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Chapter 299 Compared with Hibiki Higashi and Oda, I think...

Sasaki turned around and looked at Higashino Hibiki, who was steadfast in his vow, speechless and choked.

He never worried that the ending of Death Note would lose quality.

It’s just that in Angry Birds Akino Mirai always ends comics with potential.

Don't know how to cherish.

"Yeah, I know." Sasaki said muffledly.

He shook his body, shook Higashikata's hand away, and left quickly.

Higashino Hibiki looked at Sasaki's back and swallowed. He still had a lot to say.

"Mr. Sasaki is really different after becoming editor-in-chief. He has such a big air."

"That's right," Yoshida nodded.

This arrogant editor put him under a lot of pressure, and he was always worried that he might accidentally say the wrong thing.

"Tori Akino-sensei," Yoshida said, "The awards ceremony is still some time away. Let's discuss the follow-up storyboards of "Death Note."

"Okay." Dong Yexiang reluctantly agreed.

They walked to the rest area nearby, sat on chairs, communicated, and started brainstorming.

It wasn't until half an hour later that the staff came to inform the two that the activity was about to begin, that they stopped.

Under the guidance of the staff, Higashino Hibiki sat under the lobby stage.

There were fellow cartoonists on the side, and editors and employees from other departments of Shueisha behind them. There were quite a few people sitting there, hundreds of them.

"Toriyama Akira-sensei hasn't arrived yet."

Beside Higashino Hibiki, Oda asked him quietly.

"Toriyama-sensei would not attend such an event easily." Hibiya Hibiki replied.

"What a shame." Oda sighed.

He was very disappointed not being able to see his idol again.

Also missing were Masashi Kishimoto and Kentaro Yabuki.

Higashino Hibiki couldn't help but admire that Mr. Akira Toriyama is indeed Japan's number one cartoonist, and the younger generation in Jump are all his fans.

I don’t know when I started to achieve such an achievement.

"Tori Akino-sensei," the genius Shimabukuro Lightnen said softly on the other side, "how did you adjust yourself?"

Hibiki recalled the time when he learned that Akimiya Akemi was pregnant and was in no condition to draw "Death Note".

"We'll just have to wait," he replied.

"Then life will always be the same, like stagnant water, when will we wait?" Shimabukuro Lightyear was a little depressed.

His decadent state has lasted for a long time. "The Leader of the End of the Century" is a funny cartoon. A life without passion makes the cartoon boring.

"I..." Higashino Hibiki was about to comfort him. Yoshihisa Azo was the host and Sasaki was the award presenter. They took the stage and could only stop.

…

After the opening remarks, the award ceremony officially began.

The first person to appear was Jump veteran Akimoto Haru.

His "Oolong Police Station" began serialization in 1976 and has experienced the ups and downs of Jump. So basically every activity of Jump is spearheaded by this old man.

The second place is Hirohiko Araki. He is 42 years old this year and is also an old-timer among cartoonists.

Higashino Hibiki sat in the center of the first row, smiling and applauding silently.

Afterwards, Kentaro Yabuki, Morimichi Yamamura, Mitsuichi Shimabukuro, Feigang Xu, Masashi Kishimoto, Kazuki Takahashi, etc. all came on stage.

At the end, only Hibiki Higashino and Oda had not received their awards.

Kazuhiko Toshima, who was silent at the scene, noticed this scene and couldn't help but smile.

He said to Toshicho Takahashi beside him: "Who do you think will be next?"

Takahashi Tonchang hesitated.

This is the difference between the finale and the main axis.

The current pillar of jump is "One Piece", but before that, it was "Slam Dunk".

"Death Note" is not a royal manga, and it has only been serialized for 8 months. It is impossible to surpass "One Piece".

So now, it depends on how Nao Sasaki arranges it, whether to maintain Tori Akino's future position or let Oda gain glory.

"Sasaki will also be entangled. He believes in Tori Akino's future strength, but Oda also has a bright future. It is difficult to distinguish between the two people now." After thinking for a long time, Takahashi Toshimasa said, "But in my opinion For now, let’s just follow the rules.”

"Now that Oda is stronger, let him be the number one. Tori Akino-sensei is a very peaceful person and will not be dissatisfied. Oda-kun is... well, very pure."

Minister Torishima nodded. He looked at Sasaki with a smile, wondering how he could solve this problem, "Maybe so."

…

After taking photos, Takahashi Kazuki stepped off the stage with the trophy.

Tatar Yoshihisa took a deep breath and looked at Oda and Hibiki Hibiki in the audience.

He looked at Sasaki again with a questioning look. Sasaki nodded slightly and asked him to continue.

Abominable Yoshihisa finally fixed his gaze on Hibiki Higashino and picked up the teleprompter board.

"Next please..."

"I'll do it." Oda raised his hand and stood up. He said to Hibiki Hibiki, "I'm sorry, Mr. Tori Akino, I have something urgent to do, so I have to go one step ahead of you."

He passed Hibiki Higashikata and walked onto the center of the stage in three steps and two steps.

…

"That's right." After the award ceremony, Torishima Kazuhiko was extremely dissatisfied. He didn't appreciate the excitement and felt that his trip was in vain.

"So who was the person who screamed in the bottle at that time?" Takahashi Toshicho asked Torishima Kazuhiko.

"How do I know?" Toriyama Kazuhiko asked, and then he said in frustration, "Forget it, I will go to China tomorrow to promote the animations of "Slam Dunk" and "One Piece", let's go."

Oda watched their leaving figures, walked up to Higashino Hibiki, and shook hands with him.

"Tori Akino-sensei, I miss you often."

"I remember you have a girlfriend, right? She's the model who plays Nami."

"Of course I didn't mean that," Oda said angrily. "After "One Piece" was serialized, I often regretted not learning more from you. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to help you when I encountered difficulties. You call me. I finally warned myself that only by being independent can I grow, so I restrained myself, hahaha."

"I'm waiting for you at any time," Dongye Xiang said with a smile, "Didn't you just say that you were in a hurry to leave for something?"

"It's settled now." Oda replied.

"You are really proud."

"I have the ability." He said with high spirits, "When I was your assistant, I was always thinking about drawing comics that could catch up with you."

"It's just that "Slam Dunk" is too strong, so I can't see the opportunity, and I'm so depressed that I can't sleep. But I now believe that "One Piece" will eventually surpass "Slam Dunk"."

Today's "One Piece" is only one step away from catching up with "Dragon Ball".

"Dragon Ball" was Oda's favorite when he was a child, and he considered it to be a comic as good as Disney animation. He has caught up with the innocent love of his childhood, so now he is fearless.

"Then you still need to work hard," Hibiki Higashino said. "Ten or twenty years from now, "One Piece" may have the same achievements as "Slam Dunk."

"Eh~ That's too long!" Oda felt disappointed.

…

The cartoonists all left, and Ping Jijiu looked at the teleprompter board, which was the name of the final cartoonist that had been agreed in advance.

"Editor-in-Chief Sasaki, why did you choose Oda-kun for the finale?"

He was a little puzzled.

Sasaki thought for a long time and finally said:

"Maybe it's my preference."

"I trust Akino Tori too much."

…

After Hibiya Hibiki returned home with the bonus and trophy, he recalled that the conversation between him and Shimabukuro Lightyear was not over yet.

But he didn't have Shimabukuro's contact information, so he shook his head and put it down.

After placing the trophy in the corner of the bookcase, Higashino Hibiki came to the studio in the living room.

Akimiya Akemi is still painting, and her assistant Ibuki Hikaru has gone home from get off work.

She was the only one in the studio.

"I'm back."

"Welcome home."

Without both parents and assistants, just the two of them, the villa suddenly felt more like a home.

Hibiki couldn't help but feel tired. He sat down on the sofa and collapsed.

"Ah~ It's still comfortable at home."

"Aren't you going to the party?" Akimiya Akemi asked casually.

"It's so boring." Hibiki Higashi shook his head, "Those are just a bunch of otakus, there's nothing interesting at all."

"So you don't miss me?" Akimiya Akemi started to make trouble unreasonably.

Dong Ye Xiang Ma Claw, pregnant women are too difficult to take care of.

The caring Akimiya Akemi from before disappeared, and the weather in the mountains changed from sunny to rainy.

"Of course not, I miss you too, Akimiya-sensei." Higashino Hibiki mentioned the old title. Usually Akimiya Akemi would feel embarrassed when mentioning Akimiya-sensei.

"Humph, I don't believe it." Akimiya Akemi put down the G pen and pouted.

The straight man Hibiki Higashino is out of options.

He held the check in his trouser pocket, which was the 500,000 bonus for this jump. Looking at the paper ball on the ground, he suddenly had an idea.

"Mingmei, if you clean the floor, how about I give you five hundred thousand?"

"Huh?" Akimiya Akemi glared at him.

"I'll do it." Hibiki Higashi stood up and breathed a sigh of relief while cleaning under Akimiya Akemi's satisfied eyes.

Finally got over it.

…

Monday morning.

Mrs. Fukada prepared breakfast and knocked on the door to ask her son to get up.

After she and her husband finished breakfast, our son arrived belatedly, still wearing pajamas.

"Eat quickly, don't be late." She urged.

"...Yes..." the son replied weakly.

"Wait a minute," Fukada Nagato was about to sit down when Mrs. Fukada stopped him, "What are you doing? Didn't you sleep well at night?"

I saw that Fukada Nagato's eyes were dull and bloodshot.

"Ah?" Fukada Nagato was shocked, and he quickly organized his words, "Yes, yes, there is too much pressure to study."

Mrs. Fukada couldn't help feeling pity, "Should I ask you for a day off?"

"No need, I want to study hard." Fukada Nagato said quickly.

He accidentally bought "Death Note" on Saturday, and when he got home, he quickly flipped through the scenes about Misora ​​Naomi.

It turned out that Misora ​​Naomi had no welfare camera at all and was always wrapped up tightly.

In the end he died.

He was furious and threw the comic aside.

It wasn’t until I was bored the next day that I picked up Death Note again.

The result was so interesting that he couldn't stop at all. He saw Tokyo at four in the morning.

Before going to bed, Fukada Nagato's mind was filled with the picture of Misora ​​Naomi being controlled by the Death Note and ending up lonely.

So I couldn't sleep even more.

He heard from his classmates that Monday is the day when jumps are sold, so he had to buy jumps while he was in school.

"Okay, you are really my good baby, mua~" Mrs. Fukada was very satisfied.

…

During the recess, Fukada Nagato took out jump.

"I didn't expect that such a thick comic magazine only costs 260 yen. It's so cheap."

He thought he would need to go hungry at noon.

Fukada Nagato opened the manga and accidentally turned to "Black Cat". He looked at Eve and couldn't help but be startled, "This character is so well drawn."

Eve is exactly the same as Golden Darkness in Kentaro Yabuki's future work "The Princess", which is very cute.

"No! Now I want to watch "Death Note"!"

Nagato Fukada overcame his original intention of reading comics, stopped looking at cute girls, and started reading "Death Note".

"The name of this chapter is "Simple"? What exactly is it? "

With curiosity, he couldn't wait to look inside.

"Wait a minute! Although this Mikai Sand is very cute, who is she? Why is there another Death God? It's called Rem, and she's much more handsome than Luc."

"No, no, no, I can't understand it at all!"

The single volume of "Death Note" only contains the first 24 chapters.

The series has now reached its thirty-first chapter.

With only 7 episodes left, Nagato Fukada has been unable to connect with the previous content.

Its information density is too great!

This is the difference between Death Note and most jump comics.

I've only read the stand-alone version and can't understand the plot of the latest episode at all.

"Alas, Yongren, you, a good student, have started reading comics." His friend Xinyan came to him.

"Xinyan, have you seen "Death Note"?" Fukada Nagato asked hurriedly, ignoring his friend's ridicule.

"Of course. You must read "Death Note"."

"Then who is this Mikai Sand? Why does Yue have to kill her?"

Fukada Eito's eyes full of curiosity made Xin Yan feel very comfortable.

"Mikai Sand is the second Kira. She also has a Death Note and the God of Death to protect her..."

"Wait! Who is the second Kira?"

"How many words have you seen?"

"Episode 24."

"Oh, I understand, the Kira who killed someone on the TV live broadcast is the second Kira, Mikai Sand..."

Shinhiko told Fukada Nagato the plot of "Death Note" bit by bit, allowing him to gradually understand it all.

"You are watching the latest episode of "Death Note"," Xinyan moved a chair to sit next to him, "I haven't watched it yet, let's watch it together."

"OK."

The appearance of Mihaisha made Ya Shenyue very embarrassed.

Mihaisha's parents were killed, and it was Kira who brought justice to her.

If L learns that Mihaisha is familiar with him, he will definitely doubt himself even more.

But now because of Rem's threat, he cannot get rid of the hidden danger of Mihaisha.

When he was in school, in order to reduce his suspicion, Yue began to date Takada, the campus beauty of Tokyo University.

After school, Yue went to the hotel where L was staying.

After some testing, L said:

"Yue is not Kira, or in other words, if Yue is Kira, I will be very embarrassed."

"Because Yue is my first friend."