Is this mangaka crazy?

A dinner successfully concluded, with Kaito's worries and doubts, and Sakura, Ren, Riko, and the others enjoying themselves.

The weekend after the dinner, Sakura also reluctantly bid farewell to Ren and Pochita and returned to her hometown.

At the last dinner, Ren learned that Sakura was originally from Yuhang.

Sakura is a sophomore in the Faculty of Computer Science.

Nowadays, it's very rare for girls to study computer science.

Even so, he has known Sakura for almost a year, and this is the first time he's learned these things...

Mainly because he never asked or talked about her academic problems, so Sakura said nothing.

After Sakura's departure, Ren returned to his boring and ordinary life.

In the blink of an eye, almost half a month passed, and it was time for Ren to submit his manuscript again.

A few days later, the latest issue of "Edgerunners" was published again in the freshly printed "Manga World Gogo" magazine.

The plot of this episode is quite good; it's a pure and sweet love story.

At least Ayumi, Ren's editor and friend, burst into laughter after reading the manuscript.

As always, Fan Siwei brought the new issue of "Manga World Gogo" and his father's newspaper, and opened to the "Edgerunners" page as soon as possible.

Although the inexplicable death of Kiwi in "Edgerunners" startled him last time, after half a month of conversations with netizens and classmates who watched "Edgerunners" together, he could barely accept it.

After all, it was Kiwi who died. He had been annoying to Lucy before. Although Kiwi stopped being so bothersome after Lucy explained it to him,

he was still not particularly likable.

His death was acceptable to everyone.

Furthermore, manga fans and book friends of that era were quite tolerant. At least this plot did not deter Fan Siwei.

He opened the last page of "Edgerunners" and saw the episode title:

"Growth".

What did it mean? Fan Siwei didn't think much and continued reading.

The plot follows the previous episode 14. After Kiwi's death, except for David, Lucy, and Rebecca, his sister, everyone else on the team was quite calm.

Lucy and David were covered in blood, but the blood on David's face was from that cyberpsycho.

Lucy was seriously injured.

Maine calmly ordered: "Dolio, take Lucy to find a ripperdoc."

"Kiko and I will wait for the North Carolina police to arrive. It's a mess. Someone has to stay to explain it and avoid future problems."

"You heard that too," Dolio said.

"David, go with them," Maine repeated at that moment.

"What?" David asked, looking at Maine.

"Just say Kiko and I killed him. They'll classify him as an out-of-control cyberpsycho."

Maine said with experience: "Kiwi, from our side, also died. It's very troublesome."

"But...", David still hesitated.

However, Maine's face turned cold, he looked at David, and said: "You just shot, don't always think like a rookie!"

David had nothing to say.

In the next scene, David took Lucy and Dolio to the ripperdoc he knew and began treatment.

Lucy walked directly into the ripperdoc's clinic and coldly said: "I can do it myself."

Seeing this, his sister-in-law Dolio smiled meaningfully.

"David, I'm leaving this to you."

Then she left the frame.

"Hey!" David said a little nervously.

"Maine said you can use his car."

However, only his sister-in-law Dolio's dialogue bubble responded to him.

In the next scene, Lucy, cured by the ripperdoc, walked out with a cigarette in her mouth and saw David waiting outside.

David drove Maine's car and took Lucy back to her residence.

Along the way, the changing neon lights on both their faces made Fan Siwei feel dreamy.

The artwork of "Edgerunners" is so good that it always feels like he's not reading manga, but contemplating works of art.

When David sent Lucy back to her residence,

Lucy coldly said: "Drop me here."

David looked up and tried to pretend indifference: "Ah... Okay."

"Goodbye."

Lucy walked directly into her residence coldly.

At that moment, David finally became nervous: "Ah... Can we talk?"

"..."

"Come with me."

Lucy finally showed her face, looked at David, and said.

Then, the next image changed: David and Lucy appeared again in front of Night City's neon city, sitting opposite each other on a high platform.

Night City's magnificent lights reflected the night background, and the skyscrapers possessed a modern beauty. Everything looked so dreamy, as if it were in the sky.

At night, the moon Lucy longed for was drawn between the clouds.

It seemed like a metaphor for someone's mood.

Fan Siwei didn't want to talk much about these panels.

The composition and artwork of the author of "Edgerunners" are beautiful!

"The clouds are too dense...", Lucy said a little disappointed as she looked at the moon blocked by the clouds in the night sky.

"The virtual moon you took me to see last time was beautiful."

David also remembered everything from before and said with a smile: "I had a lot of fun."

Until the moon was completely covered by clouds, Lucy repeated: "I have something to tell you."

"Really?"

"What I told you that day wasn't made up."

Lucy's back appeared in the picture, with a cold and sad expression.

"That really was the first time I ever told anyone."

"Great."

The picture turned to David, who seemed to be looking at Lucy and said with a smile:

"I don't want to believe that everything you said was a lie."

"What if I'm lying to you again?" Lucy repeated.

"I don't think so."

"Why?"

"Because I don't want to believe it."

The conversation between the two continued, and the camera kept alternating between them.

But Lucy always appeared from behind, while David showed his right profile and kept looking at Lucy from the other side.

"Crazy."

Hearing David's words, Lucy couldn't help but laugh and curse.

"You should have said so earlier."

In the next panel, David's face almost filled the entire image.

"I can't help it."

However, Lucy continued to appear from behind.

"Why?"

"You're very angry with me."

"I'm not angry."

"You are."

"I'm not angry, but...".

David lowered his gaze. "Well, maybe."

"See, you still admitted it."

Lucy said: "I'm angry, but..."

"I won't hate you for it," David said sincerely.

"If I hated you, I wouldn't have saved you."

"You're lying."

"Really?"

"No, it's not true...", Lucy said firmly. "You're the type who would risk your life and go through fire and water to save anyone in danger without hesitation."

"So you think I can't?"

David looked at Lucy and asked again: "Maine thinks so, but you..."

"No."

Lucy replied: "I think you'll be an exceptional cyberpunk... maybe."

"Then what's the problem?"

David was very confused.

"What makes you famous in the world is not your glorious current cyberpunk life...".

"It's the tragic moment you die in battle."

David looked thoughtful, and at that moment Lucy stood up.

"This kind of life is not for you."

"But you and I are not that different," David said.

"I have nowhere to go."

At that moment, at the end of Night City that Lucy was looking at, a lunar rocket slowly took off.

"Me neither," David said.

"We are completely different people."

But Lucy kept asking:

"What's the difference?"

David still didn't understand and shouted loudly.

At that moment, Lucy grabbed a lock of hair from the back of her neck, and the lunar rocket slowly rose into the sky, with a dazzling yellow glow at the tail of the flame.

She seemed to be thinking about how to explain to David...

the real difference between her and David.

But at that moment, David loudly told Lucy: "I'll take you to the moon!"

This sentence was firm like a promise.

Lucy seemed to freeze for an instant.

David continued to look at her firmly and decisively, and said: "I promise you!"

In the next image, Lucy's hand was on David's face.

Then, Lucy closed her eyes and kissed David directly. Fan Siwei's heart skipped a beat seeing this scene.

At that moment, in the manga, the two kissed under the huge moon, and the background was the image of the lunar rocket heading towards it.

At that moment, the moon was no longer covered by clouds, and the lunar rocket continued to ascend.

"I don't want you to die..."

At that moment, Lucy lowered David's face under the moon and whispered.

Her beautiful face was in front of David's, and they both looked at each other.

David took the initiative and kissed Lucy on the lips.

Lucy also reacted and began to fiercely reciprocate David.

Fan Siwei watched these scenes with joy. The

last scene changed, but David and Lucy appeared on the moon, and the background changed from the moon to the earth.

The shadows of both were cast on the lunar surface.

"I won't die," David finally said.

"End of this chapter."

After reading it, Fan Siwei gave a silly smile.

He was already swooning from the sweet plot. David and Lucy finally confirmed their relationship.

As for the sad atmosphere of this chapter and the dialogues between David and Lucy that seemed to mark a difference, he was a little worried.

"Will Lucy... not die later to protect David?" Fan Siwei asked with some concern.