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In the afternoon, Takumi reviewed the serialization of "Bakuman" and "Ouran High School Host Club" at the company. He discussed the plot development with several assistants. After ensuring that the two manga did not deviate, Takumi had nothing to do.

Hinotori Publishing no longer needed him to intervene too much. In the future, he wouldn't have to go to work every day or be responsible for everything. He planned to move some office items home and return to his work as a mangaka.

However, while moving, he found incredible things...

"Whose are these?"

Red, pink... A pile of women's underwear and toiletries were placed in the closet. Takumi felt dizzy. How could there be women's belongings in the office? And before, he had noticed a strange fragrance. It didn't seem like a room that had been empty for a long time. What happened during this period?

When Alice returned, she saw the messy items and blushed.

"These, these are my things..." She hastily packed: "I've been living here for a while and it seems I haven't cleaned it."

Takumi realized that after he left, Alice had been using his office.

"Keep using it. It doesn't matter if it's you...", he said with a smile. Alice's current status is a little awkward. She's neither high nor low. She's Takumi's editor by name, but she does work beyond editing, similar to an assistant. Perhaps she can better assist Takumi by using his office.

The entire office is over 60 square meters. Even with two people working together, it's more than enough. Takumi won't be going to work as often as before for now, so he doesn't need to prepare another room for Alice.

"Do you mind if I work here?" Alice asked, interrupting herself.

"I don't mind. But..." Takumi looked at those things. Thinking that they couldn't share a desk, he said: "You can ask someone to prepare a desk opposite, so it's more comfortable."

"Separate? Well... I understand." Alice breathed a sigh of relief, stood up, and smiled: "I just informed Kanto Manga Company that you're back. They'll launch the sequel to 'The Detective Sherlock' in the next few weeks. You need to be prepared. The company will fully support you."

Alice hasn't thought about the meeting or the autograph session yet. She needs to plan it well.

"Well, I understand."

Takumi nodded. He left the company with a box full of items in his arms: "I'll take these things home. Don't touch the rest. I'll need them later."

Alice accompanied him to the company door and watched him with a smile.

When Takumi returned home by car to the Sakura Garden community, it was five in the afternoon. At the community entrance, he saw Aika with a large bag and chatting with other women.

He rolled down the car window a little. He called out: "Mom!"

"Takumi?" Aika looked back and saw the familiar car. She approached surprised: "Why did you leave work so early today?"

"We'll talk about it when I get home...". Takumi smiled. He opened the car door and let Aika in with the things she was carrying: "Are those all vegetables?" Aika was carrying vegetables in her hands. Takumi observed the quantity and wondered if it was too much.

"Sakura and others will come tonight. There aren't enough vegetables at home."

Aika smiled and the car entered the Sakura Garden community. Several women who had just chatted with Aika also entered. One of them suddenly frowned upon seeing the car drive away.

"Was the man in the car just now Aika's son? He looks familiar. I looked at him and realized he looks a lot like Mirai-sensei, who has become popular lately."

Her words made the women around her laugh, and they all expressed disbelief.

Impossible! How could Mirai-sensei live here? That car isn't luxurious; you must have seen it wrong.

Yes, if Mirai-sensei lived here, my daughter would be thrilled!

Now the rich disdain this community. The newly built villa areas are great, each with a swimming pool and parking. Mirai-sensei can't come.

That said, things have been very strange lately. The Sakura Garden community used to be a wealthy community. Now the rich have moved out. Those who remain are basically families who haven't developed much for decades. The community's management has been lax for many years.

However, recently the property and security have changed, and entry and exit inspections have become stricter. It seems a big shot has arrived. Who is that person?

Takumi returned home and the driver left. He put away the things he brought from the company. In less than half an hour, the doorbell rang. He opened the door and found Tomato, Sakura, and other familiar people standing outside...

"Mirai-sensei, you left work so early!"

Tomato was surprised, while Sakura and Kenji greeted Takumi enthusiastically: "Long time no see, Mirai-sensei!"

"Long time no see." Takumi smiled and opened the door to let them in. As soon as Sakura entered, she rushed to the kitchen to help Aika cook, while Kenji and Tomato sat on the sofa and chatted animatedly with Takumi.

"Mirai-sensei, your 'Fate/Stay Night' is great. I didn't expect manga could be turned into video games in addition to anime."

"That's right. Nowadays, several video game companies are recruiting artists online. I heard they're also going to develop text adventure games."

Tomato seemed particularly excited. "Fate/Stay Night", created by Takumi, not only impacted video game manufacturers, but also allowed many mangaka to find a new outlet so they wouldn't waste their skill.

Galgame is different from other games. Its graphic style doesn't differ much from manga, so some video game companies have started recruiting frustrated mangaka.

Although they are recruiting few right now, if this type of game manages to develop smoothly, it will undoubtedly require a large number of manga talents, and more people will develop in this sector, which also greatly benefits the manga industry.

Tomato felt great admiration for Takumi.

"Mirai-sensei, after the release of 'Fate/Stay Night', we owe you a favor again." He said with emotion: "Several mangaka I know planned to change careers, but now they all believe that painting has a better future. Not only them, but also many people, in addition to Osaka...".

Currently, there are not many mangaka in Japan. If Galgame grows, the demand for mangaka for the three industries of manga, anime, and video games will be enormous, and the status and income of many of them will change.

It's no exaggeration to say that Takumi's game has given some frustrated mangaka a new way to earn a living.

This incident surprised Takumi a little. His original intention was to attract readers, but he hadn't expected it to change mangaka's opinions. However, "Fate/Stay Night" has only been on the market for two days. Will there be such a big reaction?

"Aren't you too optimistic?" Takumi said with a smile: "And how do you know these things?"

"That's not optimism!" Tomato shook his head and said: "Mirai-sensei, you have little contact with other mangaka. In fact, the mangaka circle is not very wide. Whenever something happens, it spreads from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred. All information is known very quickly."

When Takumi's "Fate/Stay Night" was released, the first to discover its impact were none other than some declining mangaka who received invitations from various video game companies.

The video game companies took action, and the mangaka weren't foolish, so they naturally looked for a new outlet. This incident caused a stir, and even mangaka from Kanto Manga Company, a rival company, applauded Mirai-sensei's new game.

"I see...". Takumi understood roughly, but he had little communication with other mangaka and didn't care much: "Tomato, did you all play?"

"I played one route." Tomato smiled and said: "Sakura and I were discussing it on the way. I heard that the last routes are bloodier, so she doesn't dare to play it, but I want to finish it in a week."

Saber's route is the purest in "Fate/Stay Night", with many love scenes, and the style of the last two routes is different. Takumi didn't find it strange.

At that moment, Kenji took the opportunity to interrupt.

"I bought the Collector's Edition of 'Fate/Stay Night' on the forum and haven't opened the package yet."

The assistant's voice was filled with admiration, and he said: "Mirai-sensei, the Collector's Edition is now selling at game distributors for 40,000 yen, and it's still rising."

The Collector's Edition, which costs 2000 yen, has cost 20 times more in one day. After receiving the Collector's Edition, Kenji didn't want to open it to play after seeing the price. It's something that can be collected.