Master of the Machete Style Manga

Chapter 85: How to shake hands?

Ken Sakamoto had actually thought that Mio Natsume would sit on the side, since the table wasn't very big, and he was sitting right in the middle.

But actually, there's no rule that requires you to sit in the middle.

Mio knelt beside him like this, much like a traditional wife sitting virtuously beside her husband to entertain visiting guests.

I glanced sideways at the girl beside me. I clearly saw her at the door just now, and her buttons were fastened to the collar, but I don't know when she unbuttoned the top two buttons.

Without these two restraints, the previously taut shirt fabric immediately opened up to both sides, and from his angle, looking down, it was an even more suffocating abyss.

At this moment, Natsume Mio also turned to look at him and said, "I came to see Ken because I filmed a promotional video today and I'm still wearing makeup. I wanted Ken to see it."

Ken Sakamoto noticed that she used "Ken" instead of "you" in that sentence.

This shows that although Natsume Mio was looking at him while speaking, she was actually saying those words to Haruna.

"Hey, is it pretty?" Natsume Mio asked with a smile and her eyes narrowed.

Ken Sakamoto scrutinized the girl beside him without any politeness. Her makeup was exquisite, and she wore machima-style eye circles. When he stared at her, it really gave one the feeling of falling into a vortex.

Ken Sakamoto gave a very objective review: "It's very good."

"Thank you, Ken~ I really did my best to portray Machima and film the promotional video for your work," Natsume Mio said.

"Eh... So, the female lead in Chainsaw Man is Machima?" Mikazuki Haruna interrupted the conversation between the two people opposite her.

“Of course,” Natsume Mio replied immediately.

However, Ken Sakamoto shook his head.

"Huh?!" Natsume Mio exclaimed, "Ken, isn't the female lead Makima?"

"The female lead is of course Machima, but I have never said that there is only one female lead," Ken Sakamoto said. "I treat any important female character as a female lead in my creation."

Natsume Mio stared at Sakamoto Ken with her round eyes and said, "But there's a hierarchy, isn't there? Makima was the first female character to appear..."

“The first character to appear isn’t necessarily the most important,” Haruna Mikazuki said. “It’s perfectly normal for characters who appear later to be more popular.”

Ken Sakamoto nodded noncommittally and said, "The order of appearance has nothing to do with the importance of the character."

“That’s right, I prefer Power.” Mikazuki Haruna said.

"Hmph, breast pad demon..." Natsume Mio said with great disdain.

Haruna Mikazuki's gaze was also unconsciously drawn to Mio Natsume. She stared at her intently for two seconds before looking away, pretending to admire the scenery outside the window.

In this respect, she really can't compare to Mio.

It felt like there was almost gunpowder between the two. Ken Sakamoto said, "I don't care which character the readers like, but for me, I like Makima and Pava equally, including the heroines who will appear in the future."

"There's a female lead too?!" the two exclaimed almost simultaneously.

Mikazuki Haruna and Natsume Mio exchanged a glance, then tacitly fixed their gazes on Sakamoto Kenjiro.

“Of course, this is a long-running serial,” Ken Sakamoto said matter-of-factly.

"Oh right, you mentioned before that Denji has someone he actually likes!" Natsume Mio recalled a name that Sakamoto Ken had casually mentioned a few weeks ago. She thought for a moment and said, "His name is... Reisen?"

“Reige?” Mikazuki Haruna pondered the name, but couldn’t glean anything from it alone. She asked, “When will she appear?” “A long way off. It’s still in the planning stages,” Sakamoto Ken replied.

“Three female leads…” Natsume Mio began to ponder this number.

Haruna also frowned, equally concerned about this number.

"Why did you design three female leads?" Mikazuki Haruna asked directly.

“Although the three female leads are different in terms of character design, they have one thing in common,” Ken Sakamoto said.

"What?" the two girls exclaimed in unison again.

Ken Sakamoto hesitated for two seconds before saying, "This is a spoiler. Do you want to hear it?"

“Of course, it’s just an exchange about manga creation. I won’t tell anyone,” Mikazuki Haruna said.

“Yes, yes, I’ll definitely keep it a secret for Ken!” Natsume Mio added.

Ken Sakamoto maintained a perfectly measured smile and said with feigned emotion, "They... all thought about killing Denji."

"Huh?" Natsume Mio was slightly taken aback and said, "Why would Makima want to kill Denji?"

“In the sixth episode that was updated last week, Power did think about killing Denji, but at that time she hadn’t integrated into society yet, and thought Denji was a human and wanted to exchange him for Neko… She definitely didn’t have any ill intentions towards Denji himself.” Mikazuki Haruna analyzed carefully.

Ken Sakamoto didn't explain further. He had never thought about it this way before, but now he even inexplicably felt that he and Denji had something in common...

After the heroines mentioned that they had all considered killing Denji, Natsume Mio and Mikazuki Haruna fell into deep thought, and the tension in the room immediately subsided.

Ken Sakamoto seized the opportunity to add, "It's normal for everyone to like different heroines, don't argue over such trivial matters."

Natsume Mio: "It's not because of the female lead."

Mikazuki Haruna: "We didn't actually start arguing."

The two spoke at the same time as if they were telepathically connected, but this time they said different things.

"That's good. From now on, we'll both be alumni of Kanzaki Art Academy, so you two should get along well," Ken Sakamoto said.

Ken Sakamoto had thought about this when he was thinking about the stability of triangles. The ending of last time was because a triangle was not formed in the end. Instead, there were three line segments centered on him, which meant that stability was not an option.

To form a triangle from these points, you need to connect each pair of points with line segments.

He had been racking his brains trying to find an opportunity to establish a safe and stable relationship with them, but now they've all come to him in one fell swoop.

Mikazuki Haruna pondered Sakamoto Ken's words. Looking at Natsume Mio sitting next to Sakamoto Ken, she had a feeling that this guy was closer to him than before. You must be secretly moving closer to him!
She decisively extended her hand to Natsume Mio and said in a senior-to-junior tone, "Sakamoto Ken-sensei is right! Don't argue because you like different heroines, we're all classmates."

Natsume Mio glanced at Mikazuki Haruna's hand, which was suspended in mid-air, and then looked at Sakamoto Ken with some hesitation.

Then we saw that Ken Sakamoto actually reached out and shook hands with Haruna Mikazuki.

"Nice to meet you," Sakamoto Ken said with a smile.

"Huh?" Mikazuki Haruna was slightly taken aback. She was planning to shake hands with Natsume Mio, so why did he extend his hand instead?!
Natsume Mio and Mikazuki Haruna were equally shocked. They stared wide-eyed at the two clasped hands and, without thinking for even half a second, quickly reached out their hands as well.

"Please...please guide me!"

(End of this chapter)