Chapter 27: What to Eat Tonight

A month passed in an instant.

For Ren, time flies.

Finally, he managed to escape poverty thanks to "Edgerunners".

Although he hasn't gotten rich yet, with a net monthly income of over 200,000 yen, it can be said that he has achieved financial freedom.

It's important to know that this world is equivalent to his previous life 10 years ago. Even if he were in Tokyo, he would be considered a wealthy family with an income of 200,000 yen 10 years ago.

Moreover, Ren's code of conduct in this world is to enjoy life at his own pace, and then play music and dance.

So he lived a very comfortable life during this period. Not only did he buy manga and novels everywhere, but he also bought a TV, a computer, and a video game console.

Just as Ren was enjoying the traditional online game "Xiongdi, come knock on my door", his cell phone suddenly rang.

It was Ayumi.

"Hello, Moshi Moshi."

Ren answered, turned on the speaker, and asked.

"Amamiya-san... the plot of the drawing you sent me recently..." Ayumi said bluntly.

"The drawing I just sent you, the plot... let me think..." Ren has too many drawings in his file, and he has drawn up to episode 34.

He's not sure what the plot of the drawing he sent with episode 14 is.

But the "hard drive memory" ability took effect, and he instantly recalled the plot when he drew episode 14.

"Oh, it turns out it's the part where Pira dies, is there a problem?" Ren said indifferently.

He was looking up the layoff strategy online...

"Yes... In my opinion, Pira's exit is too... sudden." Ayumi looked at the drawing, and Pira's head suddenly exploded because of a harmless cyberpsycho, and she said with a strange expression.

'This plot is simply inexplicable. One of the protagonist's companions died suddenly, not because of the villain's problems, and there's no plot related to the protagonist.'

'It's not even due to the main secondary character's storyline, but their sudden death.'

Although Pira provoked first, it was too sudden, right?

It's confusing.

The most important thing is that the previous plot is still peaceful and positive.

Pira doesn't say how close she is to David, but when he gave her the golden hand prosthetic, she was at least one of his companions.

Later, David integrated into the team and cooperated with Pira, of course.

Just when everyone was happy.

In the next scene, Pira, one of the protagonists, suddenly dies.

Who wouldn't say he's crazy!

"No problem, I think this arrangement is reasonable. For the creation of a character who is destined to disappear, it's better to let them die halfway through the creation," Ren said indifferently.

In fact, he was just being superficial with Ayumi.

He didn't design this plot; he was just a plagiarist!

How could he have that ability? If he changed this part, how would the subsequent plot be arranged?

It would be a mess later, and he didn't have the ability or the mind to change the plot little by little.

Moreover, as a plagiarist, it's already wrong to copy others, and he also arbitrarily modifies others' works.

You should know that adaptation is not random editing, and parody is not nonsense.

How can he, as a plagiarist, change the original author's work?

It's okay to add something, and he didn't do it just for his own benefit.

Instead, it wouldn't hurt to add some settings and explanations of terms under the background of Cyberpunk 2077, right?

But to directly change it!

And it happened that Ren remembered the second half of the words that a certain mangaka, with the second greatest freedom in the world, had said in his previous life.

So he used them directly to explain to Ayumi.

"Well... okay."

Ayumi took a deep breath. "But Amamiya-san, your drawing style this time isn't very realistic... I'm afraid it will cause controversy."

Ren said in surprise: "No, that image isn't realistic... In fact, I kept it."

As we all know, the animation of "Edgerunners" is for ages 18 and up, full of nudity, bloody, and violent images.

Ren also knows that in an unrated manga, it shouldn't be so sensational or violent.

So, even so, he made some "adding clothes" changes.

For example, when Qiwei and Lucy dived into the deep world, he added "black customer service" based on the ice pool.

He also restrained himself a bit when drawing Pira's headshot scene, and only drew a bare "neck" with half a chin.

Is there still a problem with this?

"But... forget it, it's actually just my concern. If Amamiya-san thinks it's okay, then it's okay."

Ayumi sighed and said:

"Sensei, then I'll send it like that."

"Okay!"

Ren nodded and then said with a smile: "Thanks for your effort, Ayumi, do you want to come to dinner tonight?"

After getting to know each other better during this time, he prepared a lavish meal one night later, and felt it would be a waste not to finish it.

After all, those who have cooked know that if you prepare a lavish meal, it's very troublesome to cook for just one person.

So he tried to call Ayumi to have dinner together, and she indeed came.

After all, the manga company didn't provide food or lodging, and Ayumi was still living alone, so, naturally, she would cook for herself or go to fast food restaurants at night.

Just like Ren, cooking for one person was too troublesome if he cooked alone.

Eating fast food isn't healthy, and if you eat too much, you'll miss home cooking.

So Ayumi didn't refuse.

Therefore, the two were considered to be eating together.

"What are we having for dinner tonight?" Ayumi asked curiously.

"Ingredients: I bought pork belly and planned to make braised pork. Also, the season is perfect lately, and winter bamboo shoots are particularly delicious. I also prepared pickled pork with preserved vegetables."

Ren replied: "I plan to make a simple soup, just miso soup."

"Miso soup...!"

Ayumi's eyes lit up, and she felt her mouth watering.

"Well, I'll come after work. Excuse the trouble, Amamiya-san," she said, immediately cheering up.

Ren was a little amused to hear this. The braised pork and pickled pork with preserved vegetables he had prepared weren't much more delicious than miso soup with radish, fish bones, and soybean paste.

Consequently, this Japanese girl was only interested in miso soup.

But, after all, that's her hometown's culture, so it's understandable.

"Well, see you later," he said.

"See you later."

Ayumi didn't know why, but she felt a warmth inside upon hearing him.

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