As the chief writer of "Asashin", a manga magazine owned by Fuji Publishing, Akasaka Kazuya also prepared pen and paper today as usual.

This is his job, and Kazuya Akasaka actually likes his job.

but--

"Today should be the time when the second episode of "The Ring" is released, right?"

Akasaka Kazuya looked at the weekly "Cold" published by Urashima Publishing House in front of him with a somewhat hesitant expression.

Yes, as a professional comic reviewer, he hesitated when faced with a horror comic magazine...

the reason is simple.

He glanced up at the TV set in the corner.

This TV was a new one he bought a month ago, and now...

The entire screen of the TV was dented, and there were not only smash marks but also cracks on it. Even the most skilled TV repairman would be helpless to deal with such a tragic experience.

Akasaka Kazuya looked at the new TV that was completely broken, and then looked at the old TV that was used as a backup.

He covered his chest, feeling so distressed that he almost couldn't breathe...

Then Akasaka Kazuya gritted his teeth——

It’s all because of watching that “Midnight Ring” thing!

At that time, he was so frightened that he jumped up and hit the TV screen with the bench.

Even his wife, who was watching TV next to him, was frightened by Akasaka Kazuya and called the mental hospital directly. He was almost sent to a mental hospital.

"But it will definitely not be like this this time."

Akasaka Kazuya thought to himself.

In fact, Mr. Higashino's "Midnight Ring" is just like that, that is, the painting is a little more realistic... and there is not much else.

"The reason why I saw those messy things was because I was thinking wildly."

Akasaka Kazuya murmured to himself.

In other words, as long as I don't think wildly, "The Ring" is actually not as scary as I imagined.

Thinking of this, Akasaka Kazuya nodded with satisfaction.

He felt that he had figured out the tricks of Mr. Higashino, and he would definitely not fall into the trap this time in the second episode of "Midnight Ring".

So Akasaka Kazuya let out a breath and called his wife: "Ekeko, get me a glass of water, I have to work."

"You have to work again?" Mrs. Akasaka glanced at Kazuya Akasaka with some fear, and then pointed at the TV: "Why don't you turn off the TV, Kazuya."

She still remembers that last week, Akasaka Kazuya rushed to the TV with an angry look and started typing at the screen...

Now that the new TV is gone, she doesn't want the old spare TV to fall into the hands of Kazuya Akasaka.

"No need to close it!"

His wife's frightened eyes deeply hurt Akasaka Kazuya's self-esteem. He slapped the table and looked like he didn't know who to vent his anger on: "It was just that I wasn't mentally prepared last week. I definitely won't be prepared this time."

question."

Men are like this.

I can say that I can't do it myself, but I can't tolerate others saying that I can't do it.

"Really...?" Mrs. Akasaka glanced at her husband worriedly, hesitated for a while, and then poured him a glass of water.

Finally getting his wife's approval, Akasaka Kazuya felt better, so he prepared himself mentally, then opened "Abominable Cold" and went straight to the topic without hesitation.

Chapter 2 of "Midnight Ring".

This time he will show his integrity as a professional troll and will definitely not save any face for Higashinoji.

Akasaka Kazuya thought very simply. Since he couldn't find anything to complain about in the first episode, he would look for it in the second episode.

After all, the first chapter of most comics is often the most brilliant.

In most comics, the further you go, the easier it is for the plot to go wrong. There are also comics where the first episode is particularly outstanding, but the quality of the second episode is unbearable.

This is also the thought of most comic reviewers who reviewed "The Ring".

Because the first episode of "The Ring" is so great!

It's so good that you can't even find any flaws.

And with such an excellent first episode, as long as there is a problem in the second episode of "Midnight Ring" - even if it is a small and innocuous problem, it will be infinitely magnified by those comic reviewers.

There is no other reason, just because the first episode of "The Ring" is so great, it's really so great.

Even from a hostile standpoint, Kazuya Akasaka could only praise the teacher Higashino from "The Ring".

As for asking Mr. Higashino to draw another episode that is as good as the first episode?

This is a bit child's play.

How could such an excellent beginning of the first episode be copied so easily?

So Kazuya Akasaka turned to the second chapter of "The Ring" without hesitation, and at the same time, he tightened his grip on the pen and prepared to start the killing spree.

Then he saw the first page...

Huh? It seems interesting... Tomoko is dead.

Oh, this new Reiko Asakawa is the heroine?

Cursed videotape? Will you die after watching it for seven days? This death preview-style plot is not bad...

Oh, the date reminder specially left in the first episode turned out to be the death date reminder of the character... Is there such a way to express it?

Akasaka Kazuya watched with great interest.

The new mystery left behind in the second episode of "The Ring": Where is the cursed video tape now? What should Reiko Asakawa do next? What is on the other side of the horror?

"It's really interesting...and also very scary..."

Akasaka Kazuya murmured to himself and turned his fingers to the back of another page.

Then...

He saw the foreshadowing that Higashinoji had specially laid behind him.

On the last page of the comic, there is the horrific and twisted death scene of the classmate who watched the video like Tomoko.

After more than ten pages of straightforward foreshadowing, the scene of a group of dead bodies suddenly popped up at the end——

The effect is no less than that of a ghost face suddenly appearing in a horror movie.

Even worse!

Because under the effect of empathy, Akasaka Kazuya felt as if he had entered that world.

What the heroine sees is what he sees.

The fear buried in the foreshadowing was instantly detonated by the dead and twisted faces.

"ah!!!!"

Akasaka Kazuya, who was originally looking particularly fascinated, was startled by the sudden attack. He jumped up from the sofa, then picked up the bench and aimed it at the "Abominable Cold" on the coffee table and smashed it hard!

BAM!!!!

Click!!!

The fragile coffee table couldn't bear it, and the whole thing fell apart when Kazuya Akasaka gave it a try.

But Akasaka Kazuya was obviously so frightened that he couldn't stop smashing the bench on the table as if he was suffering from epilepsy.

"...."

Akasaka Kazuya's wife Akasaka Keiko saw this scene from the side, but without saying a word, she silently walked to the TV, moved the TV away, and also called the mental hospital.

She now desperately hopes that a psychiatric doctor can prescribe medicine for her husband...
Chapter completed!