The day to send Higashino Chihaya to the hospital is the day after tomorrow, so it will not affect tomorrow's agreement with Mizuki Katsuta.

Higashino waited until Chihaya Higashino fell asleep before continuing to draw "The Lonely Gourmet" and "The Ring".

The current progress is very good, "The Ring" has entered the climax stage - the heroine Reiko Asakawa and her ex-husband Takayama Ryuji have gone to Izu Island to investigate things about Sadako.

They found out the history of Izu Island's previous volcanic eruptions and read a lot of news.

This chapter is considered the last decrypted chapter of "Midnight Ring". With five or six more chapters, the entire comic "Midnight Ring" will be finished.

Higashino made a rough estimate, and when the work on "The Ring" is officially finished, there should be fourteen to fifteen chapters, which can be enough to produce three single volumes. (The first chapter of "The Ring" is more than forty pages, which can be used as two volumes.

Words count).

If Hosokawa Koharu knew Higashinoji's idea, she would definitely be shocked, and then in turn persuade Higashinoji to continue painting.

After all, "Midnight Ring" is now the comic strip of "Cold". It is so popular that almost every episode tops the list of readers' praise ratings, overpowering other horror comics. Generally, the author wants to come up with something

I don’t know how many years it would take to create such a popular work.

Even if they are polished, those comics authors will definitely keep procrastinating and are unwilling to finish their extremely popular works... This can be seen in reference to the many popular comics published in weekly magazines.

In the end, Higashinoji did well and finished the book right away?

In fact, Hosokawa Koharu has already noticed it.

Although the recent plot and quality of "Midnight Ring" are as perfect as ever, she always feels that Higashino's plot is progressing too fast?

For this matter, she even called Higashikata to discuss this matter and asked him to delay the plot progress of "The Ring" as much as possible and not too fast.

But Higashinoji just smiled cheerfully and brushed it off without changing his mind.

He really hopes that "The Ring" can torture his Japanese friends who are living a good life, and he also hopes that the next volume of "The Ring" will sell better.

But for him to risk lowering the quality and forcefully delay the progress of "Midnight Ring"... Higashinoji disagreed.

As for drawing the stories of "Midnight Ring 2" and "Midnight Ring 3" - to be honest, Higashinoji was not willing either.

The "Midnight Ring" in its previous life lost all of its reputation due to the subsequent series of "Midnight Ring" sequels, and became a bad work that simply sold Sadako's feelings.

Perhaps this is also the stubbornness of ordinary people like Higashinoji who know a little bit about art.

He believes that if a work can be the best, it must end in the best way. If he continues to draw sequels, continue to mess up, and draw some clichéd, blood-splattered plots - then

It's not called "Midnight Ring" anymore.

Rather than ruining the reputation of "The Ring" like in the previous life, it would be better to let it end in a perfect way in this parallel world...

This is what Higashinoji thinks.

For this reason, he will not hold back! He will fully present the most terrifying story of "The Ring" in the eyes of readers in a compact, panic, and terrifying climax!

As for "The Lonely Gourmet" on the other side... to be honest, Higashinoji has already accumulated a lot of material for this type of travel and food comics, and he doesn't have to worry about not being able to draw them, so it's easy to start writing.

"Huh...that's probably it."

Higashinoji added the last details of "The Ring" and then put it away with satisfaction.

The tenth episode of "Midnight Ring" has been completed.

Higashinoji stretched himself, and then glanced at the time next to him.

It is already eleven o'clock in the evening, which is a good time to rest.

He went out to the bathroom to brush his teeth and wash his face, and then quietly walked to Higashino Chihaya's room. After making sure that she had not kicked off the blanket, Higashinoji yawned and lay down to rest.

There is no rush to submit the manuscript for "Midnight Ring". It is not a problem to submit it the day after tomorrow.

He rolled onto the bed and rested soon.

...

The next day, Higashinoji cooked food for Higashino Chihaya according to yesterday's steps and then went out to Kita Gym.

The same process as yesterday, the bus came to Kitajuku, picked up the students from the studio, and sent them to Musashino Art University.

Mizuki Katsuta did keep his promise yesterday and took Higashino Tsukasa for a long sightseeing tour at Musashino Art University.

There are mostly male seniors in the imaging science subject, and all the girls present are pretty.

Some people also recognized Higashinoji who was brought here by Katsuta Mizuki, and warmly invited him to take a closer look.

They were planning a new campus movie and asked the school to apply to borrow this floor... It must be said that Musashino Art University is indeed very wealthy in this regard.

As for the rest...? Boys mainly do physical work, setting up cameras and other equipment, while girls read every sentence when acting, which is very dry and rigid.

And because of the props and equipment, there was no electric fan on the set, so it was a messy and hot mess.

However, the whole process was indeed quite interesting. At least Higashinoji was watching it with great interest, and it felt like he was back in college.

These students of Musashino Art University are actually standing at a crossroads in life.

Next, it depends on how they choose and how to move forward.

After finally visiting the Department of Imaging Science, Higashinoji and Katsuta Mizuki prepared to go to the Department of Sculpture.

But before he even took a step, he was stopped by a phone call.

"Teacher Yamauchi is looking for me?" Higashinoji was stunned when he heard Katsuta Mizuki say this, with a face full of surprise.

His visit to Musashino Art University was, in a sense, part of the exchange and learning process... Logically speaking, the other party shouldn't care too much.

But why did it suddenly come to him?

"Higashino-san, don't worry about it. Don't look at Mr. Yamauchi like that. In fact, he is quite nice...probably." Next to him, Katsuta Mizuki tried to comfort Higashinoji, but he only half-way comforted him.

Worried.

He seemed to have a strong sense of uneasiness.

This look left Higashikata speechless for a while.

The comfort from others is to make people relax and not to be too nervous.

As a result, Mizuki Katsuta was unlucky, which in turn made Higashinoji a little unsettled.

However, Higashino collected his thoughts and shook his head again.

There is indeed nothing to be concerned about, and he has done nothing wrong.

You can't eat his Higashinoji on the first floor of Yamauchi, right?

Just as Higashinoji was about to comfort Mizuki Katsuta with a few words, he heard Katsuta Mizuki sighing: "Hey, if Higashino-san is sent away like this, I won't hear anything about Kumamon...

.That’s really a pity.”

Are you still thinking about Kumamon?!

Higashinoji glanced at Mizuki Katsuta with an incomprehensible look, "Do you like that bear so much?"

"Ahem... There's a reason why this is higher than the mountains and deeper than the sea." Katsuda Mizuki said something embarrassingly.

"It's okay, Mizuki-san." Tonoji also patted Mizuki Katsuta's shoulder cheerfully: "When the time comes, I will push all the blame on Mizuki-san. Let's just say that Mizuki-san led me.

I went to visit, but I didn’t mean that. For the reason of being ‘higher than the mountains and deeper than the sea’, I think you will definitely go out of your way to save your friends, right?”

The smiling expression on Higashinoji's face made Katsuta Mizuki couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat from his forehead. He responded repeatedly: "...Of course, of course. We are good friends, Higashino-san."

After this gag, the atmosphere was no longer so tense. Higashinoji smiled and headed to the offices of the oil painting teachers with Mizuki Katsuta.

There are two pots of green plants that are growing well in the corner of the office, and there is a whiteboard beside the door, which should be used by university lecturers during meetings.

"You guys are here..." Yamauchi on the first floor was lowering his head to review the documents. When he saw Higashinoji coming over, he gave Katsuta Mizuki next to him a wink.

Katsuta Mizuki understood immediately and patted Higashinoji on the shoulder, with a heartbroken look on his face - it's not that your friends won't help you, but that the old thief Yamauchi didn't give you a chance at all.

It's just that his mouth almost bursts from laughter, so the intensity of his heartache has been reduced a lot.

Higashinoji clearly understood Mizuki Katsuta's look, so he gave him a look in return, telling him not to worry, saying that no matter what Yamauchi asked him later, he would put all the blame on Mizuki Katsuta.

This expression made Katsuta Mizuki, who was laughing so hard, be stunned for a moment. He coughed twice, and then looked at Higashinoji with an extremely resentful look as he left.

As Katsuta Mizuki left, Yamauchi on the first floor also got down to business: "Higashino-san, I'm not here to talk to you about academic exchanges."

Isn’t it about communication and learning?

Yamauchi's words made Higashino look puzzled, but soon Yamauchi gave the answer: "I called you over this time, Higashino-kun, because it's actually about the Grand Prize Competition."

"Grand Prize Competition...?" Higashinoji looked confused.

"Well... there is no announcement to the outside world yet... This competition is mainly held jointly by the five major art academies in Tokyo. The full name is the Japan Art Creation Awards."

Yamauchi explained for Higashinoji on the first floor: "As the name suggests, the competition this time is not just a single oil painting, but also includes sculptures, prints, etc....Similarly, the location is not limited to Tokyo, but is open to all Japan.

An artistic creation award.”

He thought thoughtfully and said: "Of course, I am facing a group of young people like you. Authors who are over the age are not allowed to participate. Similarly, it is also because I am facing a group of young people like you that I want to ask you.

, do you want to participate in this grand prize?"

A grand prize competition facing the entire Japanese youth? The categories are not only oil paintings, but also include sculptures, prints, etc.?

Higashikata pinched his chin.

This sounds very professional, and the previous Tokyo Youth Art Prize cannot be compared with it at all. After all, this is a grand prize competition facing the entire Japan.
To be continued...