Is this mangaka crazy?

"Yawn!"

Ren, a little uncomfortable, blew his nose.

"Could it be that I've been staying up too late lately and caught a cold?" he asked with some concern.

At that moment, Ren's cell phone rang.

He glanced at it, and it was still a call from his editor, Ayumi.

"Moshi Moshi?" Ren picked up the phone and spoke with his usual laziness.

"Amamiya-san... the plot of the drawing you sent me recently..." Ayumi said bluntly.

"The drawing I just sent you, the plot... let me think..." Ren has too many drawings in his file, and he has drawn up to episode 34.

He's not sure what the plot of the drawing he sent with episode 14 is.

But the "hard drive memory" ability took effect, and he instantly recalled the plot when he drew episode 14.

"Oh, it turns out it's the part where Pira dies, is there a problem?" Ren said indifferently.

He was looking up the layoff strategy online...

"Yes... In my opinion, Pira's exit is too... sudden." Ayumi looked at the drawing, and Pira's head suddenly exploded because of a harmless cyberpsycho, and she said with a strange expression. "This plot is simply inexplicable. One of the protagonist's companions died suddenly, not because of the villain's problems, and there's no plot related to the protagonist. It's not even due to the main secondary character's storyline, but their sudden death."

Although Pira provoked first, it was too sudden, right?

It's confusing.

The most important thing is that the previous plot is still peaceful and positive.

Pira doesn't say how close she is to David, but when he gave her the golden hand prosthetic, she was at least one of his companions.

Later, David integrated into the team and cooperated with Pira, of course.

Just when everyone was happy.

In the next scene, Pira, one of the protagonists, suddenly dies.

Who wouldn't say he's crazy!

"No problem, I think this arrangement is reasonable. For the creation of a character who is destined to disappear, it's better to let them die halfway through the creation," Ren said indifferently.

In fact, he was just being superficial with Ayumi.

He didn't design this plot; he was just a plagiarist!

How could he have that ability? If he changed this part, how would the subsequent plot be arranged?

It would be a mess later, and he didn't have the ability or the mind to change the plot little by little.

Moreover, as a plagiarist, it's already wrong to copy others, and he also arbitrarily modifies others' works.

You should know that adaptation is not random editing, and parody is not nonsense.

How can he, as a plagiarist, change the original author's work?

It's okay to add something, and he didn't do it just for his own benefit.

Instead, it wouldn't hurt to add some settings and explanations of terms under the background of Cyberpunk 2077, right?

But to directly change it!

And it happened that Ren remembered the second half of the words that a certain mangaka, with the second greatest freedom in the world, had said in his previous life.

So he used them directly to explain to Ayumi.

"Well... okay."

Ayumi took a deep breath. "But Amamiya-san, your drawing style this time isn't very realistic... I'm afraid it will cause controversy."

Ren said in surprise: "No, that image isn't realistic... In fact, I kept it."

As we all know, the animation of "Edgerunners" is for ages 18 and up, full of nudity, bloody, and violent images.

Ren also knows that in an unrated manga, it shouldn't be so sensational or violent.

So, even so, he made some "adding clothes" changes.

For example, when Qiwei and Lucy dived into the deep world, he added "black customer service" based on the ice pool.

He also restrained himself a bit when drawing Pira's headshot scene, and only drew a bare "neck" with half a chin.

Is there still a problem with this?

"But... forget it, it's actually just my concern. If Amamiya-san thinks it's okay, then it's okay."

Ayumi sighed and said:

"Sensei, then I'll send it like that."

"Okay!"

Ren nodded and then said with a smile: "Thanks for your effort, Ayumi, do you want to come to dinner tonight?"

After getting to know each other better during this time, he prepared a lavish meal one night later, and felt it would be a waste not to finish it.

After all, those who have cooked know that if you prepare a lavish meal, it's very troublesome to cook for just one person.

So he tried to call Ayumi to have dinner together, and she indeed came.

After all, the manga company didn't provide food or lodging, and Ayumi was still living alone, so, naturally, she would cook for herself or go to fast food restaurants at night.

Just like Ren, cooking for one person was too troublesome if he cooked alone.

Eating fast food isn't healthy, and if you eat too much, you'll miss home cooking.

So Ayumi didn't refuse.

Therefore, the two were considered to be eating together.

"What are we having for dinner tonight?" Ayumi asked curiously.

"Ingredients: I bought pork belly and planned to make braised pork. Also, the season is perfect lately, and winter bamboo shoots are particularly delicious. I also prepared pickled pork with preserved vegetables."

Ren replied: "I plan to make a simple soup, just miso soup."

"Miso soup...!"

Ayumi's eyes lit up, and she felt her mouth watering.

"Well, I'll come after work. Excuse the trouble, Amamiya-san," she said, immediately cheering up.

Ren was a little amused to hear this. The braised pork and pickled pork with preserved vegetables he had prepared weren't much more delicious than miso soup with radish, fish bones, and soybean paste.

Consequently, this Japanese girl was only interested in miso soup.

But, after all, that's her hometown's culture, so it's understandable.

"Well, see you later," he said.

"See you later."

Ayumi didn't know why, but she felt a warmth inside upon hearing him.

"Yawn!"

Ren, a little uncomfortable, blew his nose.

"Could it be that I've been staying up too late lately and caught a cold?" he asked with some concern.

At that moment, Ren's cell phone rang.

He glanced at it, and it was still a call from his editor, Ayumi.

"Moshi Moshi?" Ren picked up the phone and spoke with his usual laziness.

"Amamiya-san, it's like this, may I ask if you've had time to come to our company in person lately?"

Ayumi has grown familiar with Ren and now gets straight to the point.

"Ah, this? What's wrong? Just say it," Ren said, a little reluctant to move.

The important thing is that it's not impossible to go out, and he's not a shut-in otaku who never leaves his rental house.

Before, he would go out to eat at the buffet with Ayumi or have dinner and stand guard with Sakura.

He didn't dislike going out much.

But the key is that he doesn't like going to big companies like those in the manga world.

This will remind him of his memories of his past as a corporate animal.

More seriously, it will trigger Ren's work PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder).

Oh my god, that serious work environment is simply terrible!

He would rather die than be a social animal again.

Although this time he won't be working as a miserable social animal working nine-to-nine or in special forces 007,

once exposed to the high-pressure environment of the workplace, he will get stressed!

Human stress is much more important than cat and dog stress!

So if Ayumi hadn't given him the necessary reasons,

Ren would never go to a manga company.

"It's like this..." Ayumi said directly: "Our company has received an invitation for collaboration, and this invitation refers to your work..."

"You mean..." Ren said, narrowing his eyes.

"Yes, it's "Edgerunners"!" Ayumi whispered. "They say they want to acquire the adaptation rights for your "Edgerunners"."

"Wow!" Ren exclaimed. "Wow!" 'Is it possible that the one who bought the rights to "Edgerunners" plans to make a "Cyberpunk 2077"?'

He subconsciously thought of "Cyberpunk 2077", a 3D masterpiece that won the game of the year award.

But with the current level of video game production, is it really possible to create "Cyberpunk 2077"?

Even if it is created, will it be like the "Cyberpunk 2077" from before?

A half-finished game with terrible optimization, many bugs, and worrying quality?

To be honest, if that's the case, Ren doesn't want "Cyberpunk 2077" to appear in this world.

"Amamiya-san?"

Seeing that Ren remained silent for a long time, Ayumi asked cautiously.

"Ah, I'm still here."

Ren woke up and replied.

"What do you think? When can you come?" Ayumi asked curiously.

"Tomorrow," Ren replied with a sigh.

Although he doesn't want Cyberpunk 2077 to come to this world incomplete.

But this doesn't mean he can refuse to negotiate or allow the sale of the adaptation rights for "Edgerunners".

When signing the contract between "Edgerunners" and Akatsuki Cultural Company,

it was stipulated that if the nominal rights holder did not attend the negotiation meeting to accept them,

Akatsuki could make a decision as the nominal rights holder.

In other words, if Ren did not attend the negotiation meeting,

Akatsuki could help him sell them.

Of course, the rights fee would be paid to Ren.

In fact, this was a way for Akatsuki to continue selling the copyright of the work in case the author could not be contacted.

It seems a little excessive,

but in reality, it's better than many platforms in Ren's previous life.

Some platforms, or online literature platforms, directly helped authors sell the copyrights of related works.

Some authors even sold their own works, converted them into anime, and the plots were also modified, with no right to demand anything.

What will Cyberpunk 2077 become?

"Well, I'll talk to the chief editor... Amamiya-san, wait for my reply."

Ayumi hung up the phone.

After waiting for more than half an hour, Ren received the following message from Ayumi on his cell phone:

[Amamiya-san, I will personally pick you up downstairs at the company tomorrow at 3 PM].

Seeing this, Ren replied: "Okay."

After receiving the reply, he suddenly felt very strange.

Suddenly, Ren remembered the platinum-level skill he obtained by completing the third stage of [Genius] when he opened the System last time.

[Game Lord].

Ren narrowed his eyes and exhaled a dangerous aura.

This startled Pochita, who was "fighting" with her toy, and she barked twice.

"Don't worry, Pochita."

Ren comforted her and then shouted loudly: "System!"

The System's virtual interface reappeared before his eyes.

"Did you, plan something a long time ago or do this?" he asked directly.

However, the System replied: "Please describe the problem carefully; I don't understand very well."

Ren slapped his head and almost forgot that this System wasn't that intelligent; it was purely an artificial retard.

Just like the host from his previous life, sometimes it seemed like a person, but most of the time it was a retard.

The System couldn't understand such a question without a beginning or an end.

"I said: "Was the acquisition of the adaptation rights for "Edgerunners" planned or premeditated by the System?" Ren asked cautiously this time.

"I'm sorry, the System currently cannot predict the future or detach from the host to affect the real world."

The System replied coldly.

"However, the work "Edgerunners" that the host decided to create is extremely suitable for adaptation into a 3D action role-playing game, and the adaptation will significantly increase the popularity of the host's work and the host himself, to complete the task as soon as possible."

"So, as a reward for the third stage of [Born with Talent], the System will choose to grant the skill [Game Lord (Platinum)]."

Ren's eyes widened, and he said indignantly: "System, are you plotting against me?"