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

Chapter 88 You're right, Mr. Haruki Nagayama! (First order please!)

Sakurai Itsuki simply bought some fruits and desserts as comfort gifts.

Then I looked at the location on my phone, walked out of the tram station, and after just three minutes of walking, I stopped in front of a tall tower.

Masako Hanase had already made arrangements in advance.

The apartment manager on the first floor, who was wearing a suit, heard Sakurai Itsuki's name and then warmly and politely led Sakurai Itsuki into the elevator and upstairs.

Before Sakurai Itsuki arrived at the door, Hane Masako, who was wearing home clothes but still looked so capable, was already waiting at the door.

"Good afternoon, Sakurai-kun. Oh my! You even brought some gifts. Is there any for me?"

She was still as cheerful as ever and joked with Sakurai Itsuki.

However, seeing that Sakurai Itsuki really came alone, he still raised his eyebrows subtly.

Sakurai Itsuki turned to thank the butler, watching him bow respectfully to the two of them. After he turned and left, he turned to Hanase Masako and said, "Young lady who lives in a prestigious tower and has a butler to take care of her, do you really need this little gift from me?"

"Well, you did bring some gifts, didn't you? I'd like to share in your kindness."

As Hanase Masako said this, she placed a pair of brand new slippers in front of Sakurai Itsuki.

"Excuse me. It seems she is okay?"

Sakurai Itsuki saw that Hane Masako was still in a joking mood, and thought that Hane Shion should be fine.

"Yeah, it's not a big deal. But, hey, this kid is really stuck in a rut. I've already told her not to work so hard."

When talking about this, Masako Hanase also sighed.

Then she poured tea for Sakurai Itsuki while explaining the details.

"When I came back last night, I saw her hunched over the computer with a burning fever all over her face. It was really scary. Fortunately, the fever subsided this morning.

But as soon as she woke up, she insisted on painting. In the end, I couldn't persuade her anymore, so I had to threaten her that if she continued like this, I would send her back to Kyoto.

She then obediently took the medicine and fell asleep. Oh, do you want me to wake her up?"

Upon hearing this, Sakurai Itsuki shook his head and said that he was ordered to visit her, and if he disturbed her rest, it would be putting the cart before the horse.

Hanase Masako crossed her legs and said, "I think she might feel better if she saw you coming to visit her."

In response to this, Sakurai Itsuki remained silent with a subtle expression and just took a sip of tea silently.

Seeing this, Hanase Masako asked again, "Do you want to go check on her room? Don't worry about me. Although I feel bad for her, I'm a pretty open-minded parent. And I knew this day would come sooner or later."

Masako Hanase thought to herself that as early as a month ago, she had already formed a psychological preconception that this "yellow-haired boy" Sakurai Itsuki would sooner or later come to her house and kidnap her lovely sister.

"You may have misunderstood something. My relationship with her is not what you think. We are just ordinary friends."

Sakurai Itsuki said that in addition to the regular gossip between himself and Sato Wakaba, he had also heard a lot of gossip about himself and Hanase Shion recently.

Both he and Sato Wakaba are the type who don't care much about these gossips.

But he didn't know Hane Shion's attitude, so Sakurai Itsuki still explained in front of the "parents".

However, in response to Sakurai Itsuki's explanation, Hane Masako had an expression that said, "Ah, yes, yes, I believe you two are just ordinary friends."

Sakurai Itsuki also realized that it would be futile to explain more now, so he simply changed the subject: "So the manga she wanted to give to the student council is not finished yet, right?"

The comic about Hane Shion is Sakurai Itsuki's second important task.

Everyone around her knows how much effort Hane Shion has put into this comic.

The reason why she fell ill this time was largely because she had been staying up late every day and night for the past half month and exhausted herself.

Another reason why Sato Wakaba asked him to come and visit Hane Shion was that she wanted to let Sakurai Itsuki see if he could help with the comics.

Whether for her friends or as a participant in the school festival, she didn't want Hane Shion's hard work for so long to be wasted at the last moment.

However, Sakurai Itsuki's own attitude towards this is not clear.

Of course he had no objection to visiting Hane Shion.

Hanase Shion contributed a lot to the hand-drawn video of Flame Fist, and she will also be responsible for the main original painting content of the future game about White Album.

Logically speaking, she is also helping me make money, so there is nothing wrong with visiting her.

But, is she really willing to let me help her complete the remaining progress without her permission?
Hane Shion has such a strong personality, and seems to regard him as an opponent.

I always feel like she'll say something like, "Who needs your help? I'd rather die than have you help me!" It would be really annoying if I offered her help and she ignored me.

Perhaps it would be a good idea to let her learn from her mistakes and learn to say no when she might be in trouble.

During adolescence, it is normal to experience some failures in exchange for growth.

Now faced with this predicament, she also has some problems of her own.

"Ah, of course it's not finished. By the way, if you have time, could you help her?"

Masako Hanase and Wakaba Sato also thought of this aspect. The person in front of them was a cartoonist who had officially debuted and was just the right professional in this area.

Sakurai Itsuki expressed his concerns, not sure whether Hanase Shion would be willing to let him touch her paintings.

Many people in the industry actually hate others interfering in their creations without permission, especially young creators.

After hearing Sakurai Itsuki's concerns, Hanase Masako waved her hands helplessly and smiled: "If that's your concern, don't worry. Just go to her room and you'll understand."

After saying this, Masako Hane stood up and called Sakurai Itsuki to walk towards Hane Shion's bedroom.

"Hasn't she just rested for a short time? Isn't this a bit bad?"

Although Sakurai Itsuki felt that it was a bit impolite, he still followed the host at his invitation.

"It's okay, it's okay. Shiyin has been sleeping soundly since she was little. No matter if you yell at her or scribble on her face with a marker, you can't wake her up."

Masako Hane opened the door of Hane Shion's room, took the initiative to "lead the thief into the room", and brought Sakurai Itsuki in.

Her boudoir was not like Sato Wakaba's, which was filled with cute little things.

The whole room is decorated in a very simple and plain style, yet it looks particularly grand, with a light woody fragrance surrounding the room.

It fits perfectly with Sakurai Itsuki's first impression of her: a classical young lady with great temperament.

As for the owner of the room, Hane Shion was lying quietly on the bed with her eyes closed, sleeping soundly.

Her previously pale face has improved a lot, and she is still so beautiful that people can't help but admire her from the bottom of their hearts.

"promise."

Masako Hanase nodded her chin in the direction of Hanase Shion's desk, motioning Sakurai Itsuki to look over there.

Sakurai Itsuki turned around and saw her note on the wall.

The top one is [Become a manga artist], and the one below is [Beat that bastard Sakurai Itsuki! ].

However, [slap in the face] was crossed out and changed to [exceed].

Now it says: [Surpass that bastard Sakurai Itsuki! Make him my assistant!]

Of course, under the three words "Sakurai Tree", there was a pig's head drawn and the derogatory term "big pervert!" written on it.

Looking again, there were still the two pages of comics on the table that Hane Shion said she had thrown into the trash can a long time ago.

One page was from her hand, and the other was from Sakurai Itsuki's hand.

"So, you don't have to worry about her not liking you touching her comics. On the contrary, that girl probably always wanted to draw comics with you."

Masako Hanase patted Sakurai Itsuki's shoulder, and sighed in her heart again that "a girl who is too old to be kept at home" is really true.

Sakurai Itsuki was quite surprised and stunned. Then he turned to look at Hanase Shion who was lying quietly on the bed and sleeping soundly, and asked, "Does she know that you brought me into her bedroom?"

If you write a note like this in private saying "target so-and-so" and the person concerned sees it, it would undoubtedly be social death, right?

"Ah, that's fine, but I really want to see her embarrassed. It must be very cute."

"In a way, it makes sense that you and Hase Hatsuna can be such good friends."

Sakurai Itsuki sighed, saying that Hanase Masako was indeed a very bad person.

"Maybe it's because Stand Users are always attracted to each other, right? Bad people are bound to be around bad people too."

Masako Hanase was quite open about her own poor condition, and then suddenly gave Sakurai Itsuki a light punch.

"Isn't that right, Mr. Haruki Nagayama?"

(End of this chapter)