The atmosphere in the living room suddenly fell into an eerie silence, with only the 'rustling' sound of Hisashi constantly flipping through the manuscripts remaining.
What was going on?
Hayato looked toward Shota on the side in confusion, but the other party could only shake his head, indicating that he didn't know either.
Mochizuki-sensei had only said that he had finished the line art for one chapter of manga, so why was Mr. Sasaki's reaction so intense?
But they soon found out.
After Hisashi finished flipping through all the manuscripts, he took a deep breath, looked up at Akira in disbelief, and asked:
''...Is this line art really something you finished in just one day?''
One day to finish the line art?!
As soon as these words were spoken, they caused a huge stir.
Everyone present was instantly stunned, turning their gazes toward Akira, their expressions filled with not just disbelief, but also a fair amount of suspicion.
Among those present, aside from experienced professionals like Hisashi and Daisuke, even newcomers like Hayato and Shota had personally created manga.
Therefore, no one knew better than they just how heavy the workload of drawing line art actually was.
Hayato immediately exclaimed:
''So many pages of line art, how could it be finished in one day?!''
Actually, it wasn't strictly impossible.
Daisuke thought to himself.
But to achieve that possibility, it would require a full production team working together and pulling all-nighters to make it happen.
As for doing it alone...
Akira took in everyone's reactions with a smile; he didn't feel there was any problem, but rather felt a bit eager to try.
If it were him, he would also think this was complete nonsense.
But now—
Everyone, move aside; it was time for him to take center stage.
"Sure enough, just saying it like that is hard to believe."
He smiled helplessly and said:
"In that case, I'll just draw it for everyone to see."
After saying this, he walked to his workbench, sat down, and invited the others to come to his side to watch.
Seeing his confident demeanor, the group felt doubtful and uneasy.
Was he not lying?
Could such a thing really be done?
But if that were the case...
Several people looked at each other, and with a mix of suspicion, anticipation, and more complex, indescribable emotions, they followed him, gathering around Akira to observe his drawing.
At this moment, they saw him pull a blank sheet of paper from the stack, pick up a G-pen, dip it in ink, and begin drawing directly on the blank manuscript.
Didn't he say he was going to draw line art? What was he doing?
Generally speaking, manga creation begins with storyboards to establish the overall framework, followed by rough drafts to refine the details.
Only after confirming that the rough drafts didn't need any changes would they start using various lining pens to finalize the work.
Starting directly with a lining pen like Akira was, logically speaking, a mistake that even a beginner wouldn't make.
...Wait.
The group was feeling somewhat confused, but the next moment, their mouths opened slightly of their own accord, their faces filled with shock.
No way!
In the blink of an eye, several panels of various shapes instantly divided the drawing paper into several scenes of different sizes, their lines so straight and arranged so neatly that they were no different from using a ruler!
What terrifying precision!
But the next moment, they realized they seemed to have exclaimed too early.
Just like before, Akira began drawing characters inside the panels as if he weren't thinking at all.
Unlike the simple shapes above, the complexity of the character drawing was clearly at least two levels higher than the former.
But—
Is this for real...!?
In their disbelieving eyes, Akira maintained his extremely fast drawing speed, carving out the image of a young boy in just a few dozen seconds.
Whether it was the thickness of the lines, the transition from straight to curved lines, or even complex irregular lines, Akira drew without the slightest pause, giving the impression that he was just scribbling.
But the final result was perfectly flawless, without the slightest error!
This also meant that his control over lines and brushstrokes had reached a terrifying, superhuman level!
What fearsome drawing skills!
While the three assistants were worshipping Akira's drawing skills, Hisashi recognized that the character being drawn was the male lead of FSN, Emiya Shirou.
Following that, he seemed to think of something, and his expression changed slightly.
Wait, could this be the content for Chapter 5?!
If Akira could perceive others' inner thoughts, he would smile and tell Hisashi that he had guessed right.
He was drawing Chapter 5 of FSN right now.
In this chapter, one of the heroines of FSN, Artoria, would also officially appear, becoming the biggest highlight of this chapter.
However, since he was drawing the opening page, it was impossible to see Artoria right now.
Back to the point.
After witnessing his drawing process, the living room fell into complete silence, leaving only the sound of the pen sliding across the paper.
Everyone's mood had shifted from initial shock to a state of near numbness.
Because the scene before them was something they couldn't find words to describe.
Throughout the entire process, Akira only paused briefly to change pens when encountering special lines that required a different tool, then continued maintaining that terrifying speed.
And from the start of drawing until now, they hadn't seen a single mistake; he didn't look like a human at all.
Almost no need to think, extremely fast, extremely high precision...
The performance he showed before them was less like a human and more like a high-precision printer.
—Phew.
Don't know how much time had passed, Akira finally stopped, took a deep breath, and smiled:
"Alright, finished."
Akira's voice woke everyone up, and looking at the finished line art page in front of them, they checked the time in unison.
10 minutes.
A line art page from scratch, drawn by one person, finished in 10 minutes!
"..."
After realizing this fact, the living room fell into an even more thorough silence.
Several people looked at each other, speechless, unable to describe their current feelings.
Shock? Incredulity?
Regardless, looking at Akira again, there was only one question left in their minds:
Is this even human?
Taking in everyone's reactions, he remained calm on the surface, but was very satisfied inside.
Very good, showing off successfully!
He picked up the finished line art page, waved it at Hisashi, and smiled:
"Mr. Sasaki, want to take a look?"