My girlfriend is Saiki Kusunoki

At this moment, a girl named Sakura Chiyo was comforting Kashima Yu, and also nudged Nozaki, who was eating nearby.

"Yeah, after all, it's ONE's work. My brother Jian said that the casting process is extremely strict. I heard that ONE himself went there this time. Kashima, did you see him?"

When Kashima's friends saw his state, they assumed he was in a bad mood because of his poor audition results, and that was indeed the case.

Thinking back to her performance in front of the director and Naoto, Kashima felt ashamed. Compared to her performance in the drama club, it was as if she was completely out of sorts, at least that's how she saw it.

Especially later, when Naoto simply had Kashima audition for a male role, he felt extremely insulted. Why did he have to audition for the male lead?

Kashima didn't dare tell his close friends about these things, for fear of being laughed at.

"Cheer up. After all, you have plenty of time. How can a high school student land a role in a major production so quickly? We'll talk about it after you join an agency."

"Hori-senpai..."

Seeing that Hori-senpai, who had always only ever given him a headshot, was now comforting him, Kashima felt incredibly moved.

Everyone here is a good person; the only ones who can comfort me at a time like this are indeed my good friends.

"Dingling bell~"

Just as Kashima was about to share his audition experience with everyone, his phone suddenly rang. When he saw the number on his phone, he was puzzled for a moment, and then his face immediately became as tense as a student about to take the college entrance exam.

"This, could it be..."

Seeing Kashima's sudden tense expression, everyone around him seemed to guess what was going on and looked at him nervously.

Judging from everyone's loading, they seem even more nervous than Kashima himself.

In this tense atmosphere, Kashima slowly answered the phone call from the director.

"Hello."

"Yes, it's me."

"Okay, no problem, I'm very interested!"

"Thank you, director. I will work hard!"

After Kashima finished the call, his expression immediately became complicated.

It seemed that she had never been so complicated in her life.

"What's the situation with Kashima?"

"Yes, did it work? Did it work?!"

Kashima looked at his companions with a complicated expression, and then gave his answer to the audition in extremely complex words.

"It's a success, but I'll be playing the male lead."

"Pfft! Cough cough, wait, you? The male lead? No, no! Wait, putting aside why you're the male lead, how did you even get this role? Kashima, could it be that you..."

At this moment, Hori-senpai looked at Kashima with a suspicious expression.

Could it be that Kashima did something strange for this role? Although I've always heard about the dark side of the entertainment industry, it's unlikely that Kashima would do something like that, right? Wait a minute, if Kashima were dressed as a woman, she would definitely be a beautiful girl.

"This is probably because of ONE-sensei, although I have mixed feelings."

"ONE-sensei? What's going on? Tell us quickly!"

At this moment, Chiyo asked Kashima with a curious expression, wondering what had happened to Kashima to make him the male lead in this movie.

"this matter……"

When asked by his predecessor, Kashima immediately told everyone everything that had happened that day.

Upon hearing about that fantastical experience, everyone couldn't help but marvel at Kashima's incredible luck.

"So that's what ONE-sensei is like? That's really unbelievable."

"By the way, Nozaki, you also publish manga in a monthly magazine, right? Haven't you met ONE-sensei before?"

"Although I also have a serialization in JUMP monthly magazine, I've never seen this person in the editorial department. After all, ONE-sensei's main focus is still on the weekly magazine."

When talking about Naoto, Nozaki-kun also felt a little regretful that he didn't get to see this legend of the Japanese manga world.

Speaking of Nozaki, he is only somewhat famous in shoujo manga, and what's more, he serializes in a monthly magazine.

Compared to the more powerful weekly magazine, he was still somewhat unqualified.

"So this is ah."

"However, I really admire ONE-sensei and have always wanted to become a manga artist like him. It's really amazing that Kashima was able to become the male protagonist of Parasyte this time."

"I didn't expect that you, who are usually so unreliable, would actually be so capable in a crucial moment. But you'd better be careful when you go to the film set, the director and assistant director aren't so easy to talk to."

Kashima couldn't help but give a wry smile in response to everyone's concern.

While everyone's concern and congratulations are certainly kind, I feel my emotions are more complicated than before.

He only wanted to play a female role well, but now he's suddenly become the male lead.

I feel so much pressure right now. I wonder if I'll develop stomach aches from the stress later on.

Chapter 160: Nozaki-kun and Naoto

"Wow, this is great! Yu-chan is going to be a big star now that she's the male lead in a big drama! I need to get her autograph right now!"

"It's not like that at all! Besides, I don't know if I'll mess it up. If I mess it up this time, I'm completely finished!"

"Don't worry, Yu-chan, you'll definitely succeed."

After congratulating Kashima, everyone began to become curious about the other characters in the cast.

"As far as I know, the female lead is played by Ichika Nakano, and Kana is played by Mai Sakurajima. The other actors are all well-known seniors in the film and television industry."

Upon hearing these familiar names, everyone couldn't help but marvel at how ONE's work had attracted so many outstanding actors. These roles, in other films, would certainly be considered top-tier.

"That's great! I also want to get an autograph from Ms. Ichika."

"Yes, and there's also Mai-san's. This is one of the few times Mai-san has made a comeback in recent years."

"So, how about we come and visit the film set this week?"

Hearing how much his friends cared about things on set, he couldn't help but say these words.

"Is everything alright? Won't it cause any trouble for the crew?"

"I don't think so. Last time, the director said there were still a lot of extras they hadn't found. Why don't you guys give it a try?"

Although Kashima was just joking, everyone couldn't help but start thinking about whether they should try visiting the film set in this way.

After all, this is a chance to get up close and personal with your idol.

"Nozaki-kun, you should go too! ONE-sensei might be there too."

"Is this really okay?"

Upon hearing that Naoto might also be going to the film crew, Nozaki-kun couldn't help but start to hesitate.

And here, we have to mention Nozaki-kun himself.

Nozaki Umetarou is a normally expressionless high school boy, 190cm tall, and a former member of the men's basketball team. He also has a little-known identity as a famous shoujo manga artist under the pen name "Yumeno Sakiko," whose manga "Moe Ai" is very popular with female readers.

Although he is a somewhat slow-witted, thoughtless, and aloof high school boy, his hidden identity is that of "Sakiko Yumeno," a popular shoujo manga artist known as the "spokesperson for girls' thoughts" for her delicate psychological descriptions.

Nozaki possesses immense feminine charm and is adept at all household chores, including cooking. To balance his studies and manga creation, he lives alone near the school. His principle is to create more perfect works through firsthand experience, but he often loses his way.

Nozaki had already become a well-known manga artist by high school.

Especially among young girls, his comics are considered masterpieces and are seen as a dating guide for girls.

In addition to having an extremely strong love for comics, he also has extremely terrifying feelings for the characters he creates.

He regards the male and female protagonists he creates as his own children.

Perhaps it was precisely because of this kind of feeling that Nozaki became a successful manga artist.

However, there's quite a story about Nozaki-kun and Naoto.

Before Nozaki started serializing this manga, he experienced a period of disappointment.

At that time, Nozaki believed that he was not worthy of being called a manga artist because he could not create good works.

He even tried to give up his career as a cartoonist.

That time also became the most painful period for Nozaki.

It was under these circumstances that Naoto officially debuted.

Nozaki was extremely surprised when he heard that a boy of similar age had also become a manga artist and was even serializing in the most hellish weekly magazine.

The more Nozaki learned about Naoto, the more he admired Naoto's ruthlessness.

Naoto's experiences at the time deeply moved Nozaki, and the vampire manga also gave Nozaki a lot of inspiration.

It is precisely because of this that Nozaki has achieved what he has today.

It was precisely because of this that Nozaki, without realizing it, had come to regard Naoto as his idol.

Just like how ONE is the idol of straight people, in a sense, the two are actually very similar.

Meanwhile, in Naoto's home—

"You want me to help again? Seriously, are you guys kidding me? You're the director and screenwriter of this movie, why do you always need my help? Let me tell you, I was already busy enough last time, I don't have time now!"

At this moment, Naoto received another call from the director and immediately started yelling at him.

After all, he's a straight man, not some tool to be called upon at any time. He's the boss of these two, okay?

"ONE teacher, this is really the last time! Please, please help us this one time! Many of the actors here were attracted by your fame. Everyone came here because of you. If you don't show up, we won't be able to explain ourselves."

Seemingly sensing Naoto's anger, the director on the other end could only plead desperately.

Who could have imagined that things would turn out this way? Many people in the crew are fans of Naoto, and if Naoto hadn't shown up, they would have been difficult to manage.

Moreover, everyone here is a big shot, and small fry like them don't have much influence at all. They really need the help of straight people to make it possible.

There was really nothing we could do about it. If Naoto hadn't come, the final script might have been completely different.

"You guys, ha! That's enough, this is the last time!"

After hanging up the phone, Naoto was truly filled with a sense of helplessness.

Why is this still not over?