[61] Thoughts

"Are you planning to stay here for a while?" Kazuya was slightly surprised by Iwamoto Yu's words.

"Yes... since you don't want to go to Tokyo, and it takes several hours for me to commute back and forth, so, um... I plan to stay here for a week."

"I see, I won't interfere with that." Kazuya didn't suggest anything about staying here. Although he owned several properties, he didn't think JUMP would mind covering hotel expenses.

"But, in a couple of days, I'm going to renovate this place, so there might be some noise."

"Huh? Renovation?" Iwamoto Yu looked around the room in surprise. "It looks good as it is. Why renovate?"

"It's nothing, just wanted a different style..." Kazuya didn't elaborate. The new renovation would use high-fiber materials. He had experimented in real life and found that high-fiber materials were more effective in transmitting Ripple.

Among them, animal fibers were the best. This time, he planned to cover his entire home with large quantities of animal fibers.

Walls, ceilings, floors...

Even his everyday clothing would be made from pure animal fibers—

This was currently the best way he could use money to address the issue, even though his current wealth hadn't reached the level of "money can solve any problem."

But with his increasing number of properties, despite owing more to the bank, his assets continued to expand.

He could already use money to solve most problems.

"I see... will that renovation affect your manga work, Kurokawa-sensei? Aren't you planning a new manga?"

"It's okay, I'll stay across the street."

"Huh? Across the street?" Iwamoto Yu paused on the stairs and looked out through a small window. The room across the street... did Kurokawa-sensei have some kind of family relationship with them?

"Yes, that place is mine too," Kazuya replied.

"..."

He hadn't arranged for his sister to stay here but had placed her slightly farther away, a two to three-minute walk from here.

He was excited now...

Just like when he had no powers and fantasized about how marvelous the world he was in was, and what kind of superpower he had. And now—

He had powers, and he wanted an interesting experience, not just manga. So he was fantasizing, even though his past experiences suggested that this world probably wasn't that mysterious, he still fantasized.

He imagined someone knocking on his door one day, only to be defeated by his Ripple—or perhaps to defeat him, and then at a critical moment, he would unleash the power of the Stone Mask and counterattack with great force...

Then he would discover the world's mysteries...

But... it might not happen. Because this world was peculiar. There was Fuyuki City with a noble named Tohsaka Tokiomi, resembling the Type-Moon world. There was also Morioh Town with the Sugimoto family, resembling the JoJo world. However, they were all living well, not dead, so it didn't seem like... At the same time, there were cities like Mitakihara, similar to the world of Puella Magi Madoka Magica.

So many worlds intertwined... whether there was a separate mysterious world or just a gathering of cities from countless anime worlds, and the personalities and behaviors of the people within them, but without superpowers... remained unknown.

The only thing he could vaguely determine was that JoJo was indeed like that. Maybe one day he would meet someone named Jotaro Kujo, but he probably wasn't a Stand user.

As for the others... it was still too early. It was far from the time for the plot to unfold.

Nothing could be discerned...

Drawing JoJo was a way of testing it, but it seemed that this world didn't have the SCP Foundation, and they didn't come knocking. He didn't even get to use the excuses he had prepared. It was a pity.

So, what came next was the current world. With "Fate/Zero" also approved for serialization, would it attract mystery here? If not, should he try drawing "Puella Magi Madoka Magica"? Could he attract Kyubey or magical girls?

Kazuya rested his arm on his desk and propped up his chin with his hand as he contemplated in front of the studio...

In the background, Iwamoto Yu thought for a moment, opened his mouth, but in the end, he didn't say anything. He knew that the person in front of him was a mangaka, and interrupting his thoughts with a word might not be a good idea.

"Hmm? Ah... sorry if I kept you waiting for quite some time. My apologies, Iwamoto-san."

"No, it's fine, it's fine," Iwamoto Yu replied nonchalantly. "Did you come up with some inspiration?"

"Huh? Ah... sort of." Kazuya casually pushed the door open and walked inside. "Please, have a seat. Would you like some tea?"

"The usual, a cup of tea, please."

"Sure..."

After everything was prepared, Kazuya took out a stack of paper, which were the leftovers from when he had a cardboard box, the remaining useful parts that would be used later.

"It's this..."

"Oh, I see," Iwamoto Yu nodded and began to look at it.

First, there was the background setting for the new manga—

The background setting, in Kazuya's view, wasn't particularly interesting. It could be considered a standard setting for the future... but that was in the future.

However, it was not the future.

It was the 1980s, 1985 to be exact. Not the 21st century.

At that time, the setting was quite standard, but now it seemed very advanced.

So, upon seeing this setting, Iwamoto Yu had the following thought: "An unfamiliar setting, as expected from Kurokawa-sensei, daring and innovative. This setting is bold and intriguing."

That kind of feeling...

The story's background was set on Earth, but it was a world without national divisions... but where exactly?

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