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Chapter 263 Accident and Petition

"It must be Tori Akino-sensei! It must be Tori Akino-sensei!"

Higashino Hibiki was standing in the crowd watching the Zuichi Festival in Masanoyama. A boy suddenly grabbed his arm and shouted!

Hibiki was startled by this sentence. He never thought that he would be recognized in the crowd. After all, he was not a star.

As soon as Tori Akino Mirai's name appeared, it immediately attracted the tourists present.

"Mirai Tori Akino? The Mirai Tori Akino who drew "Slam Dunk"?"

"where is he?"

The scene immediately became noisy, and many people gathered towards the boy's voice.

Hibiki Higashino was still there, and the boy continued to speak loudly: "Tori Akino-sensei! Don't finish "Slam Dunk", okay? I want to continue watching it!"

Readers in the past wanted his autograph, but now this young man immediately hopes that he can continue "Slam Dunk".

At the "Shogakukan Manga Awards" award ceremony, Hibiki Higashino conveyed all his feelings. In the final chapter of the comic, he also wrote a page of several hundred words, detailing the reasons for ending "Slam Dunk".

But the boy in front of him still asked him to continue painting, which meant that he did not agree with Hibiki Higashino's idea, so it was useless to persuade him.

"Please let go." Hibiki Higashikata said to him.

"Okay...okay."

Higashikata wanted to leave, but found that the crowd was crowded into a ball, leaving no space for him.

"Please give way," he said to the others.

But……

"It's Tori Akino-sensei!"

"Can you sign your autograph for me!"

"Please continue drawing "Slam Dunk"!"

"I want to see all of Sakuragi Hanamichi!"

"Can Sakuragi become the number one high school student in basketball in Japan!"

"Shohoku hasn't conquered the country yet! Tori Akino, how can you finish "Slam Dunk"!"

"You've gone too far!"

The place was noisy, and no one gave up their seat. Instead, the crowd became tighter as more people gathered around.

Many people's spit flew onto Higashikata Hibiki's face, they were filled with indignation.

Dong Yexiang was at a loss. He had never experienced this scene before.

"Slam Dunk" ended normally, why did readers react so strongly?

The future author of "Attack on Titan" messed around and came up with the most rubbish ending. The readers were also very easy-going and said that sin will not lead to death.

Isayama Soke's hot spring shop is fine too.

"Please continue to update "Slam Dunk"!"

"That's right!"

Akimiya Akemi, who was taking photos, heard the noise and stopped what she was doing, only to realize that Tori Akino Mirai was surrounded by people.

She wanted to rush in, but was blocked tightly, leaving no room for her.

Fortunately, President Kadoda discovered this scene and quickly led the tourism association staff to squeeze through the crowd and rescue Hibiki Hibiki.

"Tori Akino Mirai!"

"do not go!"

The crowd shouted behind them and were stopped by the staff of the tourism association.

Higashino Hibiki met Akimiya Akemi.

"I'm sorry..." Akimiya Akemi lowered her head, her face turned pale, "It's all because of me...that I came to Gano Mountain..."

"Why do I need to apologize?" Hibiki Higashino scratched his hair helplessly, "I did it myself, and it was also because I underestimated the resentment of the readers."

…

The tourism association was busy, but President Kadoda apologized for a long time, saying that he had not arranged the security work for Hibiki Hibiki.

This was none of his business. Hibiki Higashino managed to make President Kadota feel less guilty.

Mr. and Mrs. Higashino still live in the Anji Hotel, in the same room as the last time they came here, but now Jianye Mountain is no longer as quiet as before, and there are tourists everywhere.

Akimiya Akemi did not leave Hibiki Hibiki and stayed close to him.

"It was just a small accident, it's okay." Dong Yexiang comforted her for a long time.

Akimiya Akemi just nodded.

Soon, night came.

Nanase once said that the Zuiike Festival is the most lively at night, when people make origami boats, ride on small candles, and float them in the water.

A stage is set up next to the pond and a festival is held at night.

Similar to the dance performed by the folk club of Musashino Art University that adapted the legend of Ama Iwato, the stage performance of Zuiike Festival is the story of a dragon girl coming out of the cave and talking to people.

Time passed little by little, and the moon reached the zenith.

Higashino couldn't help but persuade: "You can go to the Zuichi Festival, don't worry about me."

"Sakura Quest" by Akimiya Akemi is based on Mount Kano. The current Zuiike Festival must be the core plot of "Sakura Quest".

Today's information is particularly important and may never be encountered again in the future.

Akimiya Akemi has been planning today's trip to Mount Kano for a long time, and Hibiki Higashino doesn't want her comics to be affected by him.

Akimiya Akemi didn't answer for a long time.

"Hibiki," after a long time, she sat on the ground, hugging her knees, Akimiya Akemi's hair hanging on the ground, she said quietly: "I am no longer the person I used to be."

"Why do you say that?"

"In the past, I regarded comics as the most important thing. The center of my future life must be drawing comics."

"But now, when I see you surrounded by avid readers, I am really worried. I am worried that you will have an accident, will..."

She paused, her voice choked up.

Hibiki Higashino comforted her, "Miss Akimiya... I'm fine. Readers just hope that "Slam Dunk" can continue to be serialized. Don't think too much."

"I understand... I just," Akimiya Akemi raised her head and stared at Hibiki Hibiki with watery eyes, "I just found that I am no longer in the mood to draw materials. Compared to comics, you are more important now."

Her life took a turn, and Hibiki Higashi became the center.

These words made Hibiki Higashi feel choked, and he felt the love of Akimiya Akemi.

"Okay, let's do this." Higashikata sat next to her and pointed to the bright moon in the sky, "Miss Akimiya, look, the moon is so beautiful tonight."

…

On the second day, tourists left Mount Kano one after another.

Dong Yexiang finally dared to take the lead.

After Yui Nanase apologized to Hibiki Hibiki, she took out a disc.

"This is a video of the Zuichi Festival. It should be useful...as our apology gift."

"Of course it's useful!" Higashi Hibiki took it with both hands, and the material came back.

Although this trip to Mount Kano was full of regrets as he did not see the amazing festival, Hibiki Higashino's heart was full and he was extremely happy.

It's just that they can't stay any longer, Akimiya Akemi still has to draw comics.

After bidding farewell to Nanase, the two returned to Tokyo.

…

Kanda was working on a big thing recently. While he was busy, a former friend called him with an impatient voice and asked him to watch a video circulating on the Internet.

Kanda agreed repeatedly, turned on the computer and entered the website address.

At the beginning of the video, a shrine-carrying activity was held somewhere.

There were a lot of people around and it looked very lively.

Kanda was getting impatient.

Until the video came——

"It must be Tori Akino-sensei! It must be Tori Akino-sensei!"

the sound of.

He quickly got closer to the computer and found that Tori Akino was indeed present.

He was surrounded by the crowd and questioned, and his face was ugly.

The video did not end until three minutes later when the organizers rescued Tori Akino.

"How can you do this! It's too much!"

He couldn't help but slapped the table and yelled loudly.

Friends said that this video had a lot of views and was widely circulated, and even TV programs reported it.

For a while, there was a lot of excitement about the ending of "Slam Dunk".

There are many people who support these readers' thoughts and believe that Tori Akino is Mirai's fault.

Looking at the fermenting comments on the Internet, Kanda's expression became increasingly ugly.

…

Not long after Hibiki returned to Tokyo, Sasaki visited him and comforted him, hoping that he would not be stressed.

"Do you look at me like I'm stressed?" Hibiki asked.

Sasaki looked at him in high spirits, and he was indeed in good condition. I felt very relieved, so I didn’t say any more.

Two days later, Yoshihiro Togashi also contacted Hibiki Higashino.

“Don’t care what readers think!”

He talked about how he finished "Yu Yu Hakusho".

"Yu Yu Hakusho" ends with a competition between powerful demons and powerful demons, which is the exciting and climax part.

As a result, he has been criticized by readers for a long time.

Now, Yoshihiro Togashi is passing on his experience to Hibiki Higashino.

"Don't pay attention to these comments and enjoy the relaxing years without serializing comics."

Speaking of this, he became jealous again.

"It's nice not to have to serialize it. It's like a cloudy day clearing up."

Higashino Hibiki thanked him profusely, but complained, "Teacher Togashi, don't you feel like the work is finished now?"

You can suspend publication if you want.

"Hahahaha." Yoshihiro Togashi ended the call with a smile.

In mid-April, before Hibiki moved, Sasaki came to see him again.

He brought a petition from readers.

"It's really troublesome for you, Mr. Sasaki."

"Slam Dunk" is over, Sasaki is no longer Hibiki's editor.

Now Toriyama Kazuhiko has handed over the work to Sasaki, and he often has to take time to work for himself, which makes Hibiki feel embarrassed.

"You're welcome." Sasaki waved his hand.

He said, "Do you remember Koji Yoshida?"

Hibiki nodded, "Is that the college student who wants to be a jump editor?"

"That's right, now he has joined Jump and is serving as the editor of "Hunter"." Sasaki said.

"That's great, congratulate him for me."

"Well," Sasaki pointed to the petition, "Yoshida-kun applied to me, hoping to be in charge of you and the editorial department. He wanted to hand this petition to you on my behalf, but I rejected it."

The work Sasaki is talking about is similar to letters from readers, notices about the copyright of the use of works, or the sale of color manuscripts of single volumes, events held by Jump, etc. before Hibiki Hibiki has a new series...

"how do you feel?"

"Of course!" Dong Yexiang was a little disappointed, but nodded.

Sasaki was about to become editor-in-chief, and the working relationship between the two of them would of course be terminated.

There's no way around it.

Sasaki smiled slightly, "Yoshida will be very happy."

After the incident was over, Higashikata looked at the petition and was stunned.

This thick petition actually has thousands of signatures!

The content is about requesting the resurrection of "Slam Dunk".

Hibiya Hibiki watched carefully. These people thought that the editorial department forced the story to end.

Hibiki couldn't help but put down the petition.

To this day, they are still deceiving themselves.

Finishing "Slam Dunk" was definitely not Mirai Tori Akino's idea.