Full-time cartoonist - #44 - Chapter 44 Influence

On Friday, in the living room, Hibiki Higashino and Akimiya Akemi were drawing comics.

Apart from the ticking of the clock on the wall and the swishing of the pen tip against the paper, there was no other sound.

While he was seriously drawing comics, Hibiki couldn’t help but think of this week’s jump.

“Soul of the Chess” ranked seventh, while “The Sun Murder Incident” also ranked sixth, just ahead of itself.

Yamamura Morimichi even called to show off, saying that he was honored to partner with Mr. Arai and that the two of them would never lose to “Soul of the Game”.

I wonder what the results will be this week?

The quick report is third, where is Xiaozheng?

Will readers like the explosion of emotions in comics?

This was also the turning point in the manga’s performance that he and Sasaki discussed.

Very important.

The day of becoming a god is today!

When the phone rang, Higashi Hibiki answered it quickly.

What I heard was a voice of relief, “Xiao Zheng got third place.”

Dong Yexiang thanked him, his face looked much uglier.

He put down the g-pen and sighed heavily.

“Are your grades bad?” Akimiya Akemi consoled her, “As a newcomer, you are already very good. Don’t put too much pressure on yourself.”

Higashino Hibiki didn’t answer, and looked at Akimiya Akemi with eyes full of weakness.

He lost his usual self-confidence and showed his soft and depressed side in front of Akimiya Akemi.

“Miss Akimiya, can you rub your shoulders for me? I feel very tired.”

“Of course,” Akimiya Akemi agreed decisively.

Her slender palms rubbed Higashino Hibiki’s broad shoulders;

Dongye rang his ears and felt Akimiya Akemi’s breath.

Closing his eyes, Higashikata whispered: “Thank you.”

Three minutes passed. Akimiya Akemi couldn’t bear her curiosity and asked: “So how many names is it?”

“Third place,” Hibiki answered.

“Thirteenth… wait,” Akimiya Akemi was stunned, and the strength in her hands gradually disappeared, “You mean third place?”

“Yes!” Higashikata nodded heavily, showing a happy smile.

His breathing quickened in his ears, as if he was a white bear who had just finished hibernation.

Dong Yexiang felt threatened and ran away quickly.

“伱! You’ve gone too far!” Akimiya Akemi’s body trembled with anger, her eyes widened, she picked up the ink bottle and prepared to smash it at Hibiki Higashikata.

“Slow down,” Hibiki raised his hands in surrender. He comforted Akimiya Akemi and carefully took the ink bottle from her hand, “I didn’t lie.”

“You still said!” Akimiya Minmei was angry, “I don’t care about you anymore.”

She turned and left.

Higashino Hibiki quickly grabbed her hand, “I’m sorry, Miss Akimiya, I can’t do it without you. I won’t talk nonsense anymore.”

“That’s pretty much it.” She turned from anger to joy, “But it turned out to be third place! It’s really amazing.”

“It’s not even close.” Higashikata pulled down his peaked cap. His hands were empty before he realized that he hadn’t worn that thing since his hair grew long.

“I’ll be number one.”

…

Sitting at his desk, looking out the window at the female high school students playing in the playground, Hibiki squinted his eyes, enjoying the winter sunshine.

It should have been a pleasant moment, but the noisy sounds in my ears kept coming.

“I’m really looking forward to the match between Taya Ryo and Sawei.” Nishimura said with great interest, “After watching the fourth episode, I was so excited that I played two games of chess on the spot!”

“Sawei must have won,” Kitamoto replied, “But Nishimura, what’s the result? What’s the result of the chess game?”

Nishimura’s face fell and he stared at Kitamoto with dead eyes.

President Nakai smoothed things over, “Nishimura has just learned chess and has already made rapid progress.”

“Hey! Really?” Nishimura said with a smile, “I’m really good. Maybe I can become a professional chess player in the future.”

Nakai was stunned, not knowing how to answer.

Higashikata sighed, looked at Nishimura and shook his head.

Nishimura asked: “Dongye, what’s your attitude?”

Dong Yexiang looked at him compassionately, full of love and care.

“I’m not mentally ill!” Nishimura saw Higashino Hibiki’s thoughts from his eyes and shouted angrily.

“Really, I want you to know my strength!”

He took out a simple chessboard from his desk pocket. Amid the disbelieving looks of several other people, Higashino Hibiki spread out his tables and chairs with confidence and provocation.

“You are also learning Go. Let’s play a game and watch me kill you.”

Higashikata moved his fingers and looked up at him, “Since you want to die, then go ahead.”

Guess first, Higashino Hibiki takes the lead with Kuroko.

Before even making two moves, through Nishimura’s chess game, Hibiki Higashino already understood his general strength.

She is completely new, she only knows how to use routines and has no flexible thinking. And even the routines seem to be unclear, and mistakes are always made.

In his poor mind, he could not imagine having a big picture view. Playing chess pieces only focuses on the present and has no foresight.

Hibiki Higashikata could easily lead him into a trap.

Without making many moves, Nishimura’s defeat was certain.

Glancing at Nishimura who was in high spirits, Hibiki felt happy in his heart.

This is what Akira Yamazaki thinks about playing chess with himself.

Nakai looked on, opened his mouth several times, and finally said nothing.

Higashino Hibiki tolerated it, but Nishimura never noticed it and seemed to think that he still had the possibility of victory.

So Higashikata had no choice but to take heavy action.

While they were playing chess, others from the class came over.

“Hey, you are playing Go.”

“The way you pinch the chess pieces is so cool.”

Nishimura heard it and pinched it with his index and middle fingers, making a cool move.

This is the one he has practiced longest and worked hardest on in Go.

He looked proudly at the art students, and finally looked at Yuko Asahina, only to find that she was just staring at Hibiki Hibiki in a daze, not even looking at him.

“Damn Dongye, watch me defeat you!”

“You lost.” Hibiki Higashi said calmly.

“How is that possible!” Nishimura retorted, but after he looked at the chessboard carefully, he shook his lips, “I lost…”

He has no way out.

“I was all distracted…” Nishimura was disappointed, “You have to concentrate on playing chess.”

“Is it over so soon?” someone said.

Let Nishimura be hit even more.

“It’s so similar to the comics. “The Soul of Go” is so well drawn, realistic and interesting. I also want to try learning Go.”

Nakai was just about to go to comfort Nishimura. When he heard these words, he couldn’t help but promote the Go club and recruit people.

…

Time passed slowly, and unknowingly it came to the end of February.

Yanyan High School is on spring break.

The senior high school students also started a new journey.

Some people began to enter society, were rubbed, and tasted the ups and downs.

Those with good grades will be promoted to higher education institutions.

Nakai Hiroshi left his beloved Go club with a sigh. Until the end, he still could not make it a popular club.

I really can’t bear to spend three green years here.

“Nishimura-kun, I’ll leave the Go club to you.”