"Mingsha, are you still watching the second episode of "Midnight Ring"?"

The girl with short hair was blow-drying her hair while looking at the long-haired girl who was sitting on the sofa and watching the second episode of "The Ring" in a daze.

The girl with short hair is called Chimi Nagawa, and as for the other girl with long hair...

If Higashinoji were here, he would probably be able to tell at a glance that the long-haired girl was the female college student who borrowed painting tools on the street that day.

The name of this female college student is Akisa Kuromiya, and she is the author of the mainstay comic "Between Dolls" in the weekly "Abominable Chill".

"Mingsha-please pay attention to me."

Seeing that Kuromiya Akisa ignored her, Nagawa Chimei walked over and scratched Kuromiya Akisa's armpits with both hands.

"...Hmm. I was watching Mr. Higashino's "The Ring"."

Being so disturbed, Kuromiya Mingsa naturally came to her senses.

"What's the point of reading his comics all the time?"

Chimei Nagawa felt a little grievance for Kuromiya Meisa: "He is just a little better at drawing than you, Meisa, the plot is a little better than you, the sense of horror is a little more than you, Mingsa, and the sense of anticipation is better than yours.

It needs to be a little fuller, the whole story is just interesting, and there’s not much else besides that.”

"..."

After hearing these words from her live-in friend, Akisa Kuromiya was not dissatisfied at all.

On the contrary, a sense of recognition appeared on her calm face: "It's exactly what Qianmei said...my "Between Dolls" is really nothing compared to "Midnight Ring"."

"Ah? I didn't mean that." Nagawa Qianmei was stunned for a moment, and then argued: "I just said that his painting is better than Mingsha, and the plot is better than Mingsha. It's scary.

The feeling and the sense of anticipation are a little better than Mingsha's...I didn't say anything else."

She is quite confident.

Akisa Kuromiya didn't express her position on this. She just put down "The Cold" and remembered how she had just watched "The Ring" some time ago.

Although they did not smash the TV like Akasaka Kazuya, the TV placed in the corner was locked early and no one could open it.

She even dared not go to the toilet alone at night and needed two people to accompany her - even Akisa Kuromiya was like this.

"How can I draw so well?" Akisa Kuromiya looked at the second episode of "The Ring" on the table and fell into deep thought.

Next to her, Chimei Nagawa curled her lips when she saw her best friend like this, not caring at all.

Like Meisa Kuromiya, she is also a student at Mutono Art University, so her painting skills can naturally be seen at a glance.

The teacher Higashino who painted "The Ring" is indeed better than Akisa Kuromiya, there is no doubt about it.

But Chimi Nagawa felt that it was probably because Teacher Higashino spent more time than Akisa Kuromiya to achieve this result.

You must know that Kuromiya Meisa is a college student, and she is also a Mutono Art College student. She usually spends a lot of time on her schoolwork and does not have much time to draw comics.

And even such a person with absolutely no time can still occupy the position of the main horror comic in the famous Urashima Publishing House's weekly "Abominable Chill", and several professors from Mutono Art University also praised Kuromiya Meisa.

There are plus...

To sum up, it is not a problem to use the word "genius" to describe Akisa Kuromiya.

As for that Mr. Higashino...?

How could he possibly compare to Akisa Kuromiya?

Even if Higashino is two steps, or even three or four steps ahead of Akisa Kuromiya in the field of comics, in terms of Western and traditional paintings such as oil paintings, he is definitely not the opponent of Akisa Kuromiya.

So Chimi Nagawa doesn't know why Akisa Kuromiya is so serious.

Thinking of this, Chimei Nagawa simply said to Kuromiya Meisa: "Mingsa, you don't have to worry about it. This Mr. Higashino's talent in comics is definitely a genius level. It's normal that you can't compare with him."

She hugged Akisa Kuromiya and said proudly: "And didn't you recently participate in the adult competition of the Tokyo Youth Art Awards? This is something that Higashino can't do. Is it possible that he can still take advantage of you?

Are you going to take away the gold reward?"

Kuromiya Meisa tilted her head and glanced at Nagawa Chimei, with a confused expression on her delicate and elegant face. Then she took out her mobile phone and opened the photo album:

"Does it look good?"

She opened the photo of Higashino Tsukasa's "Tokyo" oil painting and asked Chimi Nagawa.

"Hmm...? Wow...! This is your easel, Mingsha, right? Have you painted such an outstanding work again? No...it's even more beautiful than the previous painting "Flowers", Mingsha, you've done it again

Have you made progress?"

Chimei Nagawa held her phone with a look of obsession on her face.

The language of art indeed has no national boundaries. Chimi Nagawa was immediately fascinated by Higashino Tsukasa's "Tokyo" when she saw it.

She had an inexplicable feeling.

It's like he has become the middle-aged man in the painting, expressing his dissatisfaction with this exaggerated and ironic Tokyo...

But what about being dissatisfied? Isn’t it time to return to reality in the end?

The whole oil painting is full of this feeling of 'realistic helplessness, realistic regret'.

Looking at this painting, Chimei Nagawa suddenly thought of a sentence - Tokyo is everyone's Tokyo, but it is not your Tokyo.

"That's great! With this painting, Mingsha, you will definitely get the gold reward! This is already a professional-level painter, right?!"

Chimei Nagawa is sincerely happy for her friend.

She is the kind of person who is idle, and the worst she can do is inherit her family's hundreds of millions of assets after graduation. For her, this kind of life is actually quite boring.

But with a winner in life like Akisa Kuromiya around her, she feels like she is also experiencing the other person's life.

At least she witnessed the rise of a generation of young painters!

But what Chimei Nagawa didn't realize was that Akisa Kuromiya didn't respond to her congratulations. She just asked her on her phone: "Does it look good?"

"It's beautiful!" Chimei Nagawa replied without hesitation.

"Drawed by Mr. Higashino."

"Ah???" Nagawa Chimei was stunned by Kuromiya Meisa's words, and then she said "ah" again, with a look of disbelief on her face:

"You mean this painting was painted by the teacher Higashino who painted "The Ring"?"

"Well... I happened to meet him that day. It should be him."

Kuromiya Meisa's expression was still calm, and she looked at Nagawa Chimei with a gentle face.

"..." Chimei Nagawa didn't say anything, she just looked at the oil painting stupidly, and then at the original painting of "The Ring": "No way..."

She murmured to herself blankly: "Isn't this too awesome...?"

Chimi Nagawa finally understood.

So to them, Teacher Higashino...is simply a monster.

"A little unwilling..."

Akisa Kuromiya's voice woke up Chimi Nagawa.

Chimei Nagawa raised her head subconsciously, and happened to see Akisa Kuromiya biting her thumb.

This was the first time she saw Kuromiya Meisa, who was not particularly interested in anything except painting, showing such an expression...

That kind of...especially unwilling...especially envious expression.

I was so envious that I almost cried.

"Yeah..." Chimei Nagawa reached out and gently stroked Kuromiya Mingsa's head, muttering to herself: "I'm very unwilling..."

Perhaps, the way I usually look at Akisa Kuromiya is just like the way Akisa Kuromiya looks at teacher Higashino now.

Very unwilling...

I am unwilling to face that high wall called ‘talent’...

How can I surpass that Mr. Higashino?
Chapter completed!