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Chapter 215 "Hokage" in Kishimoto's eyes

On March [-]th, Higashino left his alma mater, Musashino Art University.

Asahina and the others left long ago. Among the graduates, Higashino Hibiki was the last group to leave, and the school became empty, without the hustle and bustle of the past.

The next time I come back, it will be the graduation ceremony.

Higashino turned his head and left.

The furniture in the dormitory has been moved to a new home, which is near Musashino University in Nerima District and around Akimiya's house.

It was a [-]-square-meter high-end apartment in Qiu Gong's family. It had been renovated a long time ago and had been vacant.

It can be lived in immediately, and this time it is used for emergency use.

After a year, they will move back to the Red Maple Villa.

Higashino stopped and walked, and came to a park.

Near the park, there is a basketball court.

The family members of teachers in Musashino, as well as in the dormitory three kilometers away, will have some boys come to play basketball.

There are also today.

Early spring is still very cold, just after the Waking of Insects.

These people were wearing short-sleeved shirts, and they were fighting in full swing in a climate of minus 8 degrees Celsius.

"Teacher Akino Bird!" Someone recognized Hibiki Higashino as the child of a middle-aged female teacher in the teachers' dormitory.

"Is it Mr. Tori Akino Mirai!"

The others put down their basketballs at the same time, and ran up to Higashino Higashi, their bodies were steaming, and their stubble was covered with sweat.

The eyes are full of youthful light, with excitement and excitement.

"Hello." Higashino waved.

"The teacher is about to graduate, what a pity." The child lowered his head.

Higashino touched his head, feeling wet, "Well, after all, I'm not a student anymore."

"I have joined the basketball team of Yanyan Middle School, and I must enter the national competition!"

Higashino left, he raised his head, his eyes were firm, and he waved his hands vowingly and said loudly.

Higashino Hibiki didn't look back, raised his hand above his head, and gave him a thumbs up.

"Come on!"

……

Keep going.

In this park, Higashino Higashi will come to run in the early morning on weekdays, and at the night of the Musashino school celebration, he will come to dance with Akemi Akimiya.

With nostalgia, Higashino came to the gate of the park.

A young man stood there, holding a file bag, with an embarrassed and nervous expression.

Higashino Higashi was delayed by the children, so he came a bit late, so he quickly picked up his pace and walked over.

"It's Kishimoto-kun, I'm Mirai Akino, sorry I'm late."

This person is none other than Masashi Kishimoto. He is two years older than Higashi Higashi, but because of his round baby face, he looks younger than Higashino Hibiki.

Kishimoto panicked, and said again and again: "It's okay, it's okay, I'm the one who arrived early."

After finishing speaking, Kishimoto Masashi bowed deeply: "Tori Akino-sensei, this time I am here to cause you trouble."

Higashino waved his hands, and said kindly: "You came at the right time, and you really helped me a lot."

After walking for less than ten minutes, we arrived at our new home.

Masashi Kishimoto is very talkative. After getting acquainted, he talked a lot about his current situation.

He is perfecting Naruto and hopes to serialize it himself.

When he was about to get home, Masashi Kishimoto couldn't bear it anymore and asked about Akira Toriyama.

He is a loyal reader of Akira Toriyama, and it is also because of Akira Toriyama's influence that he draws manga.

Higashino Hibiki was speechless, could this assistant also come because of Mr. Toriyama?

Feeling helpless, he could only tell Kishimoto about Akira Toriyama's recent situation, saying that Akira Toriyama was going to draw a short manga or something.

When we arrived at the community, we passed the guard box at the gate, passed the lush vegetation, and came downstairs to the apartment building.

"It's amazing," Kishimoto looked up at the apartment, "Mr. Akino Bird is really amazing, and he can afford an apartment in a high-end community."

Higashino smiled: "Oh, I didn't buy this, it's my wife's property."

Kishimoto looked at Hibiki Higashino with envy and hatred.

There are six floors in the apartment. Higashino-Akimiya's house is on the fifth floor. There are two apartments on each floor. Higashino Hibiki's door number is Nakajima, and he hasn't had time to visit.

From the elevator to the fifth floor, after opening the door, he led Kishimoto into the room.

"Oh, it's spectacular!"

What Kishimoto was talking about was not the wide view and abundant light in the room, nor the exquisite decoration and expensive furniture.

Instead, you can see the five work desks when you walk out of the entrance and into the lobby.

It was full of tools and a few trinkets.

The desktop is full of manuscript paper.

"Hi, I'm Tanakai." Tanakai, who was drawing manga, nodded and greeted. His eyes were covered by bangs, and he couldn't see the cramped expression.

"I'm Masashi Kishimoto, hello senior, please call me Kishimoto." Kishimoto bowed.

"Kishimoto-kun, you can just call me Tanaka."

"Okay, Tanaka-san!"

"I'm Akemi Akimiya, hello Kishimoto-kun."

"Hello, Miss Qiugong!"

After getting to know each other, Higashino learned about Masashi Kishimoto's ability in detail, and he said with a smile: "Sure enough, Kishimoto-kun can be of great help."

"Where."

He can draw manga now, so Hibiki Higashino is not welcome. He took out the manuscript paper and asked him to draw the background of the latest episode, which is also the opening chapter of the national competition.

"Oh! The national competition has begun!"

Kishimoto looked at the storyboard, his eyes revealing excitement, "When I was in college, my classmates said that my manga was very boring, and the content created to please myself was not comparable to "Soul of Chess". After that, I started Studying the cartoons of the teacher."

"Sure enough, "Soul of Chess" is so interesting!"

“Slam Dunk is great too!”

"I have learned a lot, how can the foreshadowing rhythm of the plot make readers interested."

"It's like the previous content of "Slam Dunk". Xiangbei, which lacked Sakuragi Huadao, achieved a 1:1 tie in the practice match with Changcheng High School, the top eight in the country!"

"As for Sakuragi, who has trained 2 mid-range shots, his strength must have been reborn."

"So, the strength of the Xiangbei basketball team is above the top eight in the country."

"Ms. Bird Akino has this passage, which subtly lets readers understand the strength of Xiangbei, and also looks forward to Xiangbei's performance in the national competition!"

Masashi Kishimoto excitedly said a lot.

Tanaka and Akemi Akimiya looked at each other, is there another Oda?
"Be quiet, Kishimoto-kun," Higashino patted Kishimoto on the shoulder, "You understand very well, but please be quiet."

"Yes, it's the teacher," Kishimoto let out a long breath to calm himself down.

Then he sat at his desk near the door.

……

The angle of view at the beginning of the storyboard was developed on Mito Yohei.

This character has always been very popular, and there are very few pages, and it is also a character outside the basketball framework, but it always enters the top five in the popularity list.

Kishimoto Masashi also likes Mito Yohei very much, and thinks this character has the potential to become the protagonist.

During the holiday, Sakuragi and the others took the train to the game. The stadium was empty, and Mito Yohei was trying to shoot, but he always missed.

Haruko is very grateful to Yoheiwa and others for their training of Sakuragi.

When meeting Sakuragi for the first time, Haruko thought that Sakuragi was a basketball genius.

Sakuragi entrusted Haruko's dream in basketball, on the tram to Hiroshima.

Xiangbei's competition schedule is out.

The first game is Fengyu High School, an opponent not to be underestimated.

But this is not a big deal, the second game is the heavyweight.

Sanno Industrial High School in Akita.

This school is the top powerhouse that has dominated the country for three consecutive years!
"Eh? Is the second match such a strong opponent?"

Kishimoto was taken aback.

"Shouldn't this be the final match? Or the semifinals."

"Strange."

"I hit No.1 so early, is Mr. Akino Tori planning to let Shohoku leave early and wait for next year's competition?" Flipping through the storyboard, Kishimoto murmured.

"If I win, there will be no suspense in the subsequent games. I lack the passion to climb the peak."

If they can defeat Shanwang, Xiangbei's opponent in the third round will be Aihe High School.

Aihe High School is also a strong team, with Zhu Xingda, a player that Mu Shenyi attaches great importance to, and was last year's top four.

This is simply the group of death.

The people in Xiangbei who paid attention to Sanwang and Aihe made one person very uncomfortable, and that was Fengyu's main general Kishimoto.

Kishimoto...

"Hey!" Masashi Kishimoto was startled. He looked at the "Kishimoto" in the manga who was beating up like a gangster and provoking Shonhoku, and was taken aback.

"It should be a coincidence, it's a coincidence."

"Ms. Bird Akino is so kind, it's not because she doesn't like me."

He comforted himself twice and looked at the manuscript.

"After all, although there are not many people with the surname Kishimoto, there are some."

Kishimoto was very upset, and it was also related to the team's evaluation.

Feng Yu is A-level, Xiangbei only has C-level, and the only well-known player is Akagi Takenori.

This undoubtedly made the four of Sakuragi very angry. Before the game started, they were already full of momentum.

After the storyboard, Kishimoto said with emotion, "Although there are things I don't understand, it's still so interesting."

He just started working.

What Kishimoto needs to paint today is the background of the 10th to 14th pages of the storyboard, which is a very easy job.

And the plot only appears on the tram, so there is nothing difficult to draw.

From Kishimoto to Akino's studio at 10:[-] in the morning, he worked until [-]:[-] in the afternoon.

After Kishimoto refused to help, Tanaka had already left.

It's just that Kishimoto is a little strange. The beautiful Miss Akimiya stayed behind after finishing her work, so she will be busy in the kitchen.

"Huh, it's really hard work."

It is very hard work to keep drawing manga and catching up with the serialization of weekly magazines. Kishimoto felt it as an assistant for the first time.

"The serialization will be even harder in the future, you have to work hard." Higashino came to him, holding two cups of coffee, and encouraged with a smile.

He put a cup in front of Kishimoto.

Kishimoto took a sip and became more energetic, "My dream is to play baseball. When I was in middle school, I joined the school's baseball team. Unfortunately, I don't have the baseball talent of Uesugi Tatsuya. I only have enthusiasm, but I finally gave up baseball. "

"Afterwards, I remembered my childhood dream. At that time, I liked "Dragon Ball" very much, so I wanted to become a manga artist. So I picked up my original intention and started to work hard for drawing manga. I also drew many graffiti that were not recognized. "

"So teacher, I won't be knocked down by hard work, I will only enjoy it."

His gaze was unwavering.

Higashino nodded in approval.

"My former assistant Oda, after serializing "One Piece", now only sleeps for two to three hours a day. He is the same as you and loves comics."

"Two to three hours?" Kishimoto's face turned pale immediately, "Is it so hard?"

"You said you would be happy with it, so it's okay?"

"Yeah...hmm." Kishimoto nodded blankly.

Higashino couldn't help smiling.

After drinking coffee, he sat next to Kishi himself, "I see you have a folder with you. Is it the draft of "Naruto"? Can I have a look?"

"Please... please!" This is exactly what Kishimoto wanted to do, but he didn't find an opportunity, and he didn't expect Higashino to mention it first.

He respectfully handed the file bag to Higashihiro Higashino.

There are eight chapters in it, as well as a general setting for future content.

Higashino looked up.

There are many differences from the animation content he watched before.

"It's very interesting," Higashino said after watching it, pointing to Kakashi, "Is this a character design based on the character design of Jidaito in "Infinite Residents"?"

The same eyes and covered the lower half of the face, but Kakashi didn't have the burly figure and flamboyant hairstyle of Kakashi.

"That's right!" Kishimoto nodded excitedly, "Ah, I like "Infinite Residents" very much. Teacher Hiroaki Shamura's paintings are so amazing, I can't do it!"

"Well, Mr. Shacun Guangming's artistry has reached another level."

Higashino felt ashamed as well.

"Tori Akino's drawing skills are also very strong. The skillful use of speed lines and concise painting style well express the movement and confrontation of the characters. This is the skill I want to learn most."

Kishimoto has a clear positioning, with ninja themes, there must be many battle scenes, and there must be many fancy fighting methods.

Stones, Shuriken, Kuyu, Steel Cable, etc.

In order to express the sense of "movement" in the manga and make it easy for readers to read, he must learn these two stunts of Tori Akino Mirai.

In Japan, there is no manga artist who has a stronger use of speed lines than Tori Akino, who drew "Slam Dunk".

Kishimoto would like to call it the strongest.

And Tori Akino Mirai also learned from Toriyama Akira, and learned a concise and clear painting style from Toriyama Akira, which is even more unique.

It can be said that it is the most suitable manga artist for self-study.

So here he is.

"I'll teach you everything, it's nothing." Higashino looked at the manga, amazed.

At the beginning, Haruno Sakura still had a personality, he almost forgot about this setting.

"Why do you want to set a personality for the heroine?" Higashino asked.

It would be awkward to delete it later.

"Isn't that cute?" Masashi Kishimoto sucked his index finger, with a smug expression on his face.

"Do you think Haruno Sakura's different personalities are cute?"

"It must be. If "Naruto" is serialized, readers will definitely like this character very much! It's super popular!" Masashi Kishimoto gave a thumbs up, and he has full confidence in the heroine Haruno Sakura.

"Ah yes yes yes."

Higashino actually likes Sakura Haruno quite a bit, because when he watched Hokage, he didn't pay attention to the double standard of this character, thinking that Sakura Haruno was a very cute girl with a brain for love.

In the Chunin exam, in order to get rid of the enemy, he cut off his favorite long hair. This determination is not bad.

But most readers of "Naruto" hate Haruno Sakura, who was once the most hated heroine in Japanese comics.

This role is not pleasant.

"What about this character?" Higashino pointed at Kakashi again.

"No one would like Kakashi." Kishimoto scratched his head, "A character with only one eye will not be popular."

Higashino pursed his lips, and he patted Kishimoto on the shoulder, "It seems that you still have a lot of room for improvement in character creation, plot control, and market research."

"Eh?" Kishimoto was stunned, "Is this a compliment to me?"

"You think so."

Kishimoto left with a smile, and [-] yen for his assistant.

After arriving downstairs, he looked at Higashino Hibiki's house on the fifth floor, and felt that he had benefited a lot today, and he couldn't help but want to create.

only……

"Is Miss Akimiya still at Teacher Akino's house?"

"Why is this?"

　Thank you for the super electromagnetic gun with the light tone of Huahuo.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)