Chapter 61: Haruna Stands At The Doorway
Mikazuki Haruna changed clothes in the room.
Skirt, pantyhose, she put on the whole outfit and carefully smoothed out the wrinkles in the silk fabric on her feet.
The floor in the house was spotless, and she walked downstairs just like that.
As soon as she appeared in front of the four assistants, all four girls widened their eyes in surprise.
“Wow…”
“Miyuki Haru Sensei, you look too good in this outfit!”
Shijiyuan stared at Haruna’s legs for a moment and said, “Miyuki Haru Sensei, does this stocking have a special texture?”
“Huh? Shijiyuan, you noticed?”
At this time, Shijiyuan leaned in closer, wanting to take a good look at Mikazuki Haruna’s thighs.
“This subtle pattern is so delicate…”
“Eh?! You’re trying to…”
“I thought of a new character and want to reference this pattern, you know, for the art book.”
“《I really want someone to show me their underwear with a disgusted look》 or something?”
“Eh heh~”
“Fine, here, take a look.” Mikazuki Haruna lifted her foot and rested it on the edge of the chair.
“Miyuki Haru Sensei’s legs are so beautiful~” Shijiyuan said with a hehe laugh, “I really want to touch them.”
“That’s not allowed.” Being complimented, Mikazuki Haruna felt secretly pleased inside. She coughed lightly twice and said, “Alright, alright, I need to head out.”
Mikazuki Haruna walked out of the villa with the four assistants. At the doorway, that Lexus LM was already waiting.
“Haruna Sensei, good luck!”
“We’ll spam the live chat for you!”
“Thanks~”
Haruna waved to the assistants and got in the car.
The car door closed, and the car immediately became quiet. Kazuko Aunt, sitting in the driver’s seat, had already turned on the air conditioner ahead of time, making the car warm.
Haruna habitually kicked off the slightly constricting small leather shoes on her feet, freeing her feet.
She stretched both feet in front of the air conditioner vent, feeling the warm airflow gently tickling her soles.
It was early spring evening, and the weather outside was still a bit cool.
The warm wind blew over the thin stockings, bringing a tingling sense of comfort that made her toes involuntarily spread out.
Her five dainty toes spread open like petals, stretching the elastic silk fabric and pulling a nearly transparent webbed area between the gaps.
She rubbed her feet against each other again until her slightly cool insteps also became warm.
Mikazuki Haruna reclined the seat back a bit, adjusting it to the most comfortable angle, then picked up the tablet computer beside her and opened JUMP+, appreciating the remastered version of her manga.
The vehicle drove steadily on Tokyo’s streets, and not long after, Kazuko Aunt’s voice came from the driver’s seat.
“Young Lady, we’ve arrived.”
Mikazuki Haruna put down the tablet and sat up.
She put her shoes back on and straightened her hairstyle using the makeup mirror in the car.
She placed her hand on her chest, took a few deep breaths, pressed the door button, and got out.
……
In front of the Shueisha Building.
Earlier on the road, Mikazuki Haruna had sent a message that she was on her way, and Chief Editor Ono Tomohiro was already personally waiting at the doorway with a rigorous yet polite formulaic smile on his face.
“Miyuki Haru Sensei, welcome.”
“Hello, Chief Editor~” Haruna nodded in response.
Ono Tomohiro led Mikazuki Haruna into the building, took the elevator, and turned down a long corridor.
“This is our JUMP live broadcast room.” Ono Tomohiro pushed open a door.
The room was decorated with a strong anime atmosphere, with posters of popular animations on the walls and various flashy character figures in the corner.
Several staff members were nervously adjusting the equipment in front of the lights and cameras.
“The live broadcast is still in preparation, and Sakamoto Sensei’s interview segment is first. How about Miyuki Haru Sensei rests in the rest room next door for a bit?” Ono Tomohiro said.
“Okay.” Mikazuki Haruna nodded.
She was prepared to not be the first one appearing, but rather as a “surprise” segment.
Ono Tomohiro took her to an independent rest room next door and said, “Then I’ll go get busy. I still need to notify the operations department to release the official live broadcast preview.”
“Mm-hmm, go ahead, Chief Editor.”
The door to the rest room was gently closed, leaving Mikazuki Haruna alone in the room.
She sat on the sofa, took out her mobile phone, opened YouTube, and found JUMP’s official channel.
The live broadcast page was already set up, with the cover image being 《Chainsaw Man》 that color page, and the title in bold font reading—”《Chainsaw Man》 Author Sakamoto Ken Sensei Guests on Live Broadcast!”.
The screen was still in “about to start” status, but the real-time viewer count below surprisingly showed “3”.
Besides herself, there were two other people online?
Mikazuki Haruna thought, maybe it was Shijiyuan and the others, since the live broadcast notice hadn’t been sent yet.
JUMP’s YouTube platform account didn’t have many fans, so no one would be camping early for the live broadcast.
Soon, Haruna scrolled through JUMP’s Twitter, where the follower count was clearly much higher, and she saw the official account had posted the official live broadcast preview.
Then, the number of people waiting in the live broadcast room started to rise slowly.
Sporadic comments began appearing in the chat box.
「Oh oh oh! Is this the Chainsaw Man author? Looking forward to it!」
「Finally getting to see Sakamoto Ken Sensei’s real face?」
「Hope the Sensei reveals more about the future plot!」
「I want to be Miss Makima’s dog!」
「I want to be Miss Makima’s dog!」
「I’m Miss Makima’s dog!」
「……」
What situation is this, why are they arguing?
Looking at the chat box full of discussions about Chainsaw Man, with not a single mention of her own manga, Haruna felt a strange bit of dissatisfaction inside.
But on second thought, this live broadcast preview was centered on Sakamoto Ken to begin with, so it was normal for everyone to discuss him.
In the early hype, she had never been mentioned as participating in the live broadcast.
Time passed minute by minute, with ten minutes left until the live broadcast started.
At this time, clear footsteps sounded outside the rest room door, along with a woman’s slightly excited voice.
“……Sakamoto Sensei, later it’s just a simple talk about the creation process and such, don’t be nervous. There are some segments after, all arranged by operations, they won’t make it hard for you. Anyway, Sakamoto Sensei just handle it as you see fit…”
It was that female editor!
Haruna’s heart tightened sharply; she was definitely talking to Sakamoto Ken!
Mikazuki Haruna immediately went to the door, but unfortunately the rest room door had no cat’s eye, so she could only press her ear to the door to listen.
Unfortunately, she only heard Kaji Keiko’s voice; Sakamoto Ken didn’t speak at all.
She even had a fleeting thought just now about whether to open the door and jump out to intercept him directly.
But she decided against it; after all, the live broadcast later was all planned out, so just follow the plan.
The girl clenched her fists, feeling very excited inside.
She was about to see him soon!
Happy 11th to everyone!
During the holiday, it’s still double monthly tickets~ Begging for everyone’s guarantee monthly tickets~
Lemon specially went to Hong Kong to watch the Chainsaw Man Reze Arc theatrical version and brought back a few books for everyone along the way:
Look Back x2
Tatsuki Fujimoto Short Story Collection 17-21, x2
Tatsuki Fujimoto Short Story Collection 22-26, x2
Chainsaw Man Volume 19, x2
A total of 8 books, all Hong Kong traditional Chinese editions.
Only got these; originally wanted to buy volume 1 or the Reze one, but they were out of stock…
Will raffle them off to everyone later.
The specific raffle is based on all monthly ticket votes from October 1 to October 7, drawing 8 lucky numbers, and randomly giving one book per number.
It’s randomly giving one book, can’t pick, otherwise if everyone wants different ones, Lemon would be in a tough spot…
If any single person wins twice or more, try to give different ones first.
Every monthly ticket has a unique number, so it’s easy to verify. Friends who hit a lucky number just come find Lemon~
The specific redemption method will be detailed in the raffle single chapter on October 8~
The simplest rule is: cast 1 monthly ticket to get 1 number, more casts increase chances!
