After Higashinoji, Konoe Ryoka and others waited for a few more minutes, a few girls hurried over and everyone was ready.

Okano Ryoko counted the number of people and found that the student was not absent, then he led a group of students to the library area.

There is no admission fee to enter the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum. You only need to pay the admission fee when you walk to an exhibition area.

But to be honest, this kind of ticket fee is not expensive, plus the student ticket price, it only costs two to three hundred yen per person to enter the exhibition.

Ryoko Okano announced the gathering time and location outside the museum, and then organized a group of students to enter one of the exhibition halls.

Naturally, Higashinoji and Konoe Ryoka were also mixed in the crowd.

As soon as he entered the museum, Higashino relaxed.

There was no way, it was too hot outside just now, and Japan itself is an island country with high air humidity. Just after staying outside for a while, Tonoji could feel that his body was damp and hot, which made him very uncomfortable.

"Higashino-san, do you want to visit the exhibition area with us?" Madoka Fukushima next to her sent out the invitation at the right time, her childish face wearing light makeup filled with some expectation.

"I'm sorry, Fukushima-senpai." Tonoji bowed his head and apologized: "I want to take a look at the art store over there, and I will come back later to visit."

"Is there anything you want to buy?" Madoka Fukushima asked curiously.

Tonoji shook his head, got closer and lowered his voice and said to her: "I only told Sister Fukushima about this. I want to go lazy. I was a little tired after standing outside for so long."

As he said that, Higashino smiled and nodded at her, with an expression of 'I hope you can keep it a secret'.

Girls in high school are quite innocent.

Hearing Higashinoji's words, "I'll just tell you this," which contained a little secret, Madoka Fukushima also had a smile on his face:

"I understand, I will keep it a secret, Higashino-san."

Watching Madoka Fukushima and the others leave, Higashino took a breath and turned around to leave.

In fact, he didn't intend to be lazy, but planned to go to a nearby mobile phone store to take a look and buy a new mobile phone.

After all, he has quite a lot of money now, so it is naturally inconvenient to rely on his home landline to contact Hosokawa Koharu. Moreover, there are many civilian mobile phones in Japan, which are not expensive, and you can even get a phone card.

So Tonoji wanted to take this opportunity to go to a mobile phone store outside to take a look.

After leaving the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum and walking for more than ten minutes, Higashino found a mobile phone store.

After going through various registration procedures and paying fees, Toyoji finally got an old-fashioned flip phone.

It's not a popular model, anyway, as long as it can make calls, Tonoji doesn't have much requirements for this thing.

After getting the phone card and installing it, Tonoji was a little clumsy in controlling the phone.

There was nothing I could do about it. I used a lot of full-screen smartphones in my previous life, but now that I use this phone, it’s hard to find even my address book for a while.

However, he is a Chinese man in the 21st century, so it didn't take long for Tonoji to get used to the operation method of this crappy mobile phone.

He also called Hosokawa Koharu.

Hosokawa Koharu quickly answered the phone: "Hello? Who is this?"

"I'm Higashinoji, Editor Hosokawa." Higashinoji greeted him and explained the reason with a smile: "That's it, I bought a new mobile phone. Editor Hosokawa should call me at this number in the future."

"Ah... it's Mr. Higashino." As soon as he heard Higashinoji's voice, Hosokawa Koharu's voice slowed down: "Okay, I understand, then use this number to contact you from now on."

"Yeah." Higashino responded, just about to hang up——

"Wait a moment, Mr. Dongye, I just want to tell you something."

Hosokawa Koharu tilted her head and clamped her cell phone between her hands, and rummaged through the newly printed information on the desktop:

"The statistics of readers' responses have been received. Mr. Higashino, for the first time of expedited statistics, your readers' praise rate ranked first, and for the second complete statistics, your readers' praise rate ranked second."

Speaking of this, Hosokawa Koharu couldn't help but comfort Higashinoji:

"Actually, Mr. Higashino, the quality of your comics is enough to rank first. However, the number one "Between Dolls" recently announced that it has become an OVA. Two episodes of animation were produced, and a lot of resources were used to promote it. You are ranked No. 1

You two are quite normal."

Young people are always a little arrogant. This time "The Ring" didn't get the first place on the front page... Maybe Higashinoji will be sad? She will definitely want to comfort him.

After all, in the world of Japanese comics magazines, the ranking of the first chapter of many comics is already its peak ranking. Going further, the rankings of most comics will only get lower and lower among readers, and only some of them are of excellent quality.

Only comics can stay at the top.

So it's natural for her to worry that Higashinoji can't think about it.

But what Hosokawa Koharu didn't expect was that Higashinoji over there just laughed cheerfully:

"Really? This result is already very good."

There was no despair or despair as imagined by Hosokawa Koharu, nor was there any operation such as being frustrated.

Higashinoji's attitude was calm from the beginning.

It was so calm that even Hosokawa Koharu was stunned.

"In short, Mr. Higashino, don't take this result too seriously. The OVA production and promotion of "Between Dolls" was too strong this time, so it's normal that it won't get the first place. Next time we count, as long as "Midnight Ring" is still good

To maintain this quality, being first is never a problem.”

Hosokawa Koharu said confidently while comforting her.

That’s right!

She has confidence in "The Ring".

As long as Higashino maintains the style and level that makes people's skin crawl all over, "Midnight Ring" will definitely take the first place next time!

The first is Ichiban.

A manga author who can get a job at Urashima Publishing House is fully worthy of the title of "teacher" in the industry, and it is the dream of countless horror manga authors.

"I understand, I will also trouble Editor Hosokawa in the future."

"Well..."

Hosokawa Koharu on the phone could tell that Higashinoji's mood was still stable and he was not as strong-willed as she had imagined.

This made Hosokawa Koharu somewhat sigh.

Higashinoji's drawing skills are not bad, the comic plot is not bad, the storyboard structure is clear, and most importantly, the author is mentally stable...

"This is too stable."

Hosokawa Koharu hung up the phone and couldn't help mumbling to himself.

It is said that editors should grow together with authors.

But who knew that the author she met was a complete monster, extremely stable...

This made her feel like she was being taken along by Higashino.

The editor was led away by the author...

If she told this, even her colleagues would probably laugh at her.

But what's the use of laughing at her?

Hosokawa Koharu leaned helplessly on the office chair, looking quite helpless, like a big salty editor.

But leaving aside her side, Higashino encountered something he didn't expect.
Chapter completed!