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It seems that not only her drawing skills, but also her teaching abilities have improved.

……

About two hours later, Mashiro finished her work and went to Masamune's office, with Izumi Masamune following behind.

"It's over." Mashiro entered the room, sat down on the sofa, and reported softly.

"Thanks a lot."

Masamune got up and served her snacks, then poured her a cup of black tea before sitting down beside her.

Masamune did not inquire about the details of the work, or rather, he did not need to.

With Mashiro's drawing skills, she is more than capable of handling character design, and because of her serious personality, she will not cut corners.

"that…"

Feeling a bit superfluous, Izumi Masamune quickly spoke up:

“Sagiri asked me to thank Shiina. Her explanation was excellent, and I benefited greatly from it. I am very grateful.”

"You're welcome." Masamune smiled and shook his head. "You can't make much progress in just one lesson. Learning requires long-term accumulation."

"That's what I think too. However, Sagiri doesn't want to go out..."

After a moment's thought, Izumi Masamune asked hesitantly:

"Could you release Shiina's lectures online as videos, even if it's a paid service? Sorry, never mind."

"What do you think?" Masamune subconsciously looked at Mashiro.

"video?"

"Wait a moment... this is it."

Masamune took out his phone, pulled up a video, and clicked play.

“Video formats vary, but they are generally in this form: a scene is recorded as a video and then uploaded to the internet, where many people can see it.”

"Sure, I'm available anytime."

"In that case, I'll make arrangements at tomorrow's morning meeting. From now on, record every task you perform, revise and review it, and then release only a portion of it."

Masamune paused for a moment, then spoke as he thought:

"Because we need to avoid leaking the content of the animation that is currently in production, and the subsequent workload is quite large, let's assign a separate person to do this."

Listening to the two's discussion, Izumi Masamune felt a pang of unease. He had thought it was just a small matter, but it turned out to be quite serious.

That makes sense; animation companies also have a lot of things that are kept secret from the outside world.

The next moment, he took a deep breath and lowered his head slightly:

"Sorry for causing you trouble."

“No need to apologize, it’s not a bad thing.” Masamune smiled. “Although it’s a bit troublesome, the video will be a great memory to look back on years later.”

Starting from this day in April, clips of Mashiro working on the show were gradually released online.

Although many people are not interested in the content of the drawings, the simple and easy-to-understand teaching method has gradually attracted many people who like to draw, forming a group of regular viewers.

And Izumi Sagiri is one of them.

Chapter 153 UMR, the Gaming Expert

Late April, Saturday.

Since Mashiro hadn't decided what to draw for this week's assignment, Masamune took advantage of his time off to go on a road trip with her in Tokyo.

I thought that going to places different from my daily life might lead to some new discoveries.

The car was moving slowly, with no specific destination in mind. Mashiro silently watched the scenery outside the window, occasionally asking Masamune to stop.

In the afternoon, the two arrived in Hachioji City.

“Smells so good…”

Following Mashiro's gaze, Masamune saw a barbecue restaurant.

A gentle sniff reveals that the grilled meat in the restaurant does indeed have an enticing aroma.

Judging from the interior and exterior decorations, this should be an old shop with a long history.

"Want to go in and have a look?"

Mashiro subconsciously rubbed her stomach and said hesitantly:

I'm not hungry yet.

"Indeed, I ate lunch at noon, and it's only a little past two now, so I can't eat anymore."

But it's rare to find a shop with such a unique flavor, so Masamune himself wanted to give it a try.

"In that case, let's play around here for a while, and come back when we get hungry."

"where to?"

"Let me think... How about an arcade? I haven't been to an arcade in a long time since I graduated from high school."

"can."

Masamune opened the map on his phone, noted the location of the store, and slowly drove further away.

Soon, they found an arcade on the street.

After entering, the two exchanged some coins at the counter and then began to try out the game.

Although the store had a wide variety of games, there was a claw machine not far from the counter near the entrance, so Masamune naturally went over to it.

Although I wasn't interested in the many drinks inside, and felt that it was too difficult to grab a drink from a box, I figured I might as well give it a try.

"Want to try it? It's so white."

"??"

Noticing the curiosity in her eyes, Masamune thought for a moment and asked:

"Haven't you ever been to an arcade before?"

"No."

"Alright, in that case, let's give it a try as a first attempt."

Masamune tossed a coin in and showed it to her.

Of course, due to carelessness and the fact that I hadn't played for a long time, I naturally gave up halfway through.

"That's basically it. Just operate the swing arm inside to pick up the box and place it in the window here."

"Ah."

After tossing in another coin, Mashiro tried again.

The actions he used were exactly the same as those Masamune had taken, and the position where he failed was also exactly the same.

Seeing this, Masamune felt somewhat embarrassed.

"You have a really good ability to learn, but what I just did was a bad example. You don't have to use the exact same method as me."

"Anyway, let's try a few more times."

"The fun of claw machines lies in the process of trying; what's inside isn't really important."

Just then, a female voice suddenly came from behind:

"I can't pretend I didn't hear that. Hmph... While the process is important, the result is even more important."

Looking back, the speaker was a girl wearing sportswear and a hat, about the same age as Mashiro, with her hands in her pockets, and several shop assistants were watching her from the shadows.

Mashiro didn't pay attention to her voice, inserted a coin, and tried again.

This time, she tried a different approach, attempting to grip the bottom of the box, but her arm strength was too weak, and it slipped off immediately after she managed to pick it up.

“Unlike toys, drinks are too heavy; you’ll never be able to pick them up like that. Besides, drinks aren’t worth spending too much money trying to pick them up. Let me do it.”

The girl took her hand out of her pocket, placed it between the two of them, inserted a coin, and operated the machine.

At the same time, he picked up three boxes of drinks and placed them steadily at the exit.

He immediately picked up the drinks and handed over two of the boxes.

"Please."

"Thank you." Masamune took the two boxes of drinks, opened one of them, and handed it to Mashiro. "Do you come here often?"

"It's alright. I usually come and take a look when new products arrive here."

The girl sipped her drink while glancing back and forth between the two of them.

"I've never seen you here before. Are you here for tourism, or did you just move here?"

"Let's go on a road trip during the holidays."

"Hmm...that's great. After I graduate, I'm going to buy a car and travel around with my brother. Speaking of which, you guys probably don't come to the arcade very often, right?"

"I haven't been to an arcade in a long time since I graduated from high school. This is Mashiro's first time."

"Are you a newbie? Many of the machines in this store have had their difficulty adjusted, making them quite unfriendly to beginners. In that case, if you don't mind, would you like to play with me?"

"May I?"

"Of course, my brother is away on a business trip anyway, and I've been alone these past few days, so it's okay if I get home very late."

Masamune was speechless. This person was far too unguarded. How could he say such things to a stranger?

"In that case, please take care of me this afternoon. My name is Hayase Masamune. What's your name?"

"UMR, you can call me that in this store."

“Shiina Mashiro,” Mashiro followed up.

"Hmm... I feel like I've heard your names somewhere before? Never mind, what kind of game are you looking to play?"

Oh, it's Umaru. No wonder she seemed familiar to me from the beginning.

Thinking of this, Masamune smiled and then said: