[212] Drawing

Year-end 1991—

Kazuya handed over the draft of the manga "BLEACH" to his own editor. The third part of "JOJO's Bizarre Adventure" began airing on TV. At the same time, his own serialized manga, "Hellsing," was reaching its conclusion...

...

In a certain parallel world—

The timeline had advanced slightly differently. Five years had passed since the day Kurokawa Kazumi entered the parallel world.

But on this side, it had only been about two years.

2012

A year hailed as the end of the world in the parallel world...

"Forget about the end of the world stuff. El-Melloi II, have you prepared your thesis? It's been two years since you came to the Clock Tower. You should have written at least two decent papers by now, right?"

"I'm prepared! Of course, I am!" The girl took a sip of tea and said, "But, sensei, can you open a back door for me?"

"Haha..." El-Melloi II sighed helplessly and rubbed his forehead, "It's because of such requests that you've been here for two years and still not a proper magus. Hurry up and write those two papers!"

"Yes, yes, I got it." The girl, Kurokawa Kazumi, sighed discontentedly and then her eyes lit up as another girl entered, looking like a squirrel. "Gray-senpai~~"

"Huh? Oh... when did you come? Kazumi..."

Kazumi smiled at the girl. Gray, despite being over twenty years old, still looked like a young girl.

If we were to describe her with an animal, it would probably be a hamster.

She was Kazumi's teacher and El-Melloi II's disciple for over ten years. A magus specializing in ritual magecraft...

That's not entirely accurate; she wasn't a magus, but because she wielded the Divine Construct, she was labeled as a magus.

In her hands was the genuine Divine Construct.

The legendary Holy Lance used by King Arthur—Rhongomyniad.

Most of the time, it acted as an intelligent entity named Add, speaking on her behalf.

This fact wasn't much of a secret within the Clock Tower; after all, she had been by El-Melloi II's side for over a decade, joining him shortly after turning ten.

And she had helped this practical magus, who was merely a cause rank magus, overcome countless difficulties.

The fact that she wielded a weapon was no longer a secret to many within the Clock Tower.

However, knowing was one thing... only she could wield it. Even if someone had the ability to snatch it away, at most, it could be treated as a decoration.

And at some point, another fact became known—

Her face was identical to that of King Arthur.

"Just came over." Kazumi waved her hand. "You know, there's a lot of talk about ominous things happening within the Clock Tower. The end of the world in 2012... I was curious, so I came to ask sensei."

"Really... go back and write your thesis properly. It's better to avoid such irrelevant talk!" Gray added.

"Yeah, yeah, I got it." Kazumi finished her tea and said, "Well then, I'm off, senpai~~"

"Fine, understood." Gray nodded and approached El-Melloi II. "2012, huh... a lot of people are discussing it. Is it okay, sensei?"

"Hmm... it's not entirely unrelated, but at least it doesn't concern us directly. Leave it to others to handle, and the Church's Executors will definitely take action..."

Gray seemed to understand but nodded vaguely.

"Now, it's hard to say if she's suitable, Kurokawa Kazumi..." El-Melloi II said, falling into a brief silence. "Her magic circuits are generally normal, but the quality is exceptionally high. She possesses both the attributes of formations, and her magical power is abnormally vast. She's not particularly interested in magecraft, though..."

"But?"

"That girl... is not suitable to be a magus."

...

"Concluded again..." Iwamoto Yu sighed as he looked at the thick stack of manuscript he had just received.

It was another manga that was handed over to him without any prior consultation.

Iwamoto Yu shook his head slightly and didn't say anything.

Currently, the only manga he was involved in, "Superhero," had already reached over a hundred chapters. However, he had no intention of bringing it out for serialization. According to Kurokawa Kazuya, "I'll talk about it after I finish drawing."

And then, quietly, he concluded another manga without making any noise.

With a helpless shake of his head, he picked up a stack and prepared to take a look.

However, it was just a casual glance. After all, since it was given by Kurokawa Kazuya, it was almost certain that it would be serialized. After all, JUMP and JOJO Animation had officially started their collaboration, and Kurokawa Kazuya's manga had always been of exceptionally high quality.

After a while, some of the manga serialized on JUMP might start getting anime adaptations. For example, "Slam Dunk" was only serialized up to the sixth chapter and was already scheduled for production by JOJO Animation. The high-quality animation of JOJO had already established their reputation.

However, even so, JOJO Animation could only produce a maximum of three animations at a time. Most of the staff would be occupied with the production of JOJO's Bizarre Adventure Part 3. Moreover, it was rumored that Kurokawa Kazuya had produced another brilliant script.

"Bleach, huh..." Looking at the name of the manga, Iwamoto Yu had a bit of anticipation. Just by looking at the cover, you could feel it—directly drawing over 600 chapters indicated Kurokawa Kazuya's confidence.

It must be a manga of high standards...

...

On the other side—

Just waking up from a dream, Kazuya slowly opened his eyes.

He had just entered a dream world, a parallel world called "Hellsing." The serialization of this manga had ended some time ago, concluding.

So, he had just entered this dream world.

Witnessed some people, scenes, and battlefields inside...

And now...

He woke up.

Looking at the two lottery panels in front of him, Kazuya had a bit of expectation. This was the last lottery before the Holy Grail War was about to begin. What could he obtain?

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