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Chapter 756 Contribution: "Satoru's Fall"

As Hidaka Tsunayoshi and Shimokawa Yoji were wandering downstairs of the Night Tour Club, a young man with headphones hanging around his neck ran over from the sidewalk and waved at them, "Hey! Yoji, Tsunayoshi!"

Takahashi Fumiya.

Hidaka and Shimokawa are good friends and are also loyal fans of GENIE.

"Fumiya, I thought you weren't coming."

"How could that be? Today is Yoji's big day, and I really want to go to the Night Tour Club. I just spent a little more time editing the video review of the first season of "Karasu Tengu's Demon Retreat". Sorry, sorry."

Takahashi Fumiya was out of breath because he had been jogging all the way.

Just as he said, today is Yoji Shimokawa's "big day".

The cause of the incident has to start from the release of the first issue of "One Hundred Demons Night Parade" half a year ago.

As fans of GENIE, the three young men immediately went to the nearest convenience store and bought a copy of the magazine for their collection.

After reading the journal, Yoji Shimokawa, who has a certain foundation in painting, suddenly came up with an idea -

"Can I try this fantasy manga with ghost stories as the main characters?"

He told this idea to two friends on LINE.

Hidaka Tsunayoshi immediately expressed his enthusiastic support.

"Hasn't Yoji loved drawing since he was a child? You were very good at drawing before, so there will definitely be no problem!"

"Once your comic is serialized in One Hundred Demons Night Parade, we'll have to call you Mr. Shimokawa!"

Hidaka is a hot-blooded idiot who is unconditionally partial to his friends.

It is hard to say how much reference value his words actually have.

However, what surprised Shimokawa was that Takahashi, who was always calm and had the most flexible mind, expressed support for his idea of ​​submitting to "A Hundred Demons Night Parade" after some thought, and also gave some practical suggestions.

"One Hundred Demons Night Parade has just been launched, and the standards for accepting comic manuscripts are definitely not as strict as those of mature journals. Anyway, university studies are not too heavy, so you can give it a try, Yoji."

"And I saw in the journal that we can use some of the monsters that appeared in "Ms. Mary" and "Karasu Tengu's Demon Retreat" as the protagonists of the comics we submit, similar to the spin-off comics of the main drama. Youji, you should study the character designs of a few likable supporting characters, maybe it will really work."

After receiving encouragement from his friends, Yoji Shimokawa just did what he said.

After a period of consideration, he decided to design the protagonist of the comic he was going to draw as Wu-chan.

Wu is a strange story that appears in the ninth and tenth episodes of "Mrs. Mary".

She is based on the urban legend "Little Wu who knows everything" and appears in the drama as a sharp-tongued lolita wearing a black and white dress.

In the story, Wu-chan has the ability to control electronic devices similar to Miss Mary, especially in terms of control over the Internet, he is even better than Miss Mary.

Wujiang is keen on answering various calls for help and answering various online questions.

But her strength is not strong, and due to various coincidences, the pranks she commits continuously "do good with bad intentions".

It's an interesting character anyway.

Although it only appeared in two episodes in the drama, it was quite popular among fans.

Therefore, based on the character setting of "Wu-chan" in the drama, Yoji Shimokawa actually spent three months drawing a 50-page short comic.

"The Fall of Wu-chan".

It tells the story of Xiao Wu, the most "intelligent" urban ghost story in the world of monsters. Because he is too close to human society, he is addicted to online games and degenerates. In order to buy more games he likes, he finally has to debut as a virtual live broadcast image and live a hard life of working. This is a "light comedy about monster stories".

This short story itself does not conflict with the main plot of "Mary Fluctuating", and the comics also further enrich Wu-chan's original character.

To put it simply, it is a cute manga centered around a cute monster girl and focuses on a relaxing and everyday life.

After reading the final manuscript, Hidaka and Takahashi both said that the story was very interesting and cute.

So, today the two of them accompanied Yoji Shimokawa to submit their works to the Night Tour Club.

……

The three of them entered the office building and took the elevator to the fourteenth floor.

Here is the reception desk of the night tour agency.

The receptionist greeted the three people with a professional and polite smile: "Excuse me, do you have a reservation in advance?"

"Yes, I have an appointment with Mr. Mizushima from the Night Tour Club at 2:30 pm. My name is Yoji Shimokawa."

"Wait a moment." The receptionist dialed the internal number on the landline and briefly communicated, "No problem, Mr. Shimokawa. But who are the other two?"

"We are Yoji's friends, we came here with him... Uh, if we can't go in, we'll just wait here."

"The three of you please go in together." The receptionist kept her professional smile on her face and took out three visitor cards and handed them to the three young people. "After registering your information, please go to reception desk No. 6 on the left and wait. Mr. Mizushima will be here soon."

"very good, thank you."

Hidaka and Takahashi looked at each other excitedly.

They all wanted to see what the night tour club looked like. Although this was not the GENIE headquarters, the visit was just as exciting.

The three of them walked towards the reception desk.

This place is divided into compartments of several meters square by opaque frosted glass, and each compartment is numbered.

Walking along the clean and reflective corridor floor, you can hear voices talking in many cubicles.

Obviously, there are many cartoonists like Yoji Shimokawa who submit their works to the Night Tour Society.

"That won't work. This manuscript doesn't meet our requirements. Please take it back."

"..."

"I'm really sorry, but the character setting in your original drawing is obviously in conflict with "Karasu Tengu's Demon Retreat House", which is against the rules. Moreover, since you have chosen this character, due to copyright issues, it means that this comic cannot be submitted to other magazines. I suggest that you revise the original manuscript from the beginning and submit it to Night Tour Club..."

"..."

Busy, professional and efficient.

The Night Tour Club gives people the feeling that it is a precision instrument that runs flawlessly.

Before coming here, Yoji Shimokawa still had some confidence, but after coming in, he felt a lot of pressure and was so nervous that he had difficulty breathing.

GENIE’s newly established night tour club is indeed not a small club.

Will my comics be appreciated?

Or will the club reject the manuscript and criticize it as worthless?
The comics industry is brutal.

Shimokawa was unsure.

Hidaka and Takahashi, who were following behind Shimokawa, seemed to be nervous for their friend because of the atmosphere here.

"I thought we would pass by the editors' offices."

"A self-recommended contributor definitely cannot go to the office area. The editors should be upstairs."

"Yeah, ah... there are so many people here."

"Yeah, more than I thought."

Takahashi realized that there were some errors in his previous judgment.

Although the Night Tour Club was established not long ago, it actually appears to be quite large in scale.

The ambition of the "One Hundred Demons Night Parade" magazine is probably not small.

The comics industry is highly competitive. Individual cartoonists who have yet to make a name for themselves, as well as newcomers like Yoji who are inspired by something, can easily target this place and try their luck at Yeyousha.

That's why so many people come here to contribute.

Moreover, "One Hundred Demons Night Parade" is not a small magazine in the true sense.

After all, it is backed by the acclaimed GENIE studio.

If you achieve good results in serialization of "One Hundred Demons Night Parade", it will naturally be a chance for GENIE anime adaptation.

This is beyond doubt.

Originally, both sides were telling stories about monsters.

This is a great attraction for any cartoonist who has not yet become famous and has a good level of skills.

Who doesn’t want their comics to be adapted into anime?
It seems that the competition in the night tour club will be fierce.

I'm really worried about Yoshi.

The three entered the glass compartment marked with the number "6".

Yoji Shimokawa sat at the table in the compartment, while the other two pulled up chairs and sat at the back with their backs against the glass.

This makes it clear who is here to negotiate and who is here to accompany you.

The waiting process is very tiring.

Shimokawa put the file bag on the table and his hands unconsciously grabbed his trouser legs.

Hidaka, who was at the back, listened to the occasional conversations coming from other cubicles and tried to whisper some irrelevant topics to distract the three people:

"By the way, have you watched the latest episode of 'One Hundred Demons Night Parade'? The second episode of 'Noodles' is very exciting. I didn't expect that the 'thin girl noodles' I was looking for in the story would appear in that way."

"Of course I watched it. As expected of a script written by Su Liu-sensei, it only took two chapters to create a fascinating climax."

The new monster comic "Men" they talked about was only published in the last two issues of "One Hundred Demons Night Parade".

The plot is written by GENIE's ace scriptwriter.

The story is set in a modern city.

The plot of "Noodles" has just begun.

In this story, in the world of humans and monsters, there are many different kinds of "ghost masks". The exact number of kinds is still unknown and has not been fully explained.

However, the last page of the first episode alone shows that—

The white fox god music face, the Prajna Noh face, the Tengu Kyogen face, the Bodhisattva walking face, the Nio dance music face, and the Garuda music music face.

These six categories.

Each type of mask is further divided into many "small faces".

The protagonist of the story calls herself "Prajna". When she first appeared, she possessed a small "weak magician" mask of the Noh mask type.

At the end of the second episode, the "thin girl" face was obtained.

In short, the core of the story of "The Mask" revolves around the theme of "Putting on a mask means becoming a god."

The various masks, their abilities, and how they clash with each other are a major highlight of the story.

The "weak wizard" and "thin girl" masks that first appeared were probably because they both belong to the Noh mask category, so their abilities are very strange and bizarre.

At the same time, the characters in the story compete for possession of the masks of ghosts and gods, especially the humanity revealed when "putting on the mask" and "taking off the mask", which also makes the plot very full.

Very exciting, in the usual "upstream" style.

Hidaka Tsunayoshi: "The scene where Ms. Hannya puts on the mask is really beautiful and weird. And her line - 'It may be forgivable from a human perspective, but not from a god', is so cool! I love this character so much!"

Takahashi Fumiya: "You fall in love with every protagonist in Sukuryu-sensei's stories."

“Isn’t this as it should be?”

"You seem to be right..."

"Although there are only two chapters now, I am looking forward to the story later. Didn't the end of the second chapter mention something called 'small drink noodles'? I wonder what it is like. Anyway, when the single volume of 'Noodles' is released in the future, I will buy it as soon as possible!"

"Of course I have to buy it."

When the plot of "Noodles" and Teacher Su Liu were mentioned, the three young men didn't seem to feel that the atmosphere in the cubicle was tense and depressing anymore.

"Speaking of which, how did Mr. Sukuryu do it? I mean, Mr. Sukuryu was in charge of the plots of both GENIE dramas and the new manga "Men"."

"Anyway, that's how it was promoted, and judging by the plot, it should be true. It has a very obvious personal style."

"How can I find the time? I think Yoji has been very busy these past few months just thinking about the plot of the short comic "Go-chan's Fall" and drawing the storyboards."

"I heard that many cartoonists only sleep four or five hours a day, and Mr. Sukuryu may be about the same." Yoji Shimokawa, who has been drawing comics in the past few months, took over the conversation.

"Working twenty hours a day? Even a body of steel can't handle that."

"It won't be a full twenty hours, after all, people need to eat and go to the bathroom."

“That’s scary too.”

"And even if it runs at full capacity, it can still ensure that the plot has extremely outstanding quality..."

The three young men discussed quietly for a while, and finally came to the conclusion -

Teacher Suliu is simply a superman!
The chat had just ended when a man came in from the door of the cubicle.

The man was wearing a white mask that covered the lower half of his face, and he looked to be about twenty-five or twenty-six years old.

If he is the editor of Night Tour Club, then he is a bit young.

The man walked lightly, pulled out a chair opposite Shimokawa, and said, "Mr. Shimokawa? Please forgive me."

"I'm here to ask for your guidance!"

Shimokawa quickly stood up and bowed, followed by his two good friends.

"Hehe, please sit down."

The man sat down.

His eyes fell on the file bag on the table.

Very strange.

It’s hard to explain, but he felt as if he could see through the brown paper and see the original manuscript inside.

However, Yoji Shimokawa naturally could not notice such details.

He just felt that the temperature around him seemed to have become a little colder.

Maybe the air conditioning in the night club was turned on too low.

Maybe I was just too nervous.

"Mr. Shimokawa, can I see your comic manuscript?"

The man spoke again, and he didn't seem to have any intention of taking off his mask.

"Please take a look."

Xiachuan quickly opened the file bag, took out a stack of drawings and handed them over respectfully.

At this time, the three young men headed by Shimokawa had not yet realized that the person who suddenly walked into compartment No. 6 to read the manuscript was not the editor Mr. Mizushima, with whom Shimokawa had an appointment.

But they just discussed, hailed as superhuman——

The teacher of the stream is Chiaki Miyake.