[309] 1993!
"So fast?" Shiki looked at Kazuya in surprise. "Didn't you say it would take another month or even longer for the Stand to awaken?"
"After all, there are many factors that can affect the awakening of a Stand. Even I can't determine the exact time. Although it's quite unexpected that it awakened today."
Kazuya looked at the seated Shiki and said, "So, how about it? I remember tomorrow is Friday, and the holidays start. How about taking a trip to another parallel world for some fun?"
"Sure, sounds good." Shiki nodded. "You decide. However, in exploring other worlds... there should be someone worth killing, right?"
"No, there isn't. Give up on finding such a person in any world."
"You, always so bothersome at times like this," Shiki said with some dissatisfaction.
"Hahaha."
...
"What? A new project?" Masayuki looked at the script handed over by Hideaki Anno with some confusion.
"Ah, yes, a new project. According to the president, it's about letting us unleash our creativity, casually come up with ideas and play around. Since the workload on JOJO has been a bit heavy lately, this is a way to refresh our minds."
Masayuki raised an eyebrow, "...Doing animation to relax is impressive."
Though he said that, he still glanced through the script, "Carnival Phantasm... Hmm, I see. Yeah, this could work. But..."
Looking at Hideaki Anno who hadn't left yet, he said, "Will people really watch this?."
"No, it's fine. Didn't I say? The main purpose is to relax, to create something that makes us laugh."
"Well, that makes sense."
"Just finish it as soon as possible. After that, we still have Code Geas waiting for us to work on, and aren't you interested in that script?"
Masayuki nodded with a smile, "Indeed, that one is quite interesting, something like a prince's revenge tale."
"Exactly." Hideaki Anno nodded. "By the way, I heard that the president is getting some advanced equipment for anime production recently."
"What kind of equipment?"
"I don't know, but it's something really cutting-edge." Hideaki Anno shook his head. "It seems to have been obtained from the U.S. military."
"Anime equipment from the military?"
"..." Hideaki Anno thought for a moment and nodded, "Although I don't really understand, the president wouldn't deceive us."
...
"Ah~" Kazumi lay on the sofa, exuding the atmosphere of a lazy fish.
The house had become larger, and they had bought a bunch of appliances.
"It's great to have money... Oni-chan, you're amazing."
"Being a A-Rank Golden Rule makes these things simple." Kazuya replied. Then he looked towards the two expressionless individuals sitting nearby.
In the room, there were a large number of devices, and there were also two professionals in this field—after all, they were 20 years ahead of the world he came from.
Just to be safe, they decided to hire two relevant personnel and signed a contract for two years. One was responsible for teaching Hideaki Anno and the others how to use the equipment, and the other was responsible for teaching some people how to produce these devices.
Of course, the contract included some magecraft suggestions after signing, making them temporary slave to Kazuya to avoid any unnecessary trouble.
"However, didn't you say that if your alternative selves meet in another parallel world, they will die?" Kazumi asked with some confusion. "So why do you have to use my pocket money to invest in stocks instead of just giving me the money directly?"
"It's okay. Afterward, I'll prohibit them from leaving my company in the future. This way, they won't encounter the alternative selves from that world. As for the equipment, it will be isolated, and we'll keep using it until we can make it locally with our own materials. This way, safety will be ensured to some extent."
"These things were bought in the U.S., which is tens of thousands of miles away from Japan. As long as luck isn't particularly bad, there should be no problem."
Kazuya said, glancing at the time, "It's about time. I'm leaving now. Since the flow of time on both sides is different, I won't come often if there's nothing urgent. This frequent jumping has already messed up my sense of time."
"Understood. Goodbye."
Kazuya shook his head and began to send everything, including people, back to his own world.
On the other side,
The entertainment project "Carnival Phantasm" was finally completed.
This included the manga adaptation of the three storylines of FSN prepared by Kurokawa Kazuya.
Originally, they were planning to make it into a game directly, but considering the busy schedule on the company's side, it was not feasible to specially make a game for just one event.
Code Geass also began production, and he had already watched the first episode, feeling quite satisfied.
So they didn't plan to interrupt their progress.
...
"Ugh, here it comes again, a new original manuscript." Looking at the new manga manuscript handed over by Kurokawa Kazuya, Iwamoto Yu sighed slightly, "They're really fast, but it looks like it's a medium-length one this time?"
After opening the package, Iwamoto Yu quickly found the title, "Fullmetal Alchemist... huh? A story about alchemy. Let's see."
He poured a cup of coffee and began to read the manga.
After all, it was Kurokawa Kazuya's manga, so he had some expectations.
However...
Glancing at the calendar on the wall, Iwamoto Yu sighed slightly, "Another year has come, huh?"
Time had already passed 1992 and entered 1993.
In 1992, a series of events occurred, and JUMP reached its peak.
Code Geass production had also reached halfway.
Slam Dunk production had also begun.
In addition, Fullmetal Alchemist's manga, and Fate's other two storylines were also completed.
What remained was the serialization.
Meanwhile, in the mystical world, the most significant event was... the Holy Grail War that occurred in Cairo.
Half of Cairo was blown away.
Even now, anyone who saw it would marvel at it and be wary of the power of Servants.
However, the major disturbance of this incident had also come to an end.
Both the Mage's Association and the Holy Church suffered significant losses in terms of manpower, but because of this, they didn't have the energy to do anything else or even try to collect debts from each other.
Time continued to pass steadily.
Arriving in a new year.
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