manga artist Kirito

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Suddenly realizing what was happening, Kiritani mentally gave himself the middle finger. He was just rehearsing lines, so even if Asuna saw it, it wouldn't matter, right? So I've been panicking ever since Asuna arrived... What am I panicking about?

In reality, there's no such thing as a "Shura"... no, I should say a "Shura field" doesn't exist for me at all. Furthermore, both "Shura fields" and "dark studies" require the woman to have romantic feelings for the man (I used Jeanne d'Arc as "dog food" to feed my juniors) to trigger such situations. Asuna is my girlfriend, so her romantic feelings are unquestionable, but Shiina Mashiro is obviously impossible; she's my daughter...

Perhaps, in Chiba, it's not just sister complex, sister complex, brother complex that's prevalent, but also father complex and the like. But no matter what... Kirito-kun's bottom line is unfathomable, but he still has some morals left. The idea of ​​a demon father is exciting... no, I mean it's too nerve-wracking, making one feel a kind of agonizing pain.

It seems like something's still not quite right?

In conclusion, Shiina Mashiro is impossible!

After thinking for about half a second, Kiritani confirmed the problem. After all, the three great illusions of life have a huge impact, and... Asuna seems to be really going to attack!

With a nervous heart, Kiritani loosened his scarf, trying to appear calm, and looked up at Asuna, who had already walked up to him. He was about to speak when Asuna grabbed his arm...

At this point, he was thrown out.

Fortunately, he was agile enough that just as he was about to fall to the ground, he reached out and braced himself on the ground to absorb the impact, and then he jumped up in a graceful and handsome manner.

"Asuna is amazing."

Shiina Mashiro looked at Kiritani-kun, who was almost thrown to the ground by an over-the-shoulder throw, then turned her gaze to Asuna, her eyes gleaming, "I... want to learn."

"Don't!"

Kiritani-kun, his face contorted in pain, hadn't even brushed the dust off his hands before shaking them repeatedly. He declared righteously, "While this skill might be useful for self-defense, it's really awful. Manga artists make a living with their hands, just like chefs who also rely on their hands. Hands are for cooking, so it's best not to learn it..."

Over the past year, I've injured both my left and right hands. To be honest, I might not be a very serious or competent cartoonist, but... but I really don't want to get hit again and have to wrap my arms in bandages!

By the way, when I was releasing the force just now, Kiritani-kun felt that his left hand, which was wrapped in bandages, started to ache again... cough, there is no Kirin Arm or Black Flame Dragon Seal, it just seems to have been bruised again.

—In short, I'm still the most agile!

"Yes, what the person said is right."

Asuna nodded in agreement, then changed the subject, "I'll take you to learn Taekwondo later."

What the hell is Taekwondo?!

Do you think Taekwondo mainly uses the legs and therefore doesn't require the use of the hands? Do you think you're some curly-haired chef?

Rolling his eyes silently, Kirigaya wanted to ask Asuna why she had given him an over-the-shoulder throw, but Asuna threw her phone at that moment. He could only catch it quickly, and then he saw that the screen showed that he was on a call...

That was a somewhat familiar name, or rather, a name that had just been mentioned not long ago.

Rita, currently in England, is the second golden retriever!

"……Find me?"

With a slight raise of his eyebrows, Kiritani tilted his head to look at Asuna. "Is there something you need?"

"I don't know, she said she wanted to talk to you."

Asuna squinted, no longer looking at Kiritani-kun. She picked up a fallen leaf from Shiina Mashiro's blonde hair, her voice wistful, "We've only known each other for a week, but she seems to still think about you a lot! Every time she calls, she wants to talk to you..."

No! There's no such thing, is there? You never mentioned it before... Oh right, Yui has already blacklisted Rita's number in my contacts.

Well, whether Rita asked to speak with me before or not, it's not necessary, it doesn't matter at all!

But what does this guy want to do by calling now?

"My relationship with her is just very ordinary!"

Kiritani-kun immediately began to distance himself from Rita, saying, "Based on the fact that I asked her to shelter me from the wind and rain when we first met, and then I pushed her into the river... Unless someone is a lunatic or a masochist, my relationship with this guy is definitely not just ordinary, but extremely unpleasant!"

"Maybe... he really is a masochist?"

Asuna looked at her from the side, a meaningful glint flashed in her pretty eyes, "This is what I told you, before she met her own S, many masochists thought she was a sadist."

...Um, Asuna, are you one too?

"If you want to do another over-the-shoulder throw, please keep looking at me like that."

Despite saying that, Asuna had already bent down and picked up a bamboo section piled up by the roadside. Her gentle smile was like a sudden hailstorm in the dead of winter, which was really creepy.

Seriously, is it really that common to say one thing and do another these days? And this bamboo isn't even dry yet, if you hit it, you could really break a bone!

"I am deeply sorry for this, Your Majesty. Please allow me to take this call first. Thank you very much!"

As the "flow" technique was performed, Kiritani-kun chuckled awkwardly while holding his phone, and then he heard a voice coming from the other end of the line.

"Oh dear, Shido is such a coward. Why doesn't he treat Asuna the way he treated me back then? I know it's because of the limited space, but it's a bamboo forest, so knocking it down in the mud is quite nice, isn't it?"

Her cheerful voice seemed to carry a hint of anticipation, as if she really wanted to see this scene unfold.

Kirito smiled indifferently, made a gesture towards Yui, who was nestled in front of her phone screen with a slightly unfriendly expression, and the voice communication instantly switched to a video call. Without any pause, Kirito raised his middle finger at the blonde girl who was holding a hairband and seemed to be preparing to tie her hair into a ponytail, with a somewhat surprised expression.

Under Asuna's gaze, Kiritani-kun said indifferently, "Yui, hack into her computer's internal files, and make a copy of all the hidden files stored there!"

From stunned silence to utter panic, the blonde girl didn't even bother with the ponytail she had just gathered. Clutching her phone, she stared intently at Kirito, her expression a complex mix of emotions, tinged with a hint of pleading. "No! Stop! Hacking the computer is fine! But please, please don't copy the hidden folder! This...this...this is my privacy! You can't look! You absolutely can't look! I...I'll get angry! And my affection level will drop! Really!"

"Oh" (indifferently)

Kiritani nodded calmly, "I won't watch it. I'll let Yui watch it first, and then she'll give it to me in general terms, or I'll show it directly to your dearest friend, Shiina Mashiro! — So, Rita von Einzbern, let's get back to the main topic! May I ask what brings you here?"

"I'm not Rita von Einzbern! I'm Rita Einzworth!"

Rita's expression gradually became subtle, and her cheeks flushed slightly unnaturally. Her trembling eyelashes clearly showed her inner tension and helplessness.

"And another thing! Don't change the subject! You absolutely cannot look at the hidden folder!"

"Is it probably full of all sorts of hentai and erotic content?"

Kiritani raised an eyebrow and turned his head to look at Asuna and Shiina Mashiro, only to find that the two of them were gradually distancing themselves from him with expressions of disgust. The corner of his mouth twitched slightly. "Well, I don't think you're that kind of person. Besides, according to the normal girl's mindset, if this hidden folder contains pictures or something, maybe there are even some of your photos?"

Yes, although it's called a photo album, it's actually the most fake one!

"Eh...!"

"..."

Seeing Rita's sudden blank expression, Kiritani-kun was certain that there were indeed Rita's photos in this folder... Well, thank goodness it was me; if it were someone else, they'd probably be licking their boots right now.

As for me, all I would think about is her figure and whether she is suitable as the prototype for the female lead in this novel!

Yes, I am the kind of good young person of the new era who will not waste any resources!

"Dad, you've received over fifty emails in your phone's inbox, and the number is steadily increasing. Should I block them first? Or should I just add them to the blacklist?"

Before Rita could even react, Yui jumped in to tell Kiritani that his phone and email were being bombarded with messages... To be honest, this wasn't the first time this had happened. For example, a certain older single woman who wished to remain anonymous once made nearly a hundred phone calls and sent nearly three hundred emails to Kiritani in just one day...

But if it's Shizuka, then Yui should automatically reply, right?

Let's turn off the notifications first.

Kiritani-kun didn't bother to look at it, and instead focused his attention on Rita on the other side of the screen. He pursed his lips and said, "What's going on? Just say it already."

"...Nothing important, I just wanted to chat with Shido."

The blonde girl took a deep breath to calm her anxiety. After all, her computer and phone had been hacked, so there was no use in being anxious. All she could do was... stay calm.

If this guy were to open it and take a look, the result would definitely be quite terrible, right?

No! Rather... the result will definitely be an explosion on the spot!

Suddenly, I felt like dying.

Hopefully, this guy won't show it to anyone else!

"chat?"

"Yeah, Rita really misses Shido. If I hadn't been too busy, I would have gone there during the Soubu High School festival. After all, Shido really stole the show at the festival, and... well, he looked really cool playing the bass!"

...Putting everything else aside, could you please change how you address me?

Do you really think I'm Kurogiri Shido? Believe me or not, I'll turn into a bulldozer and bulldoze you, and then I'll just dump you without a second thought?

"I've carefully saved the video of Shido showing off his youth on stage."

"...Should we pass it down as a family heirloom?"

Kiritani-kun smirked, "I have a family heirloom chromosome here to give you. You can not only keep it as a family heirloom, but also use it to pass on your lineage."

"...Shido is as perverted as ever!"

The blonde girl smiled and squinted her eyes.

She didn't refute, nor did she refuse!

P.S.: Well... if each person had their own special segment, how long would this trip be?

(Currently 400 additional orders, please dedicate a song of 'Cooling Down' to Echizen.)

that's all.

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【NO.461 Kasumigaoka Theater】

Because Kiritani-kun is on the phone with Rita, Asuna and Shiina Mashiro plan to leave him behind for the time being.

That's why Kiritani-kun dared to revert to his original state and start telling dirty jokes—to be honest, it felt pretty good not having to suppress his natural feelings!

Of course, you still need to be careful, what if someone takes it seriously?

What's wrong with men being perverted?

Kiritani-kun mechanically pulled out his phone. Although I draw erotic comics and like to write scripts about stomach medicine, that doesn't hide the fact that I'm a good student or a pervert!

...Hmm, it would probably be much better if it were a gentleman, right?

"Besides, don't talk like you're so great. You've never seen my sketchbook... no, don't think I don't know you've seen my sketchbook. I can see all your online shopping records!"

What the hell? My notebook is actually sold in the UK too? Has the watermelon business grown so big without me even realizing it?

—Correction: Rita was looking at the doujinshi I drew. As for my doujinshi... there's no record of any purchases yet, or rather, Eriri didn't put the doujinshi online for sale at all!

Obviously, Eriri is also worried about copyright issues, and she's also worried that I might really kill her!

"So, is there anything else you want to tell me?"

Logically speaking, Kirito and Rita can't even be considered true friends. Even if Kirito doesn't have multiple definitions of the word "friend" like Hachiman or Yukinoshita, in Kirito's eyes, Rita is just Shiina Mashiro's friend, someone Kirito can only talk to!

"Why is this happening? What's with this feeling of impatience?"

In the video, Rita wrinkled her nose and puffed out her cheeks, fully revealing her dissatisfaction. "It's rare to find a chance to talk to you. I usually get Yui to block my emails, and I rarely reply to your private messages on Twitter. Am I really that unlikable?"

To be precise, it's because I don't like it!

First of all, you have to think about how I'm a guy with a girlfriend, a cute little sister, two childhood sweethearts, two daughters, a junior in the industry, and two young women lurking around eyeing me covetously. If I make any move, I'll be subjected to close-quarters combat.

Besides...

Please! I'm a total weirdo, so if you can, please don't treat me as a friend, and definitely don't treat me as a friend with any special feelings for me!

"That's really going too far. How could I possibly be impatient?"

Kiritani-kun grinned expressionlessly, his smile more unsightly than ever before. "I'm just too lazy to talk on the phone for too long. If you could show up in front of me now, I might give you a chance."

"what chance?"

Rita's eyes widened slightly as she suddenly brought her face close to the front-facing camera, almost startling Kirito.

"Let's talk about it when you show up."

There's no way I'd back down, not in this lifetime, not even for a fool like Rita.

Although it feels a bit like courting death, Kiritani-kun's personality has always been a little cheeky, and not everyone dares to do that, so in order to maintain his distinctive personality, he absolutely has to keep it up.

Rita couldn't help but scoff at Kiritani's shamelessness. "Shameless! He knows perfectly well that I'm in England right now and there's no way I could be in Japan."

"There will be other events at Soubu High School later. If you want to come over then, just do so. After all, you're Mashiro's friend. As long as you don't do anything stupid, I won't turn you away... Hmm, you should stay with Mashiro."

Last time Rita came over, she stayed at Kiritani-kun's house and even slept in his room. Although he was facing a deadline and had to spend a lot of time in the study to finish his manuscript, not being able to sleep in his bed was really a bit much!

"Oh! I know that. Soubu High School has a sports festival next week, followed by a school trip, and then the Christmas event... Hmm, I need to schedule it."

Yes, this child was actually well-prepared to come, and even thoroughly investigated the recent activities of Zongwu High School.

"Wait a minute, friend! I was just being polite, you don't have to listen to me at all!"

Kiritani made an ugly rejection gesture with a blank expression, then realized that the video couldn't see anything from this angle, and couldn't help but roll his eyes.

But that's why Rita smiled faintly, "I didn't go because of Shido-san's invitation, I just wanted to see Mashiro."

...Perhaps, your surname was Sima in your past life.

"It's up to you."

Kiritani glanced at the nearly one hundred emails on his other phone, and his lips twitched involuntarily. "Okay, that's all for now. I have something to do here."