu Hakusho" and "Slam Dunk"."

Seeing the newcomers, he was a little unconvinced, and he said: "The circulation of Jump used to be 650 million copies, but now it only has 500 million copies. You can tell its decline, tsk tsk tsk."

Shaking his head and taking a sip of coffee, he opened the comic magazine.

Araki Hirohiko is still following the old path, and is still serializing the fifth part of "Jojo" Golden Wind.

Evergreen's "Oolong Police Station" is not finished yet, it has become a foot wrap.

As for "Rurouni Kenshin", it has no meaning at all.

He didn't pay much attention to the other cartoons, and skipped them after flipping through them hastily.

"The jump is over," he concluded.

The last thing I watched was "Slam Dunk".

The second-half matchup between Xiangbei and Hainan.

Takenori Akagi barely played, and he slammed down a dunk right off the bat.

Xiangbei scored 51 points, surpassing Hainan for the first time.

Coach Gaotou couldn't help but look sideways, "Akagi...what a strong man, he doesn't have any foot injuries at all."

When Sakuragi asked about Akagi's foot injury, he replied with an ugly smile, "Of course it's okay."

Very unconvincing.

Akagi is playing with the determination to die.

There are still 10 minutes, and he must not give up.

This was an opportunity he had come so hard to get, and he couldn't slip away before his eyes.

Mu Mu looked at Akagi and recalled the first grade.

When other players lost because they met a strong team, Akagi couldn't hide his resignation.

Others muddled through, and what he thought was why didn't he work harder?

The game continued. Facing the Hainan players, Akagi glared at them with determined eyes.

This look was full of oppression, so the opponent was timid, and the ball was passed to Mu Shen.

Mu Shenyi, who is like a king, was already the focus of the audience when he was a freshman in high school.

At that time, he was in the auditorium, watching the match between Hainan and Xiangyang in the final week.

Mu Shenyi and Fujima Kenji are both in the first grade just like him.

The two heroes of Kanagawa, the dazzling new stars of Hainan and Xiangyang, everyone calls Mu Shenichi and Fujima Kenji like this.

In the auditorium, Akagi was shocked and unwilling.

If only he could play a few more games too!
In the future, we must also come here!
After that, the Xiangbei basketball team trained more heavily.

The partners on the basketball team withdrew one after another.

They just want to play basketball for fun and don't want to work so hard.

In the team, only Kiguro Konobu accompanied Akagi.

Even so, Akagi did not give up.

He was just a rookie in the first year of high school. After hard training, he became the top center in Kanagawa.

Now I can finally stand here!
(End of this chapter)