Chapter 4: The Academic Slacker and the Academic Overachiever vs. Coincidence and System

  Hai Cheng and Lin Xuan brought the bento back, then immediately sensed the strange atmosphere.

  The bookworm works hard on drawing, while the slacker types quickly, as if they were competing with each other, ignoring all changes in their surroundings.

  The two of them, as onlookers, didn't say a word, but simply placed the purchased celery and braised pork bento boxes on the table, then crouched down together at one side, staring at Haicheng's computer.

  The two of them didn't plan on disturbing Kusa no Naka no Ni and Sōsuke's work, they also knew when to joke around and when to be serious.

  Gosho Aoyama's manga "Detective Conan" was successfully submitted for serialization in the first issue, and the second issue must be rushed out, at least within a week to complete the manuscript of the second issue.

  Drawing the original manga is not particularly difficult, after all, it only needs to draw well characters and then hand over to assistants for coloring and adding background. However, at this moment, all these processes are completed by Hekiru Kiyoshi alone, so the workload is a bit big.

  Although Saito can provide help with the last two processes, he also has to rush to write the manuscript of "My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU", so it's impossible for him to put his energy elsewhere.

  The scratching sound of the pen on paper became the only 'music' in this space, and the sweltering heat of summer intruded into this room without air conditioning as usual.

  The air blown by an electric fan in a space actually carries some temperature.

  He downed the water on the table in one gulp and slapped his cheeks with his hands to rouse himself.

  Afternoons in the summer are always easy to make people feel tired, and the noisy cicada sounds like a lullaby, taking away the only excitement in the body.

  He put down his pen and Sa Yu took out her phone to check the time.

  "After finishing the bento, it's time to go."

  "Is it going to meet with Mr. Natsusaka?"

  Next to him, Lin Xuan sat squatting beside Hai Cheng, fanning his head with a fan, gazing at Su You.

  Nodding, Sosuke walked to the water dispenser and poured himself another cup of water, gazing out the window at the clump of grass and the row of trees along the path.

  "Today is the day before the anime adaptation of 'Fate/stay night' starts, and I was asked to discuss the announcement of the TV broadcast schedule. At that time, we may all participate, and there might even be a meeting with invited voice actors."

  "Oh? Is it a voice actor meet-and-greet? Can I see those awesome seniors?"

  "About right, but it could also be some newcomers cultivated by certain agencies."

  However, Sosuke is looking forward to the voice actors such as Kawasumi Ayako and Sugiyama Noriaki, as for Lin Xuan, let her also go and mix a role.

  He put the water cup aside and Sosuke sat down in his seat, opened his bento box, and handed another one to Mogami Kensei.

  "Let's take a break for now, since the submission was successful, they will arrange an editor and set a deadline, no need to rush."

  "I get it, I just want to draw out some content, after all, I've already drawn half of it, and the final culprit is about to be found, only when I finish drawing can I relax."

  It seems that this bookworm lady is a person with a strong desire for knowledge and will not let go easily until she sees the outcome.

  Although these contents were provided by Sosuke, the drawings are still done by Kayoko, and the characters as well as the scene depictions all come from her hand.

  What Satoru provided to Miharu was only a part of Detective Conan, so from now on she has a long way to go and the story that follows must be created by herself.

  As for what charm the new Conan will possess, it is unknown.

  After Makihara finished drawing, Sosuke and she had lunch together, then the two of them decided to go out for a walk.

  Haicheng and Lin Xuan were too lazy to go out due to the sweltering heat, so they decided to continue resting at Sōsuke's house.

  Once in the room, everyone will immediately relax, which is a normal thing to do.

  There was no choice, Sosuke said goodbye to the two and left his room with Kayano Kashima.

  Sōsuke is going to meet with Takashi Takeuchi to discuss the animation of Fate/stay night, while Kayano Kiyoharu is going to visit the editor-in-chief of Weekly Shonen Jump's Yaeyama branch office to discuss the serialization of the manga.

  Sōsuke isn't worried about Makihara Nijika's social skills, he thinks she can handle outsiders well, but the only thing that feels a bit lacking is.

  "When you see them later, don't speak too directly."

  "What do you mean?"

  Kawahara Kyouka is now wearing a sun hat, the wide brim of which almost hits her own shoulder because she's tilting her head.

  This bookworm girl has no idea how direct her words are.

  She previously couldn't speak well with her own father, but once facing outsiders, she could bluntly say out the facts she saw.

  If the editor of Weekly Shonen Jump asked her to make some changes, Miharayaka might have responded with something like "What are you talking about? This is the way it's supposed to be. I refuse to change it."

  She is too straightforward in front of many people and is not good at pretending, so she was easily caught by Sosuke.

  "Is the game you made, 'Fate/Stay Night', going to be animated?"

  "It's almost there, just got the notice recently."

  "That's impressive, congratulations."

  "Good grief!"

  "Why so surprised?"

  "No way, I didn't expect the bookworm girl to say 'congratulations' to me."

  "Don't call me like that, and I'm just telling the truth. You're excellent in many ways, it's a fact. And the future you've chosen is more interesting and meaningful than the path I chose. Academic results don't represent everything, this is something I've come to realize."

  Sōsuke listened to what Makihara Kaito had said, and he knew that Makihara was always expected too much by others, so he felt a huge pressure, even his own wishes and dreams couldn't be expressed.

  The teacher must have had expectations of her, and her family also had expectations of her. Even sometimes Sosuke would have expectations of her.

  An ordinary girl has to respond to these expectations, Sosuke knows it's not an easy thing to do, or rather, it's impossible.

  So Sōsuke took action, taking her away from that house, away from her father, and giving her a helping hand.

  At this moment

  Judgment, judgment——

  Host: Left and right.

  Target: Kusuo Misumi.

  Current occupation: Female academic overachiever, manga artist.

  Current situation problem solution: Hold the opponent and dodge to the left, then speed up to avoid the overturning vehicle body, avoid this car accident, the movement intensity of the action process depends on personal ability.

  What does it mean? And this time the object is actually Mao Haruka?!

  Without further ado, Sosuke wrapped his arms around Miharu and dodged to the left as instructed, putting all his might into his right foot on the ground. The pain from twisting his leg gave them an extremely fast speed.

  Two people fell to the left, and in the next moment, an out-of-control large truck rolled over the previous position, and at the same time, it was avoided by the two again.

  What a close call!

  Sō looked at the car and then glanced at Kayaba no Kusumi in his arms, feeling a bit relieved.

  Then, heard such a voice

  "Thank you for saving me, are you okay? So I want to ask, how did you know in advance that the truck was going to crash into us?"

  The bookworm lady is not just calm, but also super sensitive!