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Chapter 212 Heartbroken Oda

Higashino was suffering from hunger, but had to attend Jump's New Year's party.

Wakana, the president of Shueisha, was speaking eloquently on the stage. He encouraged the efforts of the staff last year, and shared his thoughts on the future development of Shueisha to the participating industry professionals.

Wakana was talking with great interest, which made Higashino's face turn green.

He really wanted to just lie down and save energy.

After [-] minutes of staying up, the speech was finally over, and the audience clinked glasses.

After the end, Higashino did not participate in the lottery draw, did not engage in social activities, did not play small games, turned around and left, and stumbled towards the dining table.

"Just get there, just get there..."

His eyes are getting brighter and brighter, and they are full of hope.

"President, this is Mr. Akino Tori."

At some point, Sasaki and Wakana came to Higashi Higashino, and Sasaki respectfully introduced them.

"Tori Akino teacher, hello." Wakana was holding out her hand with a smile on her face.

Higashino despaired.

He froze, listening to Wakana talking.

"Mr. Bird Akino, thank you for being here," he said modestly, "I've always wanted to thank you in person."

"Oh." Higashino nodded. He came back to his senses and realized, "I should also thank Editor Torishima and Mr. Sasaki for their help. The editorial department and I complement each other, so there is no need to thank me."

"Actually, it's not just that," Wakana was looking at Sasaki, but the other side didn't change his face, his eyelids were lowered, and he was silent all the time.

"Torishima is my junior," he drew closer, Higashino's expression softened a bit.

Wakana was very kind. He patted Higashino on the shoulder, looking close, "Not only that, I have been wrestling with the editors of the previous jumps about the jump's line problem."

Wakana was still at a disadvantage, Shigeo Nishimura and the others wooed Horie Nobuhiko to power, and abandoned Kazuhiko Torishima who wanted to change.

"Nobuhiko Horie couldn't solve the problems after the end of "Dragon Ball", so he stepped down. Torishima can overcome all difficulties and start a new era of jump, thanks to you."

In other words, Higashino sent Dongfeng at the most critical moment of the jump.

So Wakana is telling each other frankly that Higashino Hibiki is very important and a great contributor.

Give Higashino the feeling that he is a member of Shueisha's main faction.

This kind of behavior of not hiding and tucking in will not be annoying.

Higashino faced each other with a smile on his face, but he was thinking about when he could eat?
Being serialized in a magazine does not mean that it cannot be published in other magazines. Higashino will not feel that a scholar will die for his confidant because of Wakana's attitude.

He is serializing in jump now, because he cooperates very well with Torishima Kazuhiko and Sasaki Shang, so there is no change.

Not because of being top hated.

Another ten minutes passed, Wakana was talking one-sidedly, and finally patted Higashino on the shoulder and left.

Sasaki stayed.

"Huh," Higashino let out a long sigh of relief, and hurriedly walked to the dining table in three steps at a time.

"Wait a minute," Sasaki said, "I want to discuss with you the recent plot of "Slam Dunk."

Higashino waved his hand indifferently, "Please let me eat first."

Sasaki and himself are very close, Higashino is ready to let him be the witness when they get married, so there is no need to be so restrained.

Picking up a spoon, I dug hard into the cake, revealing the pale yellow pastry inside.

"Yeah!" Higashino covered his cheeks and sighed contentedly, "It's so sweet and greasy!"

Looking at this scene, Sasaki couldn't help laughing.

He turned and left, and after about 15 minutes passed, he reappeared in front of the satisfied Higashino Hibiki.

Higashino wiped his mouth clean after dinner.The barbecue in winter is also very good, worthy of a big hotel.

It is only a few chips behind the "Napoleon" in the West Village.

Sasaki began to talk about "Slam Dunk", "Since Xiangbei entered the national competition in "Slam Dunk", you have not drawn for more than two months."

"How could it be?" Higashino stroked his stomach and blinked his eyes, "Didn't Mingpeng Industry and Aihe Academy have a one-sentence competition?"

Sasaki's expression turned black, so it's a formal match?

Putting aside the teasing of Sasaki, Higashino said: "Understood, I understand, the next step is the qualifiers. Xiangbei and Changcheng High School are set to be the top eight teams in the national competition."

In the past two months, Higashino mainly drew about Coach Anzai.

He used to be known as the white-haired ghost, and he was very strict with the players.

But now it is different. It is a type that makes Akagi and the others play basketball more happily, and will not force them to train.

This has to be said about his experience in university teaching.

When I was in college, there was a basketball player named Tanizawa Ryuji.

He has a bright future and a lot of talent.

So Anzai wanted to train him to be the number one student in Japan.

Gu Ze couldn't bear the strict training of Coach Anxi, so he fled to the United States, and finally died in a foreign land.

This led to coach Anxi coming to work in high school, his personality changed drastically, and he became the current white-haired Buddha.

Rukawa Kaede, who was going to play basketball in the United States before, decided to stay and shed the shadow for Coach Anzai, so he devoted himself to preparing for the national competition.

Rukawa Kaede only has basketball in his heart, which makes Akagi Haruko understand that it is impossible between her and Rukawa Kaede.

After shedding tears, Akagi Haruko reconciled with her crush.

She let go of her unrequited love for Rukawa Feng.

And now, Rukawa Kaede has become Xiangbei's trump card. He and Mitsui had a 1v1 contest. Although Mitsui won by cheating, everyone knew that Rukawa Kaede was better.

Afterwards, Sakuragi also realized how powerful Rukawa Kaede is.

The Xiangbei basketball team has gone through the crisis of re-examination, and Sakuragi was taught shooting skills by coach Anzai, reborn, and has the basic skills of shooting.

……

Sasaki nodded, and he and Higashino began to discuss the details of the manga, lines, and storyboards, all of which required constant discussion.

Time passed by, and after more than an hour, halfway through, Sasaki suddenly said: "Let's stop here today."

The New Year's party is over, and some people have already left the venue in twos and threes.

All the large appliances on the podium were removed.

Higashino was now in a daze, "Mr. Sasaki, in fact, I have been drawing short manga recently."

"Is it finished yet?" Sasaki asked.

Sasaki already has a good idea of ​​Tori Akino's future efforts.

"The Garden of Words" and "Five Centimeters Per Second" are both serialized in long series.

For such a long time, Higashino has been drawing daily content, and he will definitely draw short comics in silence.

So Sasaki is not surprised.

"It will take a while," Higashino said, "After the original draft is finished, it should be this summer vacation."

"Did it take so long?" Sasaki was surprised at this moment, "It's almost been more than a year."

"About 10 months," Higashino said, "because it is a short story that is very hard to draw."

The animated film "Millennium Actress" is full of philosophical thinking, full of details, echoing back and forth, the plot is full of twists and turns, and it is difficult to distinguish the truth from the truth. Higashino still needs to carve it out.

Sasaki understood that this would be a powerful short story.

Perhaps it is more interesting than "The Garden of Words" and "[-] Centimeters Per Second", so Akino Tori will be so solemn in the future.

"After the storyboard is finished, please let me have a look. I'm looking forward to it." He said seriously.

"Of course," Higashino gave a thumbs up.

……

After refusing the second meeting, Higashino said that he quit drinking, and the others did not force it.

Sitting on the Toyota Crown, Higashino was sent back to Musashino by the driver.

As soon as he entered the dormitory room, Akemi Akimiya was indeed there.

Every year at the New Year's party, she would wait for Hibiki Higashino.

There is a Tezuka Award trophy on the table, and Akemi Akimiya is also drawing manga.

"I'm back." Higashino said.

"Would you like to eat first? Or take a bath first?" Akemi Qiu Gong raised her head and asked.

It was very dry in winter, and her lips were covered with lipstick, and under the light at this time, they reflected a rosy and charming light.

It looks a little sexy.

"I've already eaten," Higashino said with a smile, "I'm going to take a shower, wait for me."

"Okay," Akimi nodded. She tied a single ponytail and wore glasses, showing an intellectual taste.

At this time, all the attention was on the manga, and they didn't pay attention to what Higashino said.

Just answered.

Five minutes later, Higashino came out of the bathroom. He had already washed his hair, and his hair was still wet.

"Be careful of catching a cold."

Qiuhong Mingmei brought a hair dryer and asked Higashino to sit on the sofa. She squatted and half leaned on the back of the sofa, a head taller than Higashino. While pressing the hair dryer, she flicked Higashino's hair.

Higashino felt the softness of Akimi Akimi's body, thinking that she was not wearing underwear.Can't help but fantasize.

He smelled a delicate fragrance in his nose, and couldn't help asking: "It smells so good, is it Miss Qiugong's body fragrance?"

"Ah?" Akemi Akimiya was baffled, "Isn't it the smell of shampoo on your head?"

Higashino discerned carefully, and it really was the smell of shampoo just now.

He also turned his head to quibble, "The wind blows the flag, is it the wind? Or the flag? It's actually my heart."

"Cut," Akemi Akimiya curled her lips, her knuckles were clearly defined, and she twisted Higashino's skull, "Don't move around, the water stains are on my body."

"Oh," Higashino responded obediently.

After blowing Higashino Hibiki's hair with a hair dryer, Akemi Akimiya fell into a drowsy state. She let out a breath and was ready to go to bed.

Higashino lost his mind and slept next to her, smiling at her sleeping face, and not long after, he fell asleep too.

……

In the early morning of the next day, the friendly exchanges between China and Japan were published in newspapers. Higashino also saw an article written by a strange acquaintance he knew, Mr. Akimiya.

He greatly appreciated this point and encouraged Sino-Japanese exchanges.

It is said that the two countries used to be neighbors separated by a narrow strip of water, but because of Japan's problems, there was a discordant ending.

Japan should take the initiative to admit its mistakes, compensate China and so on.

In Japan, literary creators are more left, novelists, cartoonists, mostly so.

In this circle, there is nothing wrong with Mr. Akimiya holding this attitude.

Higashino has a better impression of this old man.

The date of graduation is getting closer and closer, and meeting the old man has become an unavoidable thing in the near future.

Seeing Mr. Akimiya's position, Higashino felt relieved.

……

After reading the newspaper, Higashino's cell phone rang, and the impatient ringtone kept urging Higashino.

"Tori Akino-sensei! Did you attend the New Year's party? Did Toriyama-sensei attend the New Year's party? Ah, I'm too busy drawing manga and have no time to attend. Damn it!"

As soon as the phone was connected, there was a series of hurried questions.

Before Higashino could speak, Oda went on to say, "Damn me, can't I just play the manga?"

From the opposite side came the growling of a groundhog.

And Higashino didn't say a word.

He put the phone on the table, quietly waiting for Oda to vent.

After 3 minutes, the phone quieted down.

"Are you done?"

"Yeah," Oda said pitifully.

"Teacher Toriyama is here, and he was going to ask for your autograph, but unfortunately you were not present. The teacher is a little disappointed."

The sound of collapse came from the opposite side, and it seemed to be getting worse. Higashino hurriedly hung up the phone.

"Small sample, I asked you to disturb me early in the morning." Higashino said with narrowed eyes.

How long has he been complacent...

"Your graduation creation is too slow. Hurry up, hurry up." Akemi Akimiya couldn't help urging.

There are only two months left until college graduation, with spring break in the mix.

Higashino's time is running out.

She doesn't want people who get along day and night, who can't even graduate.

"I'm going to change the content of an ukiyo-e," Higashino said suddenly.

He thought about it, the Ukiyo-e about change did not represent his current mood.

"Ah?" Akemi Akimiya was surprised, "A change at this time? It's too late. You also told me not to worry so much."

As a Chinese painting teacher, she was worried about Higashihiro's academic progress.

"You have handed in your resignation, so don't teach me like a teacher." Higashino said helplessly.

"I'm still your teacher now." Akemi Akimiya said with a serious expression.

"Okay," Higashino said his thoughts.

The new painting he wants to paint is a picture of a group of soldiers stepping to the right and a progressive young man in white staggering to the left.

"No problem," Akemi Akimiya was very supportive, "That's all."

So later, Higashino wanted to draw manga during the day, and because of graduation, Yoshii Sanhisa and Akemi Akimiya got busy, and only Higashino and Tanakai were working.

At night, he would also paint the "staggered" Ukiyo-e.

The progress of "Millennium Actress" had to be suspended.

In February, this intense rush period finally came to an end.

"It's all Mr. Akimiya, you are too strict." Higashino shook his head. There was a Chinese painting teacher beside him, who was also the daughter of an ukiyo-e master. He really couldn't stand the flaws in Higashino's paintings, and Higashino kept going. Modifications.

"Isn't it pretty good now?" Looking at the painting, Akemi Akimiya was very satisfied.

She also drew a picture, which she liked very much.

(End of this chapter)