I, who tortured the readers, was knocked to the ground by them!

Early April.

After the glorious conclusion of "Your Lie in April".

JUMP struck while the iron was hot, and before most Japanese students had finished, they immediately released a trailer for the final volume of "Puella Magi Madoka Magica".

How do you feel about the impending end of "Puella Magi Madoka Magica"? Who do you support, Sakura Fujisawa or Haruki Nagayama?

Host Yamazaki rubbed his chin in front of his computer screen as he conducted a live stream.

He's really become famous.

In just two days, his recorded article, titled "A True Account of the Mental State of Audiences of 'The Lie in April'," has been viewed over two million times, and the number of views increases with each refresh.

At this rate, the number of views will soon reach three million.

I was originally going to cry, but looking at Yamazaki's smug face, I couldn't help but burst out laughing.

I was going to laugh, but seeing this scene made me want to cry again.

What an amazing video!

Amidst the various quirky comments in the comments section, Yamazaki managed to barely establish himself in the online celebrity field. He then started a live talk show, offering insightful commentary and answering questions from the audience.

"Ah, I really don't want to watch Puella Magi Madoka Magica lately. I just recovered from 'A Lie in April'," Yamazaki said. "But I can understand why he wants to end it now. It's the battle between the two trees. Actually, I contributed quite a bit when the fans of both sides had their first big fight."

Yamazaki recalled the battle for the strongest newcomer in Jump when the two had just debuted. Back then, he was a hater of Haruki Nagayama and garnered a lot of votes for Iori Sakura in order to criticize Haruki Nagayama.

Looking back now, I really want to slap myself.

At that time, he still thought Cherry Blossom Leaf was a good person.

"If you ask me, they're both animals, they both deserve to be killed a thousand times! I don't care who's stronger or more popular, to me, they're not even the same person."

Yamazaki vented his emotions fiercely, then suddenly blurted out, "Hey, didn't you say that cherry blossom leaves are trees, and Nagayama Haruki is also a tree? Is it possible that they're referring to the same person?"

【? ? ? 】

Faced with a barrage of question marks in the comments, Yamazaki thought about it more and more and felt that this was possible.

First of all, they debuted in the same year, and both debuted at their peak.

Secondly, news about New Dimension Society and Yukiko has been widely retweeted by their official accounts.

Almost all of their pen names contain the character "tree," and their behavior is also quite perverse.

Furthermore, neither of them has made a public appearance.

After explaining briefly, Yamazaki summarized what he considered the most important point: "Most importantly, the two of them have never appeared at the same time!"

For a moment, I was unable to refute it.

"That's hilarious. I've never appeared at the same time as Father of Ultra. Now, transfer me 10,000 yen, and I'll make you a squad leader in the Ultra Guard."

Clearly, people did not agree with Yamazaki's analysis, and only thought that he was just doing it for the sake of the show.

[If you put it that way, then the game scriptwriter, Sakurai Itsuki, also has "tree" in his name. Why don't you just say that the three of them are the same person?]

[Hahaha, so the three great bastards of the new era are the same person, right?]

"You know what, it's not impossible."

Yamazaki looked at the comments in the live stream and pondered for a while.

As someone who had suffered greatly at the hands of the three great beasts of the new era, Yamazaki always felt that they seemed to have something in common.

[That Sakurai Itsuki only just graduated high school, right? Who can simultaneously attend school, run a serialized novel, and also participate in game club activities? Does he think he can create multiple shadow clones?]

[I believe it's possible! @Togashi, look at what others have done.]

[Togashi: Don't believe rumors, don't spread rumors.]

"That makes sense, haha, I was just kidding, but they're all pretty much the same anyway, they're all beasts!"

Yamazaki thought about it and realized it was unrealistic; he must have been out of his mind to have such a thought.

No one can do so many things at the same time; even cheating wouldn't be this easy.

"However, I wonder what the next book under the cherry blossom leaves will be about?"

Yamazaki awkwardly steered the conversation in the live stream to another topic.

Meanwhile, Yuze Shion, who was lying on her bed watching a live stream on her phone, breathed a sigh of relief.

Five minutes earlier, she had just finished drawing an illustration and was thinking of lying in bed, playing on her phone, and relaxing for a little while.

While scrolling, I came across Yamazaki's live stream.

As someone who pays close attention to Sakurai Itsuki, Hasegawa Shion naturally knew about Yamazaki as a hater long ago.

So I got a little interested and clicked in to see what was going on.

As soon as she entered the live stream, she heard Yamazaki angrily cursing Nagayama Haruki and Sakura Fujisawa.

Strangely enough, even though she herself had scolded Sakurai Itsuki quite a bit, Haze Shion pouted somewhat unhappily as she listened to others hurling insults at him in front of her.

Seeing the barrage of comments in the live stream echoing Yamazaki's sentiments of "Well said!", she immediately typed a bunch of comments in the chat box to defend Sakurai Itsuki and also wanted to remind Yamazaki that it was wrong to criticize the author in public.

After thinking about it, I felt it wasn't necessary, since he didn't care about the insults anyway.

Besides, Yamazaki is a hater, but as hater he may be, he's still a fan at heart.

Therefore, Hasegawa Shion deleted the offensive comments from the chat box. If she was unhappy with them, she could simply leave the chat.

But then, during the physical examination, Yamazaki suddenly said that it was possible that they were the same person, which startled Hase Shion.

Fortunately, not long after, someone in the live stream refuted this conclusion with the amount of work involved.

[How could anyone possibly do something like that? That's way too overpowered!]

"Phew, so that's why Ashu is so amazing~ I think you bunch of idiots don't understand at all."

Lying on the bed, Hasegawa Shion looked at the comments and muttered to herself with considerable pride.

But this amazing person was wiping away tears at home just a couple of days ago, promising to cook fried rice for himself for the rest of his life!

Thinking of the scene from that afternoon, Hasegawa Shion rolled over, wriggling on the bed like a caterpillar, grinning foolishly, "Forever, hehe."

So what is he doing now?

Others might not know, but she was well aware that he had already finished drawing the final volume of "Puella Magi Madoka Magica," but he delayed the release date to avoid overshadowing the completion of "A Lie in April."

After "Four Lies," I didn't rush to start a new serialization, and now it's spring break.

He should be quite relaxed now.

Should I go visit him?
But if I don't have a job, what reason can I use to see him?
Otherwise, I could send him the topic of this live stream, and maybe I could use that topic to visit him at his home!
Yes, that's it! I really am a genius! Yamazaki, that guy, is actually quite useful after all!

Right, right, I need to get up and get dressed a little.

With that thought in mind, Hasegawa Shion left the live stream. She didn't want to join these people in cursing her Asuka.

Speaking of which, should I brag to those two about the promise he made to cook fried rice for me?
Hasegawa Shion jumped out of bed excitedly.

The phone suddenly rang again.

Twitter's special attention has been updated.

Hasegawa Shion's account follows quite a few people, but she only has two special follows: Nagayama Haruki and Sakura Fujisuke, both of whom are him.

So when Shion Hase clicked on it, she saw a post that made her grit her teeth.

Cherry Blossom Leaf updated her Twitter again.

That's a street scene of a comic book store in England.

The poster on the glass is of Kaoru.

Normally, when an author sees a photo of a character from their work outside and then posts it on Twitter, they are usually sharing their pride and joy.

But today's post shows he's a beast.

【Oh my, isn't that Kaoru? Where's Kousei?】

Oh, speaking of which, you two haven't actually acted together properly yet. What a pity, but it probably won't happen again!

This is yet another message deliberately designed to disgust readers.

Hasegawa Shion was already used to it and was almost desensitized to it.

However, what cannot be desensitized is that his dynamic location is in the UK.

The image of the blonde sisters, half-British, flashed through my mind. This was clearly a place that couldn't be more dangerous.

Hasegawa Shion, who was just about to go out to visit his house, froze in place. She opened her Instagram and saw Sato Wakaba's post.

Its positioning is clearly in the UK.

Hasegawa Shion was a little at a loss. She opened Line and hesitated for a long time in the chat boxes of Sato Wakaba and Sakurai Itsuki before finally clicking on the chat box with the nickname "Vixen".

Hasegawa Shion sent a screenshot of the GIF: 【When did they go to England? Did they go together?】

She wanted to ask Yuki Mizuno what to do.

As the saying goes, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. At least on this issue, she felt that the two of them should be able to reach a consensus for the time being.

Fox spirit: [The plane landed last night, it just landed this morning.]

Fox spirit: [You didn't know?]

Hasegawa Shion stared at the message in surprise: 【Huh?】

Vixen: [They said it was a graduation trip to England, didn't you know?]

Shion Hasegawa: [What graduation trip? I just graduated too, why weren't I invited to the graduation trip?]

After sending the message, Hase Shion felt a little embarrassed and wanted to retract it.

But the other side immediately marked it as read.
Fox spirit: [I thought you knew it was because you wanted to draw but didn't go.]

Hasegawa Shion gritted her teeth, suddenly feeling as if a red ball was pinned to her nose, making her look like a clown.

Hasegawa Shion: [Don't you think their relationship is a bit too ambiguous?]

She thought to herself, "Don't you like Sakurai Itsuki too? How can you let the two of them go out together?"
Fox Spirit: [Yeah, that's true, but there's nothing I can do. He's only free recently, and I can't really say anything about the graduation trip. Besides, I was clinging to him all day yesterday, and I'm busy recording his new song for me afterwards.]

Yuki Mizuno was of course concerned, but it was Itsuki Sakurai's own decision, and she had no right to interfere.

Besides, even if they didn't go to England, they would still be together every day, so there wouldn't be much difference.

Hasegawa Shion, however, couldn't remain so nonchalant. Instead, she was bewildered again. How could it be information she didn't know: [Yesterday?]

Fox spirit: [Huh? You didn't know that either? What have you been up to lately?]

Hasegawa Shion was about to explode. Could it be that she hadn't asked him out recently?
Shion Hasegawa: [Why should I know? I was drawing yesterday.]

On the other side, Yuki Mizuno scratched her ear, wanting to laugh. Her rival in love was too innocent and cute.

Everyone knows he's been unusually free these past few days. You're not taking the opportunity to make a move, are you? You're just getting caught up in this mess at home all by yourself, aren't you?
Fox spirit: [Sigh, never mind then, you can keep drawing!]

Seeing Mizuno Yuki's rather sarcastic reply, Hase Shion, who had just been thinking about how to show off to the two of them, broke down in her heart.

Feeling upset, I had no choice but to turn on my phone and go into Yamazaki's live stream. Seeing everyone cursing Sakurai Itsuki as a beast, I immediately expressed my support and agreement.

He is a beast!

No, that's not enough.
London.

Sakurai Itsuki looked at the vulgar language sent by the doujinshi artist and replied helplessly with a sweating soybean.

Officially, she was criticizing him because of the post he had just made, but Sakurai Itsuki felt something was off; her attacks were unusually fierce today.

"What are you looking at?" Sato Wakaba, who was humming a tune while waiting for the bus, came over.

Sakurai Itsuki, however, immediately put away his phone, saying, "I can't look at this."

Sato Wakaba frowned slightly upon hearing this: "Huh? I can't see it? Is there something shameful?"

Thinking back, he used to openly show me his Line chat history.

Now he won't even let himself glance at the screen!

She wasn't the kind of controlling girl who would throw a tantrum and yell "You've changed!" if she didn't let herself see her phone.

Sakurai Itsuki's nervous retraction of her phone piqued her curiosity; she wondered what it was.

"No, you can't watch it. Some of the content is inappropriate for children."

Sakurai Itsuki looked at the slightly narrowed eyes that were scrutinizing him.

Therefore, a reasonable explanation was given.

Upon hearing Sakurai Itsuki's explanation, the doubt in his pale blue eyes, filled with question marks, instantly turned into disdain: "Whoa. You actually watch this kind of thing in broad daylight."

Sato Wakaba's ears turned red: "I know it's a normal need to look at this, but in public, isn't it a bit... Are you that thirsty?"

"It wasn't an ad I actively wanted to see; it just popped up on me unexpectedly."

Sakurai Itsuki thought to himself that he was really kind. Even though that idiot Hase Shion had scolded him like that, he was still helping to keep the secret.

Even after learning that it contained inappropriate content, Sato Wakaba still curiously reached out her hand to him: "Really? Let me see. By British age, I'm an adult, so it has nothing to do with children."

Sakurai immediately refused: "No, the content is too exaggerated, your level is not high enough."

Upon hearing this, Sato Wakaba lowered one eyebrow and raised the other, giving Sakurai Itsuki a wink: "Huh?"

She hates nothing more than people saying she's not qualified!

Just as she was about to throw a tantrum at Sakurai Itsuki, she suddenly remembered the "reference material" she had found while helping him pack his luggage.

After thinking about it, I realized that those exaggerated scenes in the gory and violent stories were quite graphic.

Sato Wakaba suppressed her temper and lowered her head.

Sorry, I think my level is too low.

She glanced at Sakurai Itsuki again, and her body, which had always instinctively clung to him, involuntarily shrank back.

"You said before that you can't find a sense of reality in the virtual world, right?"

Sato Wakaba recalled those unforgettable scenes. If she really did that, stuffing all those things inside and then electrifying it, she would die. People would definitely die.

Seeing the slightly frightened look in Sato Wakaba's eyes, Sakurai Itsuki found it cute and laughed out loud: "Of course."

Sato Wakaba, her mind still a bit foggy, said, "Yeah, you have to promise, okay? I'm actually really afraid of pain."

"Huh? I didn't."

Sakurai Itsuki was halfway through her sentence when she suddenly felt that something was off about the conversation, as if it was reminding her to be gentler.

"Ah!" Sato Wakaba realized that her words were a bit too explicit, so she immediately covered her mouth.

Just as Sato Wakaba was racking her brains for a solution, a double-decker bus arrived and saved her life: "Um, wait a minute, the bus is here!"

She hopped into the car with light, quick steps, just as she always had.

I stood at the coin slot and waved to him.

Then, I don't know how many times he complained, he dawdled like an old man.

The two sat on the bus, Sakurai Itsuki surveying the British street scene, his mind wandering.

After a long and tiring journey, he was also quite exhausted.

Sato Wakaba, who always bothered Sakurai Itsuki with her loud and carefree manner, unusually lowered her voice.

However, she kept telling him her overly "subjective" explanation of Britain.

Strangely enough, as he looked out the window and listened to her explanation, even though it was still anything but quiet, he still felt a sense of peace and tranquility.

Sato Wakaba said that she didn't like the fact that London was always overcast. Before the trip ended, they could go to Paris together, where the weather was nice and the Seine was especially beautiful when the morning sun shone on it.

It's quite rare to see a British person praising France.

However, Sakurai Itsuki still nodded in agreement to this "traitor's" plan.

I couldn't help but imagine the scene in my mind.

When the Seine River shines with a gold as brilliant as it does, I'll probably wonder what the Left Bank coffee tastes like, as Jay mentioned.

He wondered what kind of smile she would give if he blew a confession balloon in front of her.

Would you stand with your hands on your hips and tell yourself, "I'm sorry, you're a good person, please be more romantic next time?"

The windowpane reflected her head as she looked at her profile.

He wondered, if I told her, "Your eyes speak for themselves, I'm willing."

What will the outcome be? (End of Chapter)