Started as a comics editor

Chapter 42 What’s next? What’s next?
So weird!!!
Su Deqiang stared at the last page of the comic on his computer screen, recalling the powerful, mind-blowing scenes after the plot spiraled out of control in the second half. His only thought was: This comic is so fucking weird! So insane!
It turns out that the comics don't use grotesque images to describe the heroine's escape from her inner dilemma.

But there is a real human head balloon!!

But is this a plot that a human could come up with?
Why is this!!!

What's a human head balloon?
Why did this weird thing suddenly appear?

Is it mentioned in the comics?

...It seems not.

What follows is a completely lively and large-scale horror carnival.

Then at the climax, it ended directly with some lingering sound, leaving people with endless reverie.

There is no explanation of the cause and effect at all.

So can the heroine escape?
How can I escape this?

The main body corresponds to a human head balloon, and the human head balloon will actively find the main body and hang it to death...

The sky outside is full of balloons made of human heads. In this situation, it would be impossible to escape.

wrong.

Maybe you can cut the rope with a knife?
this moment.

Su Deqiang completely forgot his original purpose. While recalling the comics, he seriously considered how to escape if he encountered a human head balloon in real life.

After all... As a senior editor, Li Xue had never seen such a horror comic before.

Of course it is also true for Su Deqiang, a fan!

Although he kept calling him a lunatic.

But precisely because it was so unexpected, because he had never seen such a horror comic before... he called it a psycho!
This is so fucking beautiful... No, it's too crazy!

"……etc."

The screen in front of Su Deqiang was displaying the last page of the comic. He thought for a long time about the interesting setting of the human head balloon in the comic.

Then it suddenly dawned on me... I was here to criticize the work! To exact revenge!
What the fuck are you doing!

Su Deqiang's face became stern again. He grabbed the mouse and closed the page in front of him, seemingly forgetting about the spray.

He returned to the website's homepage and sorted out his thoughts, trying to shake off the influence of the comic...

But...I can't get rid of it at all!

His head is full of human head balloons!

"..."

Su Deqiang took a deep breath, then held the mouse and slowly scrolled down the website page, turning his attention back to the twenty or so works that were placed in a cupboard for readers to choose from.

Not right.

There was something wrong with that work just now… It completely wiped out his anger! What a psychopathic author!
No, it can't be like this.

Find another one.

Su Deqiang planned to find another comic to read... to get himself back into the zone.

That old thief is unforgivable!

How could we possibly let him go! How could we possibly let him go? He even had the comic award to advertise for his face.

Ok.

Find another one and restore the status.

Su Deqiang looked at the page in front of him, his eyes wandering, wanting to find a comic at random... But as he searched, his eyes finally fell on the column recommended by the editor-in-chief Ou Congquan.

In addition to "Human Head Balloon", there seems to be another work.

He hasn't seen it yet...

Su Deqiang looked at the remaining comic, hesitated for a moment, and then honestly clicked it.

This crappy editor's recommendation is so interesting... no, so weird!
How weird!

So take another look! Just one look!
Su Deqiang made up his mind and leaned forward slightly to look at the screen.

The mentality has quietly changed.

"Fate Zero"?
When Su Deqiang saw the name of the second comic clearly, he was a little confused... It didn't look like a horror comic.

Destiny 0?

The name is a bit weird.

Unlike the comic just now, the name is a spoiler... it's just a human head balloon.

This name feels quite subtle.

Su Deqiang thought of this and looked at the author column.

"Hmm? Still a third-rate painter?"

Su Deqiang was a little surprised, because the name of the author of this comic was exactly the same as the name of the author of the previous comic...

Why do the naming styles of the same cartoonist vary so much?
Is this comic different?

Isn't it?

So it's still a horror comic?

With this question in mind, Su Deqiang clicked the read button and started reading.

The beginning of this comic was beyond his expectations.

Because the previous "Human Head Balloon" adopts a realistic style, but this comic is not.

But it is a very pure two-dimensional... This may not be accurate.

A more accurate statement would be that this comic looks... normal?
Su Deqiang didn't know how to describe it, but he could see that, unlike "Human Head Balloon", which strived to make facial features as close to real-life proportions as possible in order to shock people when it collapsed, the style of this comic made it look like even if it collapsed, it would not bring a huge impact.

It looks like a comic that would be serialized in any magazine, but from some details, you can still tell that it was drawn by the same person.

Why does the style of the same cartoonist change so much?

Trying a different style? Or something else?
But you don't have to try it like this, right?

It’s weird.

While thinking, Su Deqiang turned to the next page and started reading.

Everything begins with the war for the Holy Grail... the Holy Grail, a universal wish-granting machine that can fulfill any wish.

In every Holy Grail War, the Holy Grail chooses seven Masters to control the Servants and summon Heroic Spirits to fight each other as familiars... Heroes from all ages and countries will awaken in the modern era to fight for supremacy. This is the Holy Grail War.

The Fourth Holy Grail War is about to begin. To win the Holy Grail, the participating magicians begin to gather intelligence from each other...

"..."

See this.

Su Deqiang confirmed that this is not a horror comic, but more like... fantasy?

But can the same cartoonist really do it? He's so good at horror comics, but can he also draw fantasy?

So confident?

impossible.

But this setting... a Holy Grail that grants any wish? A heroic spirit? A war? It's quite interesting.

Su Deqiang hesitated for a moment and continued reading.

In the comics, after a brief introduction to the background, the story begins with a man named Matou Kariya...

Following the perspective of Matou Kariya, the world view of the comics begins to unfold slowly.

The rhythm of the whole story is very well controlled. It is neither dragged out nor rushed, but rather feels like it is being told in a leisurely manner.

Various settings, characters, and forces began to appear one after another.

The fifth generation head of the Tohsaka family, Tohsaka Tokiomi...

Kotomine Kirei, the representative of the Holy Church...

Kenneth, the instructor of the Spiritual Department at the Clock Tower...

The heir of the Matou family, Gento Kariya...

Clock Tower student Weber...

Magician Killer Emiya Kiritsugu...

Su Deqiang watched and slowly became completely immersed in it. He was so absorbed in it... that one could even say he was in a state of oblivion.

At this moment, he seemed to have forgotten everything about the comic award, Ou Congquan, and being praised.

All my thoughts are on the comics.

I was drawn in unknowingly.

There's no way around it. Putting aside other things, the setting of having people from history or mythology become familiars and fight each other is attractive enough.

What's more, the story and characters are extremely excellent!

After all, Tang Yao spent a lot of effort to cater to the preferences of readers in this parallel world, and carefully adjusted the rhythm based on the original work.

The novel setting, distinctive character creation, and fast-paced narrative.

Adding up each of these points...isn't as simple as one plus one.

If we say that after watching "Human Head Balloon" just now, Su Deqiang felt a strong shock and felt that the author was a lunatic and a genius.

When reading "Fate/Zero", Su Deqiang felt like he was reading a comic for the first time.

No!

In this world! How can there be such interesting things!

Su Deqiang leaned forward slightly, staring at the screen, his pupils reflecting the glowing screen, his face full of excitement and anticipation for the next plot, while his fingers kept clicking the next page button.

Next page, next page...

The comics did not disappoint his expectations, and the story gradually went in the direction he expected.

The Holy Spirit calls.

When the distinctive characters who appeared before are in different locations, they use the holy relics to summon heroic spirits.

When magic circles appear on the screen one by one.

When the masters raised their hands and shouted the summons.

Su Deqiang leaned forward again, becoming more and more involved!

When the Heroic Spirits appeared, the camera finally stopped at a female Heroic Spirit. The dignified and beautiful female Heroic Spirit, wearing a flowing battle skirt, stood in front of the church's stained glass and asked, "Are you my Master?"

Su Deqiang became even more excited, and then quickly clicked the next page with his right index finger.

just.

This time.

He clicked the next page button, but the page number did not change. Instead, a prompt popped up.

【This is the last page~】

"Um……?"

When Su Deqiang saw this prompt, he was stunned for a moment, then anxiously clicked the next page button several times.

But the prompt that popped up was still this one.

"Is there a bug? No! What's behind? What's behind? Get out here!!!"

Su Deqiang panicked! No! The story was getting better! The heroes had already appeared! How could it be interrupted?! This kind of thing is not allowed!
He quickly refreshed the page.

As for his original purpose...

It doesn't matter what happens to Ou Congquan! Even death is fine!
Now! He just wants to know the sequel of this comic!

but.

After refresh.

The new page still doesn't appear.

At this time, Su Deqiang finally noticed the page number... and found that the page he had just read was the last page of this comic.

At the same time, I also noticed that there was a line of small words at the bottom of the last page I had just read - To be continued.

Su Deqiang: “……………………”

(End of this chapter)