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"Hey, hey..."

Akari's face darkened when she saw the banner: "The official intervened. Isn't it chaotic enough already?"

Could it be Mirai-sensei's idea? This thought crossed her mind, but it pointed to the truth: that's exactly what Takumi was thinking.

Upon waking in the morning, Takumi found the messy battle at Mirai-sensei's home forum. Delighted, he called Miyuki to inform her to organize an event to select the most popular characters from "Fate/Stay Night".

"Is it good for the official to participate in the battle?" Miyuki asked, of course. As forum administrators, the most important thing now is to calm readers' conflicts. Why do they have to intervene?

Takumi has his own ideas about this.

"They're insulting each other, which is easy to provoke. If we prioritize the battle theme, there will be no accidents." Takumi smiled, picked up the phone, and began to explain.

Readers of Mirai-sensei's home forum were cursing each other for their favorite characters, which, of course, is not good. However, the official organized an event that completely diverted their attention from cursing to confrontation.

The supposed confrontation, Takumi's idea, is based on fan works. Whether it's comments, original images, or other works, readers submit works of their favorite characters, and then, through voting, select the most popular works step by step. Finally, the official conducts the final vote.

The character with the most fan works and the highest number of votes will be officially recognized as the most popular in "Fate/Stay Night".

"But to prevent people from cheating, we have to be strict,"

Takumi reminded, "there are a lot of cheaters on the internet. But Mirai-sensei's home forum has just been founded. I think the problem won't be serious."

"No problem."

Miyuki nodded. Born a hacker, she fears cheaters the least. After hearing Takumi's explanation, she also believes that this activity is a good idea to liven up Mirai-sensei's home forum.

"I'll do it right away."

After saying that, Miyuki prepared herself, and soon the scene that Akari saw upon waking up occurred.

"The competition for the most popular character!"

"Led by an official? It's the first time I've seen this kind of battle. It seems very interesting!"

Readers of Mirai-sensei's home forum are very interested. Most have just joined the forum and are still enthusiastic. They were very excited to see that the official actually organized such interesting content.

"Mirai-sensei is great! This is the holy war!"

"Oh, holy war! The Holy Grail War forum? Come on, brothers who love the King of Conquerors, let's make fanfiction together!"

"Looking for companions! I support Rin Toosaka; I know how to draw!"

On the forum, readers began to form groups and factions in the "Fate/Stay Night" classified section. Battle posts were replaced by recruitment posts, and heated verbal confrontation scenes almost disappeared.

However, this does not mean that the battle is over. On the contrary, thanks to this official intervention, the level of the battle has improved even further. On the Order of Knights page, two completely different posts were at the top, showing that the battle continues.

"Recruiting fighters, Saber shouldn't be with Shirou; she is the eternal queen and belongs to no one!"

"Recruiting technology experts, Saber should have her own happiness; we saved her from fate and reject sadness!"

These two posts with different viewpoints appeared in the same character section, generating a lot of controversy.

The readers' enthusiasm greatly satisfied Takumi. He posted a message in the "Fate/Stay Night" section: "Fight, young man!"

Takumi is a forum veteran, named Mirai-sensei. As soon as it was published, the post attracted the attention of other readers.

"Ah, a wild Mirai-sensei appeared!"

"Catch a Mirai-sensei alive!"

"I knew it, this is another Mirai-sensei's conspiracy. Are you a fatso? Yes!"

"Mirai-sensei, don't be so stingy. Why don't you receive additional rewards for winning?"

The readers' comments were very enthusiastic, and their excitement for this battle also increased. Takumi promised in the post that, no matter which character won, the author of the work with the most votes would receive a poster personally drawn by him, with his signature and blessing.

As soon as this promise was made public, the fighting atmosphere on the forum intensified. Readers with skill were eager to fight, but those without it were dissatisfied.

"This is unfair! I urge other works to participate. Where is my Conan!"

"Yes, Mirai-sensei is too biased. I like 'Pokémon'. I want it to participate too!"

Many expressed their discontent, but Takumi just smiled slightly and then wrote in the post: "There will be character contests for other works in the future, so stay tuned."

"Fate/Stay Night" is sold on the forum, and its popularity is booming. Takumi also wanted to take this opportunity to test readers' active participation and the type of fan-created works.

He didn't dare to add characters from other works lightly, as it would be too broad. If the "Fate/Stay Night" experiment is successful, other works will conduct similar activities one after another, and Takumi wants to organize a grand battle every year if he deems it possible.

It has to be done step by step, and first we will see the effect of "Fate/Stay Night".

Readers seem to be very active, but it is still unknown how many people will create fan-created works. Takumi also didn't have time to be glued to the computer. Shortly after, Tomato and Kenji arrived.

"Mirai-sensei, are you still playing on the computer? Stop playing and come eat buns!"

The two brought breakfast. The reason for their visit was that, after finishing work last night, Takumi said he wanted to talk about the plot of "Detective Conan", so Sakura didn't have to come.

"Where did you buy this bun? It's delicious!" Takumi devoured the buns voraciously. He normally didn't like this kind of thing, but this time it was surprisingly good. It was much better than those Goubuli buns.

"Not bad. I was surprised when I ate it too." Tomato pointed to Kenji and said: "These are all made by Kenji's wife. It's an incredible skill. Without a doubt, opening a bakery will bring a lot of money."

Tomato felt a touch of envy. Kenji was very lucky to marry such a good cook. But thinking about Sakura's cooking skills, he smiled and chuckled several times.

"It's not that easy to open a shop. It takes a long time to make this bun."

Kenji shook his head and smiled bitterly. His wife worked half the night making the buns. She said she wanted to thank Mirai-sensei for taking care of her. She would never make them normally.

"It tastes better than mine."

Aika also ate one. She looked at the buns and thought they were made with great care, very different from ordinary buns: "Kenji, when will you invite your wife to come? I want to learn how to make buns from her."

Seeing that Takumi liked them, she felt that she also had to learn, as she had plenty of time.

"This..." Kenji frowned. He looked at Takumi: "She's not Mirai-sensei's assistant. Isn't it a little inappropriate to bring her here casually?"

"It doesn't matter." Takumi took a sip of water. He smiled and said: "Don't be so restrictive. You can bring her when you come

to work." He would not refuse anyone else, as long as it didn't interfere with his work.

"Well... I'll bring her when I can."

Kenji nodded. He was happy to strengthen his relationship. In fact, as long as he knew her, he would discover that both Takumi and his son were enthusiastic and worth befriending.

After breakfast, Takumi and the other two went into the studio and talked about "Detective Conan". However, there is a premise. When Takumi was traveling in Tokyo, the third volume of "Detective Conan" was published.

"I just asked Alice about the volume sales...".

Takumi opened his phone, checked the text messages it contained, and said with a smile: "The sales volume is not very different from the previous one. He should be able to get 400 million yen in royalties...".

Kenji and Tomato looked at each other, swallowed, somewhat nervous.

"So, Mirai-sensei, we..."

They could receive a tenth of Takumi's dividends, but they didn't start collaborating on the drawing immediately after the release of the second single, so now they're a little nervous, not knowing how much Takumi will receive.

"40 million each." Takumi put down the phone and smiled: "I'm very satisfied that you can maintain the level of the manga."

His words greatly pleased Tomato. 40 million yen, Mirai-sensei keeps his word, he's truly generous. With these 40 million, Tomato and Sakura added their savings, and it was easy to buy a house in the Sakura Garden community.

Kenji was so excited he blushed, like a dream, and an unreal feeling washed over him: "40 million, I'm going to be rich!"

Since becoming Takumi's assistant, not only does he have stable income, but the 40 million is a windfall. After a while, even buying a house in the Sakura Garden community is no longer an unattainable dream.

"He's a noble man, you can't ask for more."

His wife's exhortation resonated in Kenji's ears. He had never met Mirai-sensei, but she insisted that he be grateful to him. Now Kenji is very excited. He has a fighting spirit and is willing to lay down his life for Takumi.

There are many rich people in this world, but they are greedy and few are willing to let go; Mirai-sensei, obviously, belongs to that minority.

However, in this matter, the grateful glances of the two assistants made Takumi sweat a little; these two men helped him with most of the work, and the royalties of a tenth cannot be said to be high. He hadn't expected them to be so excited.

"Well, the royalties won't arrive for a few months, let's talk about the plot first!"

Takumi asked Tomato and Kenji to calm down. He took out a piece of paper and drew some characters under their gaze: "I want to add a very important character this time. First, you have to help me develop the backstory."

Kanto Manga Company is about to launch a sequel to "The Detective Sherlock", and it's a mysterious mangaka. While Takumi was paying attention to "Fate/Stay Night", he didn't dare to be arrogant and decided to make some preparations in the manga in advance.