When the Sand Sculpture Trial Comes to Yokohama

In about a week, the sword firm officially opened its office downstairs in the Yokohama Armed Detective Agency, and at the same time quickly replaced the Huajiuhui in Hakata, becoming a force that rose overnight and could not be ignored. .

The port mafia also began to expand the scale of trade from Yokohama to Hakata, neatly cooperating with this wave of power reshuffle caused by the sword firm to expand their business.

During this peaceful time, Minan Rinhua went to and from school, and went to the headquarters of the firm in Yokohama and the Hakata branch when she was free, and went out with the swords on weekends.During the period, she was also called by the "cang" and entered the well twice.

The days went on like this for a while.But one day while sitting in the school classroom, Minan Rinka's palpitation value exchange system suddenly rang crazily.

[System prompt: Maeda Chiyo's heart rate +300]

[System prompt: Miyahara Mingsen heart rate +283]

[System prompt: Yui Murao's heartbeat value +342]

[System prompt: Higa Koyuki's heart rate +...]

what happened?Why are there so many heartbeat values ​​suddenly?Minan Rinka sat in her seat, stunned.

If a bunch of heart palpitations suddenly appeared, Xiaohua wouldn't be so surprised.After all, she also planted landmines.A large number of heart palpitations suddenly appeared that day, because the landmine she had buried was discovered.

But this time it was the heartbeat value, and the names were all girls.This made Minan Rin puzzled for a while.

At this time, she happened to be in an art class, and the art teacher Yu Sui Tianyuan arranged for the painting theme of this class to be "drawing the gorgeous me in your mind".When the students were all immersed in drawing, Minan Rinka stared at the system panel that only she could see, so that her expression seemed dull in the eyes of others.This was particularly obvious in Yusui Tianyuan's eyes.

Yu Sui Tianyuan silently walked behind Minan Rinhua, and glanced at her drawing board.

I saw Minan Rinhua's big face of Yusui Tianyuan painted on the drawing board, with two words written on one left and one right on the face: Gorgeous.

[System prompt: Yusui Tianyuan palpitation value +200]

***

No matter what Minan Rinka thinks, she feels that this heartbeat value is not quite right.After school, she walked out of the gate of Fujihua Academy with her schoolbag on her back. She was planning to go back to Honmaru to try to find out the source of the heartbeat value, but found Nozaki Umetaro holding a magazine, waiting for her at the gate of Fujihua Academy.

"Student Minan!" Seeing Minan Rinka walking out of the school, Umetaro Nozaki stopped her and handed over the magazine in his hand, "I take the liberty of using your experience as a reference in the new chapter of the manga A little bit of creation. The "Monthly Girls Romance" I contributed today is released this month, and I just want you to read my comics."

Minan Rinka was a little surprised.She opened the thick magazine and glanced at it.

The manga serialized by Nozaki Umetaro in the magazine is called "Let's Fall in Love". The main line is the innocent love story between the ordinary but cute girl Mamiko and the campus prince Suzuki.But in addition to the main line, he also added new characters from time to time, let the supporting characters form couples, and interspersed their stories in the main line.

Minan Rinka finished reading the manga and realized that those heartbeat values ​​were all because she gave suggestions to Nozaki Umetaro's new manga.

For a moment, Minan Rinhua was stunned.She roughly recalled and calculated the heartbeat value generated by this day, and found that in just one afternoon, the heartbeat value she got was 10,000+...

Minan Rinka's current strength corresponds to the sixth level of spiritual ability talent exchanged by the system. To upgrade from level six to level seven requires 1000 million values.Up to now, she has saved more than four million yuan.Among them, about 200 million were given by various forces in Bodo after the Huajiuhui was eliminated.

If the values ​​are obtained through Nozaki Umetaro's manga, at this rate, it will be just around the corner to save up to 1000 million and upgrade to the seventh level of spiritual talent...

Minan Rinka put down the manga, and when she looked up at Nozaki Umetaro again, a friendly smile appeared on her face: "The manga you draw is pretty good, if you still need to draw materials or want to get any help and advice, just come to me."

The huge change in Minan Rinka's attitude made Nozaki Umetaro stunned.He was a little surprised: "Why did you say that suddenly? Didn't you ask me to do my homework before..."

"Isn't this the deep friendship written in the homework!" Minan Rinka raised her hand and patted the shoulder of Nozaki Umetaro, who was much taller than her, "Which one of us is with whom..."

We even talked about which of us was talking to whom...

[System prompt: Nozaki Umetaro's palpitation value +55]

"Then..." Nozaki Umetaro hesitated.He remembered that his assistants Sakura Chiyo, Mikoshiba Mikoto, Masahiro Hori and others were all busy today, so he tentatively said, "Although I just handed in the manuscript, I still have some chores related to manga that need to be dealt with. If it is convenient, may I ask for your help?"

……

Half an hour later, Minan Rinka sat at the small table of Nozaki Umetaro's house.

"Please use." The manga artist, a male high school student, poured her a cup of tea and placed it in front of her.

He put the tray by the table, sat down opposite Minan Rinka, thought for a while and said, "Why don't I explain the process of manga to you first."

"Generally speaking, monthly comics are more than [-] pages each time. A series of serials must go through at least three processes from conception to completion: the cartoonist must first submit the NAME, that is, the storyboard draft to the editor; After the approval, the cartoonist will be notified; then the cartoonist will carry out the work of drawing, coloring, supplementing details, etc. according to the draft, and complete the manuscript enough to be published in the magazine."

Umetaro Nozaki said: "If the editor thinks that there is something to be revised in the storyboard draft, he will communicate with the cartoonist for confirmation. This process of repeated revisions may even be repeated several times, so some time must be reserved after the initial completion of the NAME , in response to possible revision requirements.”

NAME was completed by Nozaki Umetaro himself, but in the process of drawing and refining the lines later, he had a group of small helpers: Sakura Chiyo who was in charge of blackening, Miko Shiba Mikoto who painted flowers and small objects, and Masayuki Hori who drew the background , Wakamatsu Bolong who pasted dotted paper...

Generally, famous cartoonists will recruit corresponding assistants to do these tasks, and Nozaki Umetaro’s friends volunteered to help him out of friendship, and they don’t ask for salary, so he also regularly invites everyone to dinner and helps them when they need it. For example, helping Masayuki Hori conceive the script of the drama department...

In the process from NAME to finalization, Nozaki Umetaro does not need the help of Minan Rinka at the moment.So the highlight is in what he is going to say next.

"In addition to the original work of drawing comics, cartoonists also have other chores to deal with. For example, the operation of social networks, linkage with merchants and other works, replying to readers' letters, etc." Nozaki Umetaro said, "Today I just need to deal with some Readers ask questions, why don't you help me choose some interesting questions to answer."

"Okay." Minan Rinhua nodded.

Soon, Nozaki Umetaro placed the laptop in front of Minan Rinka.Displayed on the screen is the question box of shoujo manga artist Sakiko Yumeno.

"Select a question that you think is better from the questions, and just tick the box on the right." Umetaro Nozaki thought for a while, and then said, "If you have an idea on how to answer, you can also write it in the remarks next to it. "

"You operate it first, and I'll see how you do it." He said, and sat down beside Minan Rinka.

Minan Rinka sat at the table and began to look through the question boxes of Nozaki Umetaro one by one.She clicked on the question at the top.

[Miss H·I from Y City (19): Ms. Mengye, I am a loyal fan of yours, and I have also encountered some distressing things in my life recently.

I entered the society before finishing college, and I worked in a job with high salary but high risk.Recently I've had a crush on my boss, and his every move makes my heart skip a beat.It's just that he has a rather cold personality, is weak and sick, and often coughs, but he gets angry at me who wants to care about him. He is the type with strong self-esteem.

May I ask Mr. Mengye any advice for my relationship? ]

"This type of question is the most common type in the question box." Nozaki Umetaro explained, "I have been called the 'spokesperson of the girl's heart', so many female readers will ask me about the love problems they encounter in their lives... ..."

He was still explaining from the side, but Minan Rinka felt that something was wrong...

The person described by Ms. H.I feels a little familiar...

She glanced at the little green dot next to Ms. H.I's avatar, which means she is online now, and asked, "Can I communicate with online readers?"

Nozaki Umetaro stopped talking, hesitated for a moment: "Yes, yes..."

In the next second, Minan Rinka clicked on Ms. H.I's profile picture, and typed a line: "You don't call it love, you tell my son to rebel and break my heart?"

After sending the message, she ignored the dead-eyed Nozaki Umetaro, sat in front of the laptop, and waited quietly...

[System prompt: Higuchi Ichiyo's palpitation value +338]

Xiao Hua's eyes brightened: Here it is, it really is her!

Since the person who sent the question anonymously was Ichiyo Higuchi, the person she was talking about must be Ryunosuke Akutagawa!

Just when Minan Rinka was thinking, Higuchi Ichiyo sent a reply: "Sensei Mengye, how can you say that? I really love him! Even if he scolded him, even if he handed over the water Being thrown away by him, also..."

Minan Rinhua thought for a while, and replied: "Then if you put glue on the water bottle, won't he be able to throw it away?"

[System prompt: Higuchi Ichiyo's palpitation value +500]

At the same time, in the Hong Kong and Black Building, Higuchi Ichiyo was quietly typing on his mobile phone, and from the corner of his eye, he was still glancing at his boss Ryunosuke Akutagawa who was working beside him, in case he noticed that he had deserted during work.

Six months ago, she started reading the girl manga "Let's Fall in Love" written by Sakiko Yumeno, and started sending questions to Sakiko Yumeno's question box intermittently a month ago. She did not expect to receive an online reply from the manga artist herself today.

At the beginning, Higuchi Ichiyo was still very excited, so that she acted like fishing under the eyes of Akutagawa Ryunosuke.But unexpectedly, Sakiko Yumeno's answer made her palpitate...

Who would put glue on the water handed to a crush?Are you sick?

Higuchi Ichiyo almost wanted to drop the phone.But suddenly, she found a new message on her phone.

Yumeno Sakiko: My cat was typing just now, sorry...

Higuchi Ichiyo was shocked: What kind of cat can type like this?What do you think of me as a fool?

[System prompt: Higuchi Ichiyo's palpitation value +676]

At this moment, the person who grabbed the laptop and frantically typed on the keyboard has become Umetaro Nozaki.He really couldn't let Minan Rinka continue talking with the other party and ruin his reputation, so he quickly replied: "Miss H.I, the person you described is the type who is the only one who respects me. I suggest you do what you like. In daily life Xishui has silently become a part of his life, and when the time is ripe, let him be left out a little bit, then he will realize how important you are to him."

After the message was sent, Nozaki Umetaro stared nervously at the conversation page.

After Higuchi Ichiyo received this suggestion, he couldn't help but startled.

She thought it made sense.

Didn't you see that Akutagawa Ryunosuke was detained by the enemy when he was seriously injured, and there was no one around him, and later when she Higuchi Ichiyo went to save him regardless of the danger, did he have a rare touch for her?

Sure enough, Ryunosuke Akutagawa would reflect on it when she was not there, and then realize the importance of her when he saw her again!

[System prompt: Ichiyo Higuchi's heart rate +500]

At this moment, Akutagawa Ryunosuke, who was immersed in his work, coughed a few times in a low voice, and then said, "Higuchi, bring me my windbreaker. I'm going to take a trip to the west area later."

Hearing that, Higuchi Ichiyo stood up.

The advice I got from Yumeno Sakiko-sensei just now is still echoing in my mind.Higuchi Ichiyo did not bring Akutagawa Ryunosuke the black windbreaker he often wears as usual, and put it on for him intimately, and at the same time requested to accompany him.

Unexpectedly by Akutagawa Ryuunosuke, she threw the document in her hand on the table, turned around and opened the door without saying a word, and left...

Ryunosuke Akutagawa sat behind the desk, and did not look back until Ichiyo Higuchi's back disappeared at the door.

He looked at the documents she threw on the table, and at his black windbreaker hanging on the coat rack by the door.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke: "???"

Why did this woman go crazy all of a sudden?What did he do to mess with her again?Is this sick?

[System prompt: Akutagawa Ryunosuke's palpitation value +376]

***

On the other side, when the computer screen went cold, Ichiyo Higuchi sent a reply: "I understand, I will try according to Mengye-sensei's suggestion!"

After seeing Higuchi Ichiyo's reply, Nozaki Umetaro breathed a sigh of relief.

"If I hadn't looked at you, you would have screwed up." He turned to look at Minan Rinhua who was sitting silently by the side, "You try to pick another question? I'm still looking at you."

"Oh." Minan Rinhua rubbed her hands together, and went on again.She scrolled down the page and clicked on another question.

[Miss K·N from Y City: Yumeno-sensei~ I am your die-hard fan, I heard that I can ask you questions through the question box, and I will come right away!

To tell you the truth, there is a bond between me and my brother that goes beyond family affection, but recently the relationship between me and my brother doesn’t seem to be going as smoothly as I imagined. He hasn’t let me touch his chest today, and I don’t know why. Why……

ps We are lovelove's brothers and sisters! ]

Minan Rinka was silent again.This question still brings a feeling of deja vu...

Ms. K.N who comes from Y city and has an ambiguous relationship with her brother...isn't that Naomi Tanizaki!

Minan Rinka looked at Nozaki Umetaro silently: "If you don't let me talk, just skip it?"

Nozaki Umetaro also nodded silently: "Skip."

Drawing comics must also abide by the Basic Law, not to mention that the magazine published in "Let's Fall in Love" is an all-age magazine "Monthly Girls Romance" for readers across the country.Nozaki Umetaro knows that this kind of forbidden love between siblings will be redrawn by editors even if it is shown in virtual comics, let alone in real life...

Your circle is really chaotic...

[System prompt: Nozaki Umetaro's palpitation value +300]

Say jump and jump.Minan Rinka clicked on the third question.

[Mr. D from T city...]

"Mr. D?" Minan Rinhua was taken aback, "A question from a male reader?"

[Mr. D from T City: I accidentally saw this comic some time ago, and then I kept reading it until I caught up with the latest serialization.The emotional fluctuations between boys and girls in comics inspired me a lot.But this time I asked Yumeno-sensei not because I was troubled by love.

My boss is the boss of the company, and has been spending a lot of money and energy looking for a dreamy plant called 'Blue Bana', and forced us subordinates to look for it with him.I think he pursues this as a big man, and he is too girly and too dreamy. I don’t know if Mr. Mengye, who understands the mentality of a girl, has a way to deal with it? ]

Minan Rinhua was silent for a moment, wondering why this person seemed to have known him before?

She didn't know anyone who was looking for the green Bana flower everywhere except Guiwu Tsuji.

And Gui Wu Tsuji's subordinate, the one starting with D, isn't it Tong Mo!

Unexpectedly, after the reincarnation of Guiwu Tsuji Wumi, he still couldn't forget the blue Higan flower... You are already reincarnated as an adult, why do you still need the blue Higan flower?

Minan Rinka thought for a while, took out her mobile phone, logged on to eBay, released a product called "Blue Higan Flower", and then adjusted the price to 3 yen.

Then, she quickly replied to Tong Mo: "Why don't you try looking for it on eBay?"

Umetaro Nozaki saw Rinka Minan's series of operations from beginning to end.He silently picked up the laptop from Minan Rinka and walked aside.

"In the future, if there are any questions that need to be collected, I will come and ask you." Nozaki Umetaro said with a wooden face, "As for answering readers' questions, just let me come."

***

Inside a pharmaceutical company in Tokyo.

Tong Mo, the head of the first sales class, has just returned to the company after seeing a client, and is now in the tea room, waiting for his coffee to be ready, while leaning against the wall and playing with his mobile phone.

Suddenly, a new notification popped up on the phone: "Sakiko Yumeno has sent you a new reply".

Tong Mo was taken aback, and quickly clicked on the reply prompt.

I saw that the content sent by Yumeno Sakiko was only one line: "Why don't you try to find it on eBay?"

"Ebay?" Tong Mo was taken aback.

In order to find the so-called "green flower of the other side", Guiwu Tsuji became the boss of a pharmaceutical company, searched for medicinal materials, and asked his subordinates to follow suit.Everyone's thinking is limited to "medicinal materials", and no one thinks of searching on shopping websites...

At that moment, Tong Mo downloaded eBay, registered a suspicious-looking account "Ji Le Da Xian", and then seriously typed the words "Blue Bana Flower" in the search bar.

Soon, eBay spit out the results.Among the vast sea of ​​second-hand goods, there is actually a piece of news about the sale of the blue Bana flower.

"Sincerely selling 300 grams of ancestral Taisho period blue Bianhua, pure natural, pollution-free, free of preservatives, ghosts will not be afraid of the sun if they eat it, people will live a long life if they eat it, and people who eat it will step on the ground and ascend to heaven... As Tong Mo thought about it, his heart became more and more certain—isn't this the blue Bana flower that the boss Guiwu Tsuji Wuchan wanted to find?

A look at the price, heh, 3 yen.Isn't this a free gift, buy it quickly!

So Tong Mo pressed his finger and placed the order directly.

After placing the order, he turned around and ran towards the president's office: "Boss, I finally found the blue Bana flower you wanted!"

[System prompt: Oni Wu Tsuji's heartbeat value +999]

[System prompt: Oni Wu Tsuji's heartbeat value +999]

[System prompt: Oni Wu Tsuji's heartbeat value +999]

……

Guiwu Tsuji has a vague obsession in his mind since he was a child: he wants to get a legendary plant called "Blue Bana Flower".

That kind of obsession came from nowhere, but it always affected his heart.It seemed that his life would not be complete without getting the blue Bana flower.

It is precisely because of this obsession that Ghost Mai Tsuji has excellent grades since he was a child. When he grew up, he entered the University of Tokyo to study medicine, and then entered Harvard Business School for further studies. Finally, within a few years after taking office, he climbed all the way and killed The original manager was promoted to the position of president, and with the help of the resources of the pharmaceutical company, he began to search for the green other side flower.

After learning the news that Tong Mo had bought the blue Bianhua, he also had doubts about the authenticity of the product at first.However, the key words in the description of the product, such as "ancestors in the Taisho period", "ghosts eat without fear of the sun", "people eat for a long life", etc., made Guiwu Tsuji feel huge waves in his heart.

Looking at the description, this is exactly what he was looking for!

And when Tong Mo said that the price was only [-] yuan, he felt that anyway, with this little money, it was better to find out that something was wrong after buying it than to regret not buying it in the end.

After all, the president with an annual salary of over [-] million, Onimi Tsuji, doesn't care much about [-] yuan...

He didn't know that Xiaohua's goal was not to earn his [-] yen...

***

After leaving Nozaki Umetaro's apartment, Minan Rinka had just returned to Honmaru when she heard the heartbeat value of Onimai Tsuji Musai announced by the system.

Xiao Hua opened eBay and took a look, and the "Blue Bana Flower" product she had just posted had indeed been photographed.The account name of the person who took the photo of the blue Bana flower was "Ji Le Daxian", so it seemed that Tong Mo hadn't run away.

Thinking that Gui Wu Tsuji's heartbeat value has already appeared, it means that Tong Mo has already told him about buying the blue Bana flower online.Minan Rinka happily opened the transaction page and canceled the transaction...

After half a minute, the system prompt came again.

[System prompt: Tongmo palpitation value +95]

[System prompt: Oni Wu Tsuji's heart palpitations +999]

Soon, a message from "The Great Immortal of Bliss" came over on eBay: "Why did you suddenly cancel the transaction? Did you not sell it to me?"

Minan Rinhua replied casually: "Sorry, I touched it by mistake. Why don't I put the purchase link again, can you take another picture?"

Great Immortal of Bliss: "Okay, okay!"

Minan Rinka conveniently put another purchase link.Ten seconds after it was released, the page showed that "The Immortal of Bliss" had taken another picture of the blue Bana flower.

[System prompt: Tongmo's heartbeat value +99]

[System prompt: Oni Wu Tsuji's heartbeat value +999]

After Minan Rinhua heard the broadcast of the palpitation value exchange system, she took out her mobile phone, canceled the transaction, and blocked "Blissful Immortal" by the way...

[System prompt: Tongmo palpitation value +110]

[System prompt: Oni Wu Tsuji's heart palpitations +999]

[System prompt: Oni Wu Tsuji has no miserable heart palpitations +...]