Superpower manga artist Kobayashi Narumi

After reading the comics several times and confirming that there were no details that he hadn't noticed, Lin Chengshi saw that the sun outside the window had risen to the middle, and his stomach growled.

He hasn't eaten since he got up.

Lin Chengshi doesn't know how to cook, and the stove in his house is cleaner than his face.If you don't want to starve to death, you have to go out for food.

Lin Chengshi didn't change the T-shirt and casual shorts he was wearing, picked up the haori that was on the sofa and draped it over his body, picked up the key in the hallway, and went out with his slippers drooping.

At noon, maybe because it is the weekend, there are quite a lot of people on the road.Lin Chengshi waited for the green light at the zebra crossing, with a 100% return rate.

It's not because of his good looks, in fact, his hair is disheveled now, covering his eyes, so he really doesn't look good.People look at him mostly because of how he looks.

People in District [-] are very concerned about their image and will wear different clothes on different occasions.

But Lin Chengshi's father is a native of District [-]. Although he went to District [-] to study, stayed in District [-] to start a business, became the president, and married a local wife, he still scoffed at these red tapes in his bones.

Lin Chengshi's mother is from the fifth district. She will make her father pay attention to her clothes at work, but in life, her father is still very casual.This point of the old man also affected Lin Chengshi.

As early as when he was studying, Lin Chengshi was once regarded as a bad guy because he forgot to wear his uniform and tie every three days. After graduation, because he did not enter the enterprise step by step, but became a cartoonist, no one cared about his attire.So Lin Chengshi also intensified, often going out in slippers, not caring about other people's eyes.

The place Lin Chengshi was going to was not far away, just across the road from the apartment building.The apartment building has only two floors and there is no elevator.Lin Chengshi ran up the stairs, walked through the corridor, and knocked on the last door.

After knocking a few times, the door opened, and there was a girl with short hair.

When she saw Lin Chengshi, she might have been shocked by his unruly appearance, and asked hesitantly:

"Can I help you?"

Lin Chengshi yelled directly to the door: "Mr. Wutian! I'm here to find you for dinner!"

Immediately there was an angry voice from the door: "Jin Zi! Let him go!"

"Hey!" Jin Zi was confused, and without paying attention, Lin Chengshi slipped in from her side nimbly like a loach, opened the Japanese-style sliding door with ease, and entered Takeda's studio.

There were also two male assistants in the studio, one named Matsuo was silently pasting the dots, the other named Hirano looked up and saw Lin Chengshi, and said with a smile: "Mr. Xiaolin, I haven't seen you for a while. Kaneko is the new assistant. Haven't seen you yet."

"Hey, Hirano, Matsuo, hello!" Hayashi Chengshi greeted, and went straight to Takeda Naoto who was buried in the workbench.

"Takeda-sensei, your serialization seems to be progressing very well, and you have three assistants! I'm starving, do you have anything to eat? How about we go eat together?"

"..." The young man whom Lin Chengshi referred to as Mr. Wutian just raised his head, his face turned dark, "Mr. Xiaolin, how many times have I told you that I am very busy with serialization, and I don't have time to be your nanny."

"And," Takeda suddenly noticed something that made his blood pressure soar, "you went out wearing slippers again! And you entered the house without taking off your shoes! You little brat!"

Wu Tian had to stand up and lift Lin Chengshi up, staring at him as he took off his shoes.

"These are not slippers! Look carefully, they are clogs, clogs!"

Lin Chengshi is still scheming to quibble.

"I've agreed. I only have instant noodles here. Let's go after eating."

Wu Tian took off Lin Chengshi's slippers and put them in the entrance.

He washed his hands, his face darkened again, and he went to cook noodles for Lin Chengshi cursing, but he quietly opened the refrigerator to check if there were any seaweed and mentaiko left, so he could add a side dish.

The new assistant Jin Jin opened his eyes.You know, she has never seen Mr. Takeda cook, they have always ordered takeaway.

Kaneko quietly asked Hirano, the oldest assistant, "Senior Hirano, Takeda-sensei called him Kobayashi-sensei, could it be that he is..."

Hirano confirmed her guess: "That's right, it's Mr. Kobayashi Chengshi."

Kaneko took a deep breath. She also likes comics. She knew that Takeda-sensei had been the assistant of Mr. Kobayashi Narumi before she got the opportunity to serialize, but she didn't expect to meet Kobayashi-sensei in real life here.

I really want an autograph, Jin Zi thought.

Hirano seemed to see through Kaneko's thoughts, and he whispered, "We have a lot of Kobayashi-sensei's signatures here, as well as signature paintings, all of which were given by Kobayashi-sensei when Takeda-sensei first started the serialization. And Kobayashi-sensei often comes here, you also You can get him to sign it yourself."

Kaneko, who is still a newcomer, was a little excited when he heard about the secrets between manga artists.But Takeda didn't pay her wages for her to gossip, and she quickly returned to work.

When Takeda came out of the kitchen, Lin Chengshi was already sitting at the dining table, reading a few manuscripts.

Takeda took a closer look, isn't that the original manuscript he just drew?

"Takeda-sensei, your paintings are so beautiful, they are flawless and impeccable."

Takeda's tightly locked brows loosened, and he smiled: "Hearing you say that, I really feel a little complicated. After all, you have drawn "God's Grace". Too out of place, but the artistry of "Divine Grace" is really impeccable.

Wu Tian said so, but found that Lin Chengshi's expression was wrong.According to his understanding of Lin Chengshi, if he praised Lin Chengshi, the kid would be very proud, but this time, Lin Chengshi was not very happy.

Lin Chengshi asked hesitantly: "Takeda-sensei, you said my "God" and "Spirit of War", which one is better from the perspective of the painting itself?"

Takeda didn't know why: "Of course it's "God's Grace". After all, your level must have improved, and it's impossible to go backwards."

Wu Tian was even more unhappy when he saw Lin Chengshi.

He asked again: "Then do you think "Divine Favor" looks like I painted it?"

Takeda said affirmatively: "Of course it looks like it. I taught you your paintings. Who else could it be if you didn't draw them?"

Takeda suddenly came back to his senses, and his face became serious: "Why, does anyone suspect that you didn't draw "God's Grace"? Who made up such rumors?"

Lin Chengshi suddenly became in a good mood again. He smiled and said, "There is no man-made rumor, how could someone fabricate such a rumor. Well, Mr. Takeda, I can already smell the fragrance, quickly bring the ramen."

"Hmph, give me the original, don't let me get it dirty."

After Takeda collected the manuscript and came back, Lin Chengshi was trying to cover Mentaiko on his face.

Wu Tian looked at Lin Chengshi with his head buried in the food, sweating from his brow.His hair was so long that it was matted around his neck, which made him look hot.

"Go out without combing your hair."

Takeda couldn't resist finding a comb and a headband to tie his hair.

When Takeda met Lin Chengshi, Lin Chengshi was only 13 years old, and Takeda Naoto at that time was just a student who had just graduated from the University of the United States.Since he couldn't find a job and was short of money, he applied for a job as a manga assistant to work as an assistant for such a "Mr. Kobayashi".

When he met Lin Chengshi for the first time, Takeda was very skeptical about life. He, an American college student with solid art skills, could not understand why a 13-year-old junior high school student who had no art education and whose paintings looked like shit could serialize comics.

At the beginning of running-in, Takeda was helping Lin Chengshi to change the lines, perspective, and body every day, and there was almost nothing he didn't change.After Lin Chengshi discovered Takeda's "superior level", he immediately learned from a teacher.Although Lin Chengshi let him live in the studio when he couldn't even pay the rent, which relieved his urgent needs, Wu Tian still said that the assistant fee he charged was really a loss.

During that time, Takeda, as an assistant, called Lin Chengshi, who was still a child, "Mr. Kobayashi", which often aroused the attention of the crowd.And Lin Chengshi also called his assistant "Mr. Takeda" every day, which made the editor look confused.As a result, the two formed a friendship that is both a teacher and a friend.

Wu Tian had never met Lin Chengshi's parents, and saw that Lin Chengshi, who was only a junior high school student at the time, lived alone.As an artist's delicate personality, he made up a lot of tragic stories in his brain. Takeda, who considered himself a mature adult, was once overwhelmed with responsibility and took over some of the responsibilities of his parents.

He tutored Lin Chengshi with his homework, attended his graduation ceremony, and drove him to college after getting his driver's license.It was not until he met Lin Chengshi's biological parents for the first time at the graduation ceremony of the university, and the two looked at each other, that he finally solved the misunderstanding.

Wu Tian finally figured out that Lin Chengshi's parents are still alive, but they just retired to the second line early to enjoy life around the world.Lin Chengshi is more self-reliant, so his parents don't care much about him.

Although the misunderstanding was resolved, the habit of liking to take care of Lin Chengshi remained.Even after Takeda set up his own business and started his own serialization, he still rented his studio nearby.

Of course, he also took over the role of parents, and was often half-deadly irritated by Lin Chengshi's laxity and lack of etiquette.

Lin Chengshi didn't say anything, but in fact, after Takeda, he never found a long-term assistant.For now, there is no need for him to find an assistant anymore, after all, a mysterious force is helping him serialize comics.

"Sensei Ishii called me to complain." Takeda said, "He said that you started a new series without notifying the editor, and it ended up occupying his recommended position."

Lin Chengshi was drinking soup, and after hearing this, he wiped his mouth in displeasure: "Why did he complain to you? Do you have any opinions and tell me face to face?"

"Mr. Ishii doesn't have your contact information at all. Besides, have you forgotten that you had scolded him online before?"

"Oh! So there is him. There are too many people who have scolded me, and I can't even remember." Lin Chengshi then remembered who this teacher Shijing was.

At that time, Lin Chengshi had just been born, and he was able to serialize with his bad drawing skills. It was not just Takeda who doubted life.

At the beginning, everyone was watching jokes, but as Lin Chengshi's comics became more and more popular, they were even animated and made a lot of money.Many old-fashioned cartoonists couldn't bear it any longer, and they all complained on the Internet, saying that web comics have a low barrier to entry.Also joined forces to create a campaign to boycott web comics.This Ishii is one of them.

Although Lin Chengshi admitted that he did not draw well at that time after he passed the second stage of secondary school.But he was young at the time, and he had no respect for these "old seniors". He fought with them for [-] rounds on the Internet. He became famous in one battle and made countless enemies.

Up to now, web comics have become unstoppable, and old-school cartoonists like Ishii also "join if you can't beat it".I don't want to mention the low level of web comics anymore.

Takeda recalled those days when he was flying like dogs and dogs, and shook his head helplessly: "I said, do you occasionally attend some cartoonists' parties? You haven't even been to the annual meeting of Mengman. Every year your editor It's because you didn't play the punishment game."

Lin Chengshi's eyes wandered for a moment: "Isn't it me? I have too many enemies. I don't want to make peace with those old men."

"These gatherings are not all old cartoonists. At the last annual meeting, several newcomers asked me why you didn't come. They all admired you."

"Let's talk about it. Anyway, there is still half a year before the annual meeting."

"Ah, I'm full." Lin Chengshi rubbed his stomach and changed the subject, "I'm so sleepy."

"Sleep when you're full, is it a pig? Go home and sleep." Takeda said angrily while cleaning up the dishes.

Lin Chengshi didn't listen to him, and found a room familiar to him, which was used by Takeda for his assistants when he occasionally needed to finish drafts overnight.

Lin Chengshi lay down on the bed, and took a peaceful nap in Wutian's studio.

When Lin Chengshi woke up, two hours had passed.

He sat up and stretched.He felt refreshed, and he didn't have a dream, and he didn't go to the Divine Grace Continent again in his dream.

He breathed a sigh of relief and regret.

That night, he still had no dreams.

He felt that he might never "time through" again, but he couldn't help calling the shooting club to make an appointment.