Tokyo, everyone is drawing comics, who still wants to fall in love?.

Chapter 266 [Explosive Update] You told me this is a waste manuscript?!
It looked like the critical time had come for Springfield Books to make plates and print...

Oda Shingo and Namikaze Yukaku have also reached the critical point!
“Huff—this is so strange…Shingo…Huff…this, this feeling…could it be…”

Namikaze Youhe felt weak all over.

"I can't stand it. It's so tight. It's so tight. Whoosh whoosh whoosh - it's the legendary..."

Oda Shingo was panting.

This is the legendary [sense of urgency before the deadline——]!
"I'm coming!"

"Oh, it finally came out!"

"GANTZ with female characters!"

"Oh - I can't do it anymore." Oda Shingo slumped down on the table.

I glanced at my watch tiredly and realized I was ahead of time.

"The manuscript is finally out." Namikaze Youhe let out a soft cry and also lay down on the table.

"Give me one last time! I'll be done soon..." Fujido Kaoru insisted on pressing the send button, then also fell on the table.

All three of them were very tired.

"Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Oda, and thank you for your hard work, seniors!" Yuko Mikami quickly gave everyone hot towels to relieve their fatigue.

This time I felt the urgency of deadline, which I have never experienced before.

"Let's go to bed, everyone." Oda Shingo wiped his face with a towel.

Everyone stayed up all night and worked continuously for nearly 48 hours.

This is different from spending a night in an Internet cafe. It requires high-intensity and concentration in painting.

Although Namikaze Youhe had ninjutsu that could resist fatigue to a certain extent, he still felt very sleepy when he stood up.

Fujido Kaoru, with messy hair, squinted her eyes, scratched her hair with her hands, and followed Oda Shingo up to the second floor staggeringly.

"..." Fortunately, Namikaze Youhe was much more sober than her. He pulled her away from Oda Shingo's door and pushed her back to her own room.

Don't let your guard down! Namikaze Yukaku reminded himself. I don't know if Fujido Kaoru was playing dumb, he almost followed Shingo back to the room.

"It doesn't matter where I sleep..." Fujido Kaoru muttered lazily.

Namikaze Youhe continued to push her onto the bed in annoyance: "You should sleep in your own room."

"That idiot wouldn't do anything to us." Fujido Kaoru was pushed numbly like a zombie, and then fell headfirst onto her bed.

Namikaze Youhe closed the door and came out, and saw him standing at the door of the room looking at him.

"Remember to lock the door." Namikaze Youhe reminded at the door.

"Ah, thank you for reminding me." Oda Shingo nodded. He was still sober.

"Do you want to... that..." Namikaze Youhe blushed, but quickly shook his head: "You are too tired..."

Oda Shingo: “?”

Eh? Why does it seem like this has happened before? Oda Shingo watched Namikaze Yuzuru run back to his room, wondering what he hadn't figured out.

"Ah, wait, Yuzuru." Oda Shingo called out the nickname when not at work.

Hearing his rare title, Namikaze Youhe stopped at the door, held onto the door frame and turned around.

Her face turned red and she whispered, "You, you are too tired today, let's do it another night..."

Then he slowly closed the door.

The moment she closed the door, Oda Nobuo saw that there seemed to be a pool of water in Namikaze Yukaku's eyes.

On the other side, the supplement department of Springfield Books.

None of the editors of "RED" have left work yet, and are still waiting for the latest revised version of the first four episodes of "GANTZ".

The editors were about to comment on something when a cartoonist came in from outside.

He stood at the door, chin up, as if looking for someone. "Ah, Mr. Endo!" His editor stepped forward immediately.

Endo Okito's comic style is gorgeous and he is generous with his contributions, making him one of the mainstays of RED magazine.

"I would like to ask, what is the latest paging and sorting arrangement?"

Pagination and sorting are plans for allocating pages to each cartoonist, taking into account each artist's fame, style, update volume, and popularity.

Generally, the most popular comics are at the front of the magazine, and the less popular comics are at the back. Of course, there are some who are accustomed to a specific page number and will never change it.

But the specific number of pages is very particular. Generally, 18-22 pages are allocated as one chapter, and double the amount for the first publication.

Only some comics bigwigs can ask editors for extra pages or priority.

In fact, he knew very well that the number of pages given to him in this issue was 22, ranking second.

Who was the first one? Oda Shingo.

Woo, that's a big guy, I can't afford to offend him, but I still have to express my stance! Otherwise I will be bullied, right?
But why is my page number on page 89?! Shouldn't it be second in the list?

Although I vaguely deduced a possibility in my mind: that big devil will have 4 episodes in the first serialization!
But he still felt that he had to go to the editorial department and make some noise, otherwise everyone would think that he, Endo Okito, was easy to bully, right?
As expected, the editor-in-chief came up to me with a big smile on his face: "Oh, Mr. Endo, you are here in the editorial office. Please come in."

Endo Okito was the boss before, and the editor-in-chief came to receive him personally.

Any comic editorial department is always a mess, so the other editors quickly pushed over a chair in a tactful manner.

Endo Okito sat down, took the cup of instant coffee offered by the editor, and put it aside.

Hmm, cheap coffee.

He didn't expect any good drinks from the supplement department, and slowly got down to business: "Let me see what kind of good comics pushed my comic to page 89?"

The editor-in-chief's face froze.

This kind of thing is difficult to explain. Could it be that Oda Nobuo's manuscript squeezed you out?
Having served the author for many years, he knew that Endo Okito was not easy to talk to.

Delays in submitting manuscripts were common, often making the editor-in-chief very anxious, and he would even come to urge the manuscripts to be submitted. But if the manuscript fee was delayed by one day, he would be very upset.

Seeing that the editor didn't say anything, Endo Okito continued: "Oda Shingo is very popular recently. I've also read his comics. They're not bad..."

Is that okay? The editor-in-chief thought to himself. That directly raised the sales of "Champion" to the fourth place in the industry!

But he couldn't show it, the editor-in-chief had a smile on his face: "Look at what you are talking about? It's a normal adjustment of the publication, and it has nothing to do with other authors."

But at this moment, Endo Okito suddenly saw the large envelope on the public table.

It was such a thick stack, and the other manuscripts were scattered around it, only it was placed at the highest place like an offering, very conspicuous.

Endo walked over and saw the name on the cover: "Oda Shingo? GANTZ?"

"Ah, Mr. Endo, that's just a draft..." The editor-in-chief quickly winked at the other editors and asked them to take it away.

But Endo Okito was a reckless person and he opened the envelope directly: "Let me take a look. It's going to be published anyway."

This is actually very rude. But if he does this, it will be difficult for others to grab it.

The editor-in-chief could only reluctantly advise: "To be specific, this is a scrapped manuscript that Mr. Oda Shingo is not very satisfied with. He has already revised it. We are planning to get rid of it."

Endo Okito said, "I'll just take a look."

The editors and the chief editor exchanged glances, and almost everyone agreed: Just bear with it, it's okay as long as Mr. Oda doesn't know...

Endo Okito stood there talking to himself while reading the manuscript.

The editor-in-chief wanted to ask him to sit down, but Endo Okito was holding the manuscript and couldn't take his eyes off it.

Blood! Flesh! Gorgeous! Tension! Crisis! Killing!
Countless keywords are displayed in the comics of "GANTZ".

Endo Okito stood there for a long time, just standing there for a long time, looking up at the editor-in-chief woodenly.

His lips moved, but no sound came out at first. But after a while, he managed to utter a few broken sentences:

"This, this is... a scrapped draft that Oda Shingo is not satisfied with?!"

A comic manuscript of this quality should be discarded just because you are not satisfied with it?!
(End of this chapter)