Tokyo: Earth Online Manga Artist

"Teacher, you are too modest."

Eri Aragaki was somewhat helpless, even a little apprehensive. "Dragon Ball is a work that changed the entire industry. I am still far from being as good as you."

"No, I believe... you will surpass me in the future..."

Akira Toriyama smiled and said, "If Attack on Titan continues as you envision, it will be a completely different but equally important work from Dragon Ball. I can see that..."

Furthermore, I don't want the comic book industry to stagnate. What I hope for is... that someone will eventually surpass me, just as I surpassed my predecessors back then.

This left Eri Aragaki stunned.

However, Akira Toriyama then changed the subject, "Alright, after talking so much, aren't you hungry?"

He smiled and said to Eri Aragaki, "Go get something to eat, don't keep your sister and friends waiting too long."

"Then teacher...we'll talk about it later."

Eri Aragaki bids farewell to Akira Toriyama and goes to the buffet area to find Erina and the others.

Fujimoto Itsuki was like a Shiba Inu running wild in the venue, going around to talk to and sign autographs for the manga artists he respected. Finally, he ran back to Aragaki Eri with a bunch of autographs, sweating profusely, so excited that he stammered.

Eri Aragaki patted the back of his head, telling him to put the autograph board away and go eat first.

……

And so, the year-end party that Fujimoto Itsuki attended for the first time as an assistant came to an end.

The next day, Eri Aragaki went to the airport with Erina and the others and boarded a flight to the south of the Republic.

They enjoyed another wonderful vacation, leisurely traveling between several southern cities without the hectic pace of last year.

After returning, Eri Aragaki resumed her weekly drawing schedule while also starting another project.

She plans to draw the second prequel to the "Dragon Raja" short manga, which she had previously agreed upon with Kazuhiko Torishima.

That is... "The Night of the Torrential Rain".

Chapter 223 Add Points

Late at night, in Eri Aragaki's newly moved-in villa studio.

She also set up a studio in the new villa, but it was mainly used for drawing storyboards.

She will still go to her original studio to finish the work.

But right now, instead of starting to draw storyboards, she seems to be spacing out.

But from a perspective that no one else can see, only Eri Aragaki can see...

Player ID: Eri Aragaki

Race: Forest ape (Late Homo sapiens)

Occupation: Creator (Special Occupation of Forest Apes)

……

Popularity (profession-specific): 1449107 (originally 320871)

Available skill points: 0

Available ultimate skill points: 112

……

Professional Skill: Artistic Creation (Lv.10→Lv.12): Chief, Chief, I've discovered that the sound I make is particularly pleasant to hear, and I've also discovered that when I use colored water to swirl around on those big white leaves, beautiful things appear...

Professional Skill: Overclock Burst (Lv.6→Lv.7): Chief, Chief, I've discovered that whenever I want, a lot of things just pop into my head!

Professional Skill: Learning Ability (Lv.6→Lv.7): Chief, Chief, I've discovered that I learn everything incredibly fast, almost six times faster than my fellow companions!

Ultimate Job Skill: Super Creation (Lv.4→Lv.5): Chief, Chief, my super wisdom tells me to use Super Creation!

……

Eri Aragaki saw her cheat panel again, but this cheat was far too simple, even to the point of being rudimentary.

Aside from the initial career selection, there are no other functions.

There's just a monthly update announcement, nothing more. There are no tasks, no system store, and no smart assistant or anything like that.

The only thing worth praising is...

Minor version update announcements will provide specific warnings about geographical and meteorological conditions, such as severe natural disasters like earthquakes and typhoons.

Eri Aragaki and Erina escaped a minor earthquake thanks to this, and she will be able to safely avoid any major earthquakes in the future.

But apart from that, that's about it for this cheat...

However, despite the complaints, it was only that this cheat wasn't as invincible as the cheats in the novels that Eri Aragaki read in her previous life.

But what if she really lost this ability...?

Eri Aragaki would also say absolutely not.

Having a cheat is better than not having one, right?

The fact that she has brought up this panel again now is not because she hasn't looked at it for a long time.

She checks it almost every now and then, especially the popularity score, which is the most credible and concrete data reflecting the popularity of "Attack on Titan".

At this time, her popularity also skyrocketed due to the successful broadcast and phenomenal success of the Attack on Titan anime!

It has surpassed one million popularity points, which is an exaggerated increase of several times compared to last year.

Meanwhile, according to the rules for calculating skill points based on the popularity value on the panel, her ultimate skill points reached a terrifying 80 points!

Last year, she added another level to her Super Creativity skill, and the improvement from Level 5 Super Creativity is obvious.

She has already experienced this firsthand, because starting last November, Attack on Titan entered the Marley arc.

As for the Marley arc, she had already planned to make some plot changes.

At first, she thought it would be difficult to make changes, but with the support of Level 5 Super Creation, her new plot design turned out to be quite good.

It maintained almost the same level as before, but changed the theme and planted some foreshadowing.

The speed at which she drew the storyboard was not slowed down at all, although she started to incorporate the thinking process into the drawing process.

However, this part didn't take her too long. In her Level 5 Super Creativity state, she made modifications based on the original plot, but it didn't take much time.

If a level 5 Super Creation skill is already this good, then Eri Aragaki has 110 ultimate skill points to allocate. Wouldn't she be able to take off if she maxed out Super Creation?!

She plans to test the waters with a short comic adaptation of her soon-to-be-completed novel, "The Night of the Torrential Rain."

"Then... panel, add points to my stats!! Max them out!!"

Eri Aragaki confidently gave the order in her mind.

however……

[Ultimate Job Skill: Super Creation (Lv.5→Lv.7)]

"what?"

Eri Aragaki paused for a moment, then looked at the available ultimate skill points on the system panel...

[Usable ultimate skill point allocation: 112 → 2]

?

???

What happened?

She said she would put all the skill points into Super Creativity and max it out for her.

But the result was...

Her Super Creation only gained two levels, but those two levels used up 110 of her available ultimate skill points!

Could it be that……

"Panel!! Keep adding points to me!!"

She silently gave the order again.

however……

The text on the panel remained unchanged this time.

"I go……"

Eri Aragaki finally understood.

She slapped her face and muttered, "So it turns out adding points later isn't so easy... But damn it, this panel doesn't have a smart assistant or detailed rules for adding points. Isn't this just messing with me?"

The operation just now clearly shows...

Once you reach level 5 or higher in Super Creativity, the way you allocate skill points changes.

Currently, it seems that going from level 5 to level 6 requires 10 ultimate skill points, and going from level 6 to level 7 requires 100 ultimate skill points.

So, going from level seven to level eight requires 1000 ultimate skill points?

What about levels eight and nine?

There's more to come...

"It seems... adding points later on is getting increasingly difficult."

Eri Aragaki sighed, "But it's not like there's no chance, is it?"

Judging from the current popularity ratings, 1 point of popularity is not as simple and straightforward as the equivalent of one fan.

If that's the case, then gaining tens or hundreds of millions of popularity points is also possible.

Although it might be difficult...

But there is still a chance.

"Forget it, let's try the Level 7 Super Creation challenge first!"