I am a Type-Moon comic artist!

Tokiomi Tohsaka slapped his hand on the JUMC, picked up his staff, and walked out the door.

"I'll have to wait a bit longer. I'll go find Kurokawa Kazuya after the Matou family matter is resolved. Oh no—"

As he was saying this, he suddenly remembered that he had forgotten something very important!

Chapter Sixty-Nine: The Golden Age

Tokiomi Tohsaka suddenly realized that he had forgotten to ask Kurokawa Kazuya where he lived.

"Is there no other way but to investigate...?"

However, this matter cannot be left to the magicians... otherwise, they might get other original manuscripts of Fate/Zero from Kurokawa Kazuya... which would be very disadvantageous for us.

He couldn't leave Fuyuki City on his own. It was good that Kurokawa and Mi's location was confirmed, but if it wasn't, he wouldn't have that much time to investigate.

That's the only way... Let Kirei go. I trust him. Judging from his performance in that manga, he's... a disciple I can trust.

As a result... he still forgot his earlier promise not to let Kirei Kotomine see this manga...

......

"Wow! This is amazing!" Ishizaki Rihito's eyes lit up. This work, with its slightly strange art style, gave him a strong sense of epic scale.

but...

After a while, he became conflicted.

Should we vote for JOJO or Fate this time?

......

“Not enough? If not, print more!” JUMC’s editor-in-chief, Shigeo Nishimura, said into the phone, sounding somewhat unsurprised.

Of course, I'm still very excited.

The editorial hierarchy in JUMC is roughly divided as follows: Editor - Team Leader - Deputy Editor-in-Chief - Editor-in-Chief - Chief Editor.

As editor-in-chief, Shigeo Nishimura had already reached the pinnacle of JUMC, but... he estimated that he would be retiring soon. However—JUMC achieved great success in the process.

In recent issues, the manga storyline on JUMC has reached a major climax. The rankings have fluctuated, with one person in first place today potentially falling to fifth or sixth tomorrow, but the actual vote differences haven't been significant.

The reason is that now, every comic is experiencing a climax, which has led JUMC to a peak.

Dragon Ball started off lukewarm but quickly gained popularity, with the story progressing to the World Martial Arts Tournament.

The Fist of the North Star has reached the ultimate battle between Kenshiro and Raoh.

The soccer prodigy team will play against Nankatsu Elementary School and Toho Elementary School.

The JoJo series has progressed to the point where Joseph confronts the Pillars.

There's a new serialization coming... Even though the official announcement hasn't come out yet, you can still feel the heat of Fate/Zero!

JUMC sales have now exceeded four million, but it's still not enough! We still need to print more!

JUMC's most glorious era began under his leadership.

"Editor-in-Chief Nishimura, the breaking news is out."

"Hmm... How's the situation with the initial report?" Shigeo Nishimura asked quickly.

"Um... in the breaking news, the newly serialized manga 'Fate/Zero' is in first place with an overwhelming 63 votes, followed by 'Fist of the North Star' with 28 votes, 'JoJo's Bizarre Adventure' with 27 votes, and 'Dragon Ball' with 25 votes..."

"Huh? Bring it here, let me see!" Shigeo Nishimura was slightly taken aback.

JUMC's reader survey has three slots. The so-called "preliminary report" is the first hundred reader surveys sent in.

The official name, "Xiao Zheng," is determined by selecting one thousand respondents from all the reader surveys.

"63 votes? No way..." Shigeo Nishimura had also read *Fate/Zero*. He also really liked the manga, finding it surprisingly powerful. Although the art style was different from current ones, it was very comfortable to look at, and the fight scenes looked very realistic. It felt like the author had real talent in this area.

But I never expected this comic to be so popular.

With that in mind, he looked at the comments on the reader survey.

Wow, this is amazing! What is it?

[As expected of Kurokawa-sensei, the new manga is as interesting as ever.]

Those bugs were disgusting...

Who is the last female knight? She's so beautiful.

That female character named "Irisviel" looks so beautiful! How was she drawn?

Those who chose "Fate/Zero" almost all gave positive reviews. Some of the others who didn't choose it wrote comments like, "That Fate manga is disgusting. How could it make a little girl suffer like that? What was that manga artist thinking?"

It can be said.

This comic has already won people's hearts in just the first short chapter.

Shigeo Nishimura knew very well that the story would get even more exciting later on.

It seems that... the initial approach was correct. Originally, this first episode was divided into three parts: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. However, in the end, they followed Iwamoto Yu's suggestion and put all three together to form a complete first episode for the serialization.

Now that I see it, the effect is indeed amazing!

But—a problem arises.

Fate/Zero only has 32 chapters. That means it will end in less than a year. What will happen when it ends?

If it doesn't have that much of an effect, that's fine; but if it does...

“Yeah…the world of Fate/Zero seems pretty big…let’s see if we can keep drawing it?” After thinking for a moment, Shigeo Nishimura decided to use JUMC’s signature method: “not letting it end.”

However, all of this depends on what happens next.

Then...

As expected, after Xiaozheng's situation came out, Fate/Zero, just like the previous news reports, remained number one.

Then, this issue of JUMC sold over 4.5 million copies.

The latest JUMC release continues – Fate is even more popular, with sales reaching 4.7 million copies.

As for... Tokiomi Tohsaka, who was originally planning to come here to hypnotize the higher-ups of JUMC, for some reason, he didn't come at all.

......

at the same time--

Duwang Town.

Kurokawa Kazuya kept switching TV channels.

"There's no news from Fuyuki City today... and Tokiomi Tohsaka hasn't come over either..."

Two weeks have passed since Fate/Zero began serialization in JUMC, and the second chapter of Fate/Zero has already been released.

The number of votes has declined, but it is still in first place.

The complete set of Fate/Zero that he sent to Tokiomi Tohsaka should have arrived by now. Even if he was calculating how to best deliver it, it should all be finished by now.

But why is there not a trace at all?

Tokiomi Tohsaka didn't come... Nor did the Mage's Association.

If the fact that nothing related to it is being broadcast on TV means it's been suppressed, then how is that possible?

Is this world really devoid of any mystery?

Kurokawa Kazuya felt a tightness in his chest. Lately, he had even lost his passion for creating manga, all because of this feeling of being stuck in a rut... He longed for the mysterious, for the unknown, and for interesting things.

but...

I've completed all the preparations on my end, so why hasn't anyone come to visit?!

Even if he were investigating his own location, shouldn't that have been completed by now? After all, nothing has been done there...

But why is no one coming? Is this world really... so hopeless? Is it still that boring world devoid of any mystery?

Chapter Seventy: Tokiomi Tohsaka's Troubles

"Is his eye really futuristic? Or is it some kind of telescopic vision? No... it shouldn't be either of those. I see, that's his special ability."

There is someone watching Kurokawa and Mi, not constantly, but occasionally glancing at them when they have free time.

Therefore, the course of events is very clear.

The suppressive force caused most magicians to deliberately ignore the manga. A small number believed it was drawn by a powerful magician who knew the inside story of the Holy Grail War and treated it as information, but dared not investigate it. A portion of the manga was humanely destroyed.

Why does the inhibitory force do this? It doesn't know the reason or purpose behind it.

He just found it funny.

A person wants to explore the mysteries of this world... after trying unsuccessfully, he begins to fight desperately for one last chance.

As a result, the intervention of the inhibitory force still failed.

However... while protecting this person continuously isn't impossible for the Counter Force, what's the point of doing so?

Aren't you afraid he'll draw something similar again?

Why not just kill him, or at least hint that he should stop drawing? Why not do something so simple? What are you thinking?

but--

"This gives me an opportunity, just like humans, whose ability to control their attention is limited."

The amount of energy that the inhibitory force can devote to each parallel world is limited.

Now, in this parallel world, the Counter Force is focusing a lot of attention on Kurokawa and Miya, so it will inevitably pay less attention to other aspects, which gives him enough opportunity.

There are loopholes to exploit.

However, what he cares about now is not just the restraint force, but also... someone who can now be said to be his nemesis.

......

Tokiomi Tohsaka is having a headache...