manga artist Kirito

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Teacher Xiaojing raised her hand, then shook her head helplessly. "I mean, you know what I'm trying to say, right?"

"It was wrong of me to blacklist you, Jing Ke'ai, and it was also my fault for injuring my wrist. In short, please don't lecture me, Teacher Jing."

With an earnest look, Kiritani let Haruno pull him to sit down next to Shizuka. "But, Shizuka, have you been so free lately?"

Judging from your attendance at your cousin's wedding, you must have faced a lot of questions from your family about marriage afterward. So shouldn't you have been spending your holiday participating in more social events or blind dates?

So bored that I invited someone out for ramen... Please, could you come up with something different next time?

"It's very leisurely. That's just how the teaching profession is. You can be so idle during holidays that you'll be bored out of your mind."

...I think it's not just difficult for you to be bored out of your mind, you'd have to go to Thailand to do that, right?

"But if you ever cause something like this again, I'll teach you a lesson you won't know what it means to be paralyzed on one side. You won't even know what an editor is."

Are you going to make me paralyzed from the waist down?

It really is that age when one is as fierce as a wolf or a tiger...

"Finally, call me 'teacher' properly!"

Yes, Jing is quite particular about how she's addressed.

Although Jing is cute... which is indeed nice, I still feel something is off.

Well... isn't this a bit too intimate of you to use that term of endearment?

“Hey, Mr. Kazuhito.”

With expectant eyes, Haruno looked directly into Kiritani's eyes and said, "It's okay if Shizuka doesn't let you call her that. You can call me that!"

"Huh? Should I call you Yang Ke'ai or Nai Ke'ai? It sounds awkward! And I don't want to call you that, so I'm sorry."

Kiritani glanced at Haruno blankly. "So, are you hoping I'll give you a card?"

Yang Nai clasped her hands together and bowed her head, "This is the only thing I absolutely will not use!"

"Hey, Yang Nai and Jing Ke'ai, you two must have something to tell me, right?"

Kiritani rubbed his cheek. "If it were Shizuka..."

Call me teacher!

"Okay, okay, if it's Ms. Shizuka, I can understand, since I still need to hand over the completed manuscript to you. But Yang Nai... it's not Obon yet."

I still remember, when I asked Haruno for help last time, we agreed that she would contact me during the Obon festival...

It's definitely too early now; there are still a few days left.

"Oh! Not bad, you still have a draft. I was about to apologize to your fans because you haven't been able to draw any drafts lately. It seems like we can still get through this in a week or two."

Shizuka patted Kiritani-kun on the shoulder, "Try to recover it before you run out of drafts! -- After that, what happened during the Obon festival?"

With her eyes slightly narrowed, Jing Ke'ai scrutinized Kiritani-kun and Haruno with a critical gaze.

"Could it be that there's some unspeakable secret between you two?"

Kiritani-kun and Haruno fell silent, exchanged a glance, and then looked at Shizuka in unison, "Do you... really want to know?"

P.S.: It's just a bit uncomfortable, and the speed has dropped a lot... It's okay if I go slower, although my wrist isn't very comfortable.

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【NO.304 Kazuto Kosaka Can Also Do It (Part 3)】

Kiritani Kazuto, unusually, reached an agreement with Hinano.

Because Haruno is very good at lowering other people's IQ, Mr. Kiritani never raises his brainwaves to a level where he can synchronize with her, until Shizuka suddenly starts gossiping.

Teacher Xiaojing shook her head very firmly, "No, I don't want to."

It is foreseeable that these two scoundrels will utter some hurtful words that could backfire on them, even causing death—yes, Teacher Xiaojing knows these two scoundrels' personalities very well.

"I see. Then you, Yang, can explain."

As if he hadn't heard what Shizuka-sensei said, Kiritani-kun gestured for Haruno to speak with a businesslike expression.

"Yes...or rather, it's something I have to say."

Ms. Yukinoshita took a pair of black-rimmed glasses from Mr. Kiritani's pocket and put them on, looking quite serious. Even Shizuka wondered if she had been overthinking things, and that the two of them really did have something important to discuss...

"Shizuka, as you probably know, it's the Obon festival. The Yukinoshita family is considered a... quite prestigious family in Chiba. The arrangements for the festival and other related matters all need to go through me, or rather, my father's hands..."

"Oh, so that's what it is..."

Jingke suddenly remembered that this matter was indeed related to the Yukinoshita family. She had indeed been overthinking things. It was one thing for Kirito to have a sharp tongue, but Haruno shouldn't be like that. The consensus they reached couldn't possibly be about backstabbing.

Mr. Kiritani, sitting next to him, watched as the vendor brought out a bowl of ramen that was bigger than his head, and his lips twitched slightly... Sure enough, eating instant noodles at home is better than coming here.

But seriously, aren't you all toxic?

Watermelon took my glasses before, and now you want them too, Haruno?

...Uh, these glasses...it seems like Kato gave them to me?

Yang Nai pushed up his glasses, looked at Jing Ke'ai with a doting smile, and said, "It's very easy for me to insert some projects into it, and I can also easily get a lot of personnel lists."

No! Please don't continue!

Yes, that's right! Although Yang Nai went around in circles and made Shizuka-sensei think that she wasn't the kind of person who was good at backstabbing, she still ended up coming back to the same place... An ominous feeling?

Ha! Now they're all going to be straightforward.

Iron Fist Punishment: Hiratsuka Shizuka's expression was solemn as she clenched her fist and stared intently at Ms. Haruno sitting to her side.

"Arranging a large-scale social event for some successful people who are not yet married should not be difficult at all."

Jingke felt it; just like her own mother's gaze hoping she could find a boyfriend, Miss Yangnai completely took on the role of an elder at this moment.

Finally, Yang Nai sighed softly, "Xiao Jing, this is all I can do to help you..."

"Yukinoshita Haruno, you better grit your teeth and bear it!"

Like a powder keg that explodes instantly, Jing Ke'ai threw a punch with a face full of resentment.

"Damn it, Zhi... I'm talking about you with both fists!"

Mr. Kiritani looked at the fist he had pushed away with his left hand with some horror. If he hadn't reacted quickly enough, the mentally unstable Shizuka might have punched him right in the face.

—Wait a minute!

"Yang Nai said those words, but Jing Ke'ai, you want to hit me? Do you need me to lend you your eyes? Or are you so embarrassed and angry that you can't even tell people apart?"

"I don't care if you're Yukinoshita Kazuto or Kiritani Haruno, you're ganging up on me!"

Ms. Xiaojing, a single woman in her late twenties, was filled with grief and indignation. She was lectured by her mother and father every day at home, and even when she invited her students out for noodles, she was subjected to a beating—life was already so difficult... why did they have to treat her like this?

"Actually... Ms. Shizuka could perhaps try Hiratsuka Haruno."

With his left hand holding chopsticks, he touched the joint of Shizuka's arm. Kiritani raised his right hand and pushed away Shizuka's arm, which was still outstretched in front of him.

"The Snow Under the Stillness..." doesn't sound very good.

"Hey! I'm not a yuri fan, I have absolutely no interest in Xiaojing!"

Yang Nai stared wide-eyed, raised her hands and made a big X in front of her, "Uh, it feels like... Xiao Jing is even worse off, she can't even find a girlfriend, let alone a boyfriend."

"Shut up! This huge bowl of ramen can't shut you up!"

"But it was you, Xiaojing, who started this topic."

Jing Ke'ai stood up, supporting herself on the table. "I said I don't want to hear it!"

Yang Nai pouted innocently, "But my mouth is here."

"...Um, I have a question."

With a hesitant expression, Kirigaya Kazuto, sitting between the two, stared at the bowl of noodles on the table, then glanced at the chopsticks in his hand. "Um, I think I'm not feeling well right now..."

Perhaps feeling he hadn't explained himself clearly, Kirito reorganized his thoughts, "I can't lift my right hand high right now, could someone please feed me?"

"……Clam?"

With blank expressions, Yono and Shizuka both looked at Mr. Kiritani, who was still staring at the ramen.

"Oh! That's a good idea!"

"Hey you? Did I hear that right?"

Mr. Kiritani put down his chopsticks and began to miss Asuna and Sui Izumi. If it were those two, they would definitely feed him without hesitation, even if it was ramen.

...Of course, Haruno did say yes here, but...Kirigaya-san felt that this was not a good idea.

Of course, this isn't out of disdain, it's just that I feel... this might cause Jing Ke'ai a critical hit.

That being said, the best option would be to ask Jing Ke'ai for help, but... while Jing Ke'ai is quite good at housework, at least she cooks meat very well, but when it comes to taking care of people... should she use an iron fist to take care of them?

A caring older sister is ultimately only a psychological thing; when it comes to actions... well, maybe it's best to just forget about it.

With a smile that deepened and her face full of gentleness, Ms. Yang Nai picked up her chopsticks, put her hands together, and said, "Then, I'll take care of it!"

"Hey, can you please stop doing this?"

Jing's cute eyes twitched unnaturally. "The teacher would never allow it... uh, something seems off? Anyway, Kirito, you'd better do it yourself. Boss, give him a fork."

"..."

silence……

The three people, including the boss and excluding Jing Ke'ai, fell silent.

The pitying gaze made Jing's nerves tingle, and a crossroads seemed to pop out of her forehead.

The shopkeeper brought Kiritani a fork, then looked at Shizuka-sensei and silently shook his head, "I finally understand."

Yang Nai reluctantly put down her chopsticks. "I really... have nothing to say."

Kiritani Kazuto sighed silently, "Ah! The reason why you're still not married, Shizuka, is because of this."

"You guys... sob..."

P.S.: Speaking of which, are there any good slice-of-life anime?

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【NO.305 Shiina Kazuto Can Also Be (Part 4)】

Jing Ke'ai was filled with sorrow because she had encountered two despicable people. If she couldn't be given the time to sing a song, then at least let her recite a passage: "Outside the long pavilion, by the ancient road, the fragrant grass stretches to the sky—but not Bi Lian."

If she could, Jing would never want to go out for ramen with those two again. Now... she can only channel her grief and anger into her appetite.

He was also carrying a wine bottle.

Kiritani-kun was a little flustered; besides being afraid of ghosts, alcohol was also one of his weaknesses.

Whether Shizuka knows about his weakness is unknown to Kiritani-kun, but if it is discovered, it will most likely cause some serious trouble... Well, Haruno is behaving herself now, so there's no need to worry too much.

Using a fork to twirl the pasta doesn't feel too awkward even for non-left-handed people. Kiritani-chan chews her food with her cheeks puffed out, and her serious expression makes her look rather cute.

"Oh, Ms. Xiaojing, can I ask you a question?"

"Huh? What's the problem?"

With an expression that seemed to indicate she was sulking, Teacher Xiaojing pouted slightly, then, as if remembering something, quickly said, "Let me make this clear beforehand, if it's related to those topics from earlier, I will definitely hit you, really!"

"No, it has absolutely nothing to do with what we were just talking about."

Kiritani-kun put down his fork, took a tissue and wiped his lips. "I just want to analyze a problem from the perspective of an educator—jealousy! Like the jealousy of a poor student towards a top student, based on talent, jealousy without knowing how to work hard... and so on."

"I'd like to know how educators view this issue."

"Well, Kiritani..."

The female teacher looked at the slightly confused boy with some difficulty. "From my personal perspective, this kind of question is indeed very common, but from the perspective of an educator..."

"Even Teacher Xiaojing can't find a definite answer? Sure enough, so-called educators just teach ignorant students what they know or already know, but they can't get a response to some more important points..."

"...If you don't want to love my fists, then shut up and listen to me!"

"Okay, Ms. Xiaojing."

The educator, who had put down his chopsticks and cracked his knuckles, nodded in satisfaction.

"Wait a minute, I think I can chime in here."

Yang Nai, who was also a student of Ms. Xiao Jing, raised her hand. "What you want to talk about is the psychology of problem children who don't do well in school, right?... Hmm, I have some insights on that too!"

"Ah, I know."