Great Mangaka

Takumi wanted to vent his anger. 'If his readers found out, they would undoubtedly cry with rage.'

The bad news at that moment wasn't due to others attacking him, but to his enormous popularity.

Xinghui Plaza.

This is the largest shopping center near Osaka's N.º 1 High School. It gathers numerous renowned national and international brands. It is a modern shopping center that integrates retail, leisure, entertainment, dining, exhibitions, fitness, tourism, and business.

Aika was stunned at the entrance of this shopping center, which covered over 10,000 square meters.

In front of her, on Xinghui's atrium plaza, a huge poster fell vertically from the fourth floor, featuring the image of a solitary and proud Monkey King.

"What is a genius child? Mirai-sensei will tell you: a masterpiece supported by thousands of readers that you can't miss. By mid-December, The Legend of Wukong will be sold nationwide!"

'Isn't Mirai-sensei her son?'

Aika felt a little dizzy. A couple passed by her, and she overheard a conversation.

"The Legend of Wukong is about to be released. The media said that Tatsuryū and Mirai-sensei didn't get along, but look at this... I've never seen such a large poster in my life!"

"Who said no? I heard this poster was painted by eight painters in ten days. The Monkey King is so handsome!"

"What? Let Mirai-sensei paint it! He'll make it even handsomer!"

With that, the couple walked away. Aika pinched her arm, which hurt a little. Finally, she was sure that the Mirai-sensei mentioned on the poster was her son.

"Aika-san, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. We had trouble parking just now."

At that moment, Alice approached with Shiori from behind. They didn't react much upon seeing the poster.

The three entered the plaza. Aika felt like a cat playing a trick in her heart. She couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong with that poster? Don't you think it's strange?"

"Hey, Aika-san, don't you know? It's Mirai-sensei's advertisement. You see it everywhere."

Shiori seemed puzzled. That morning, Alice and Aika went to school to pick her up. The girl was pretty and smart, and she quickly won Aika's favor. But 'what was fun about school?' She and Alice talked and asked Shiori to go shopping.

"Do I see it everywhere?"

Aika asked, surprised. She used to go to the vegetable market when she went out and had never seen the posters.

"That's right, Aika-san, don't you watch TV?"

Alice, like Shiori, was surprised that Aika didn't know the situation: "This week, the news in Osaka has been talking about you every day...".

She almost said "your son." After looking at Shiori with a cold sweat, Alice continued: "There's news about Mirai-sensei every day, and newspapers are also spreading widely. Now practically no one doesn't know about him."

'There's news every day,' and Aika was speechless. Lately, she had been obsessed with watching a family drama. Takumi was busy drawing and preparing manga, and neither of them had seen the news.

"I've fallen behind again..."

Aika's face flushed slightly. 'She always needed others to remind her before she found out about her son's affairs. This can't happen in the future. Family dramas are good, but children are more important.'

With determination, Aika quickly returned to normal.

"Shiori-chan, tell your aunt what you want, and I'll buy it for you."

Alice walked ahead to guide her. Aika, who was behind, pulled Shiori, distressed. 'Seeing that this child had no family or friends outside, she must have been unable to take care of herself.'

"Aika-san, there's no need, I don't need anything." Shiori smiled, and Aika's kindness touched her a little: "You buy it, I'll accompany you."

"How is that possible?" Alice, who was ahead, stopped, turned around and said, "We came out to buy you something."

She turned and entered the store next door: "Aika-san, come in quickly, there are many nutritional supplements for young people here, you can buy some for Shiori and Takumi."

Nutritional supplements? Aika was touched, as there aren't many nutritional supplements for teenagers. She glanced at the store, and the shelves were filled with beautifully packaged products, such as honey, milk, scented tea, calcium pills, supplements, etc.

"Come on, follow your aunt."

Aika pulled her inside, despite Shiori's objection.

"What do you want to buy?"

The waitress, dressed in white, came forward, scanning the three people, feeling strange. 'The foreign girl was fashionably dressed, in designer clothes, so she must have been very rich. The other two people, especially the young girl, were dressed very ordinarily and didn't look like people who would enter such an exclusive store.'

But judging by the foreign girl's expression, 'was the middle-aged woman the one who had the final say?'

Thinking about it, the waitress approached Aika and asked, "Aika-san, do you want to buy anything?"

"Yes." Aika looked at the waitress, who looked like an office worker and asked questions, feeling a little uncomfortable. She said nervously, "I want to buy nutritional supplements for my son and for this girl. Is there anything good?"

"Of course." The waitress looked at Alice. The products in the store were very expensive, and this foreign girl should help pay. She smiled and said, "Mirai-sensei bought them here...".

"Wait!"

Alice suddenly interrupted, surprised. "Has Mirai-sensei been here?"

Aika was also surprised. 'How could she not know that Takumi had gone shopping?'

"Have you heard of Mirai-sensei? He's an exceptional artist and also writes excellent novels. The posters outside are his work." The waitress seemed panicked, but instantly, she returned to her characteristic smile: "As for young geniuses, no one is better than Mirai-sensei."

"And the reason why Mirai-sensei is so talented is, naturally, because he usually pays attention to nutrition. He came to our store to buy..." The waitress began to sell the products.

Aika and Alice understood, and Shiori also understood that Mirai-sensei had probably never been there. 'This store was using his name to promote itself.'

"Why is someone using Takumi to advertise?" Aika's mind couldn't keep up with the changes. Takumi was with her all day and hadn't changed at all. But when she went out, she felt that this child seemed unfamiliar to her, 'like a star!'

Dazed, Aika bought a lot of nutritional products, not because of how good the waitress said they were. Aika didn't understand professional terms like vitamins and proteins at all. She was simply delighted by the waitress's constant praise of Mirai-sensei, and couldn't help but buy a good amount.

"170,000 in total!"

When paying, the amount the waitress said caused Shiori to panic: "How much!"

She looked at the things in her hand and wanted to return them: "I still don't want them..."

"What don't you want? Take them all."

Aika took out a bank card and handed it to the waitress: "Deduct it from the card."

The waitress was stunned.

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