To this, Higashinoji also nodded: "Well, Chihaya-san, please go and rest first. I'll call you when you're eating."

There was no other way. After taking a plane and taking a car, it was no wonder she was tired.

After sending her into the room, Tonoji sorted out the contents of the travel bag.

I have the horse meat jerky souvenir I brought to the Urashima editorial office in my hand, and I will go over to deliver it now. There are also a lot of Kumamon's original peripherals - simple keychains, wallet cases and other gadgets.

As the chief designer of Kumamon, Higashinoji wouldn't have much of a problem getting this.

He packed these things into a shoulder bag and then walked out the door.

...

Walking back to Tokyo from Kumamoto Prefecture, Higashinoji certainly felt like he was returning to the city from the countryside.

This is not to say that Kumamoto Prefecture is too poor, but simply that Tokyo is too prosperous, which creates this sense of gap in Higashinoji's mind.

To this, Tonoji just smiled and shook his head.

To be honest, he prefers the rural sentiments of Kumamoto Prefecture than Tokyo.

Isn't there a saying like this? People who have stayed in big cities for a long time always want to go to the countryside to experience farmhouse fun.

I got off the bus at the station and walked straight to Urashima Publishing House.

But what Higashinoji didn't know was that the current Urashima Publishing House was basically surrounded by newspaper reporters and others.

His appearance naturally attracted the attention of many reporters.

And Kunihiko Yoshioka is one of these reporters.

"Isn't that Higashinoji...?"

Kunihiko Yoshioka looked at the figure appearing under the Urashima Publishing House and couldn't help but mutter to himself.

Now there are headlines.

Higashino Tsukasa appears at Urashima Publishing House, and enters Urashima Publishing House... This can only mean one thing——

"The person who designed Kumamon, Tsukasa Higashino, was the one who drew "Midnight Ring" and "The Lonely Gourmet" Higashino-sensei."

These two people are the same person!

Even if they haven't received Higashinoji's recognition yet, Higashinoji's appearance here at Urashima Publishing House... can already explain a lot of things.

He took several photos in a row, left a few colleagues to continue their stay, and then drove away directly.

At the same time, reporters from several newspapers nearby took action...

Of course Higashinoji, who is a party involved, does not know this.

To be precise, he has been staying in Kumamoto Prefecture after all.

Although I knew that the mascot Kumamon was very popular now, I didn't expect it to become so popular that many reporters stopped in front of Urashima Publishing House.

He greeted Ms. Uzaki who was at the reception and gave her a pack of horse meat jerky and some Kumamon peripherals before heading upstairs.

"Teacher Higashino?!"

Hosokawa Koharu was stunned when he saw Higashinoji appearing in front of him.

"Well, it's me, Editor Hosokawa. I just returned to Tokyo." Higashinoji smiled and handed several bags of horse meat jerky to Hosokawa Koharu, and also gave her some Kumamon keychains and wallet clips:

"These are souvenirs for the editors in the editorial department. Please accept them without being polite."

"Ah...oh...no." Hosokawa Koharu stupidly took what Higashinoji handed over, but quickly shook his head and asked: "Teacher Higashino, when you came to the publishing house, there was no

Did you encounter anything strange?"

"Huh? Something strange?" Higashinoji became a little interested.

Isn't it just a visit to the publishing house? What other strange things can you encounter?

"..." Looking at Higashinoji's indifferent expression, Hosokawa Koharu instinctively felt bad.

So she hurriedly explained: "Mr. Higashino, you may not know that you have just returned to Tokyo. Recently, many newspaper reporters have been squatting in front of our publishing house... Many people think that Tsukasa Higashino, who designed Kumamon Bear, and Mr. Higashino from our publishing house

It doesn’t matter... your appearance in the publishing house... isn’t it a borrowed topic for them?”

Hosokawa Koharu was a little anxious, but Tonoji just smiled: "That's okay, if you take the picture, you'll get it."

Yes, it doesn't matter if you are photographed.
Chapter completed!