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The industry’s judgment wasn’t wrong.

Releasing a new manga during the peak of external controversy is indeed an excellent timing.

No matter if they are interested in detective stories or not.

The topic controversy of Shadow’s new manga, combined with the terrifying upheaval of Three Bros breaking up with the Tribe, has indeed attracted countless readers.

...

In some school dormitory.

The lights weren’t turned off at eight o’clock.

Some students were watching "Detective Chu Yu" on their mobile phones.

Suddenly someone chuckled out loud.

"The name Chu Yu really is related to Chu Kuang!"

"The protagonist is actually a fan of ’The Great Detective Holmes’."

"And then ’The Seventh Chapter of Night’ comes in."

"So that’s how the name Chu Yu came about, it’s pretty fun."

"The beginning is quite interesting."

"It attracts me more than ’The Kindaichi Case Files’."

...

On some subway.

Two young people were also reading this manga.

"The main character of Shadow’s new manga is actually a primary school student!"

"The key is that inside this primary school student, there’s the soul of a seventeen-year-old genius detective."

"That’s kind of interesting, a primary school detective?"

"It leaves me a bit excited for the following plot."

"Chu Yu, that is, Conan, looked handsome before he became smaller, totally cute after he turned small."

"This doctor seems to be a mad scientist!"

"I like this setting!"

"I wonder what the plot will be like later, I’ll keep reading."

...

Inside a certain company.

It should be close of business at eight o’clock.

But in reality, many people were still working at eight o’clock.

However, while they were working, some people were slacking off.

Like, taking advantage of having nothing to do with their hands, they were reading Shadow’s new manga.

"Eh?"

"This new manga that Shadow released ahead of time seems to be quite interesting."

"Don’t you dislike detective stories?"

"I indeed don’t like ’The Kindaichi Case Files’, it feels a bit scary, but this one feels a bit different."

"Where is it different?"

"Can’t really tell, but at least I can keep reading this one."

"Then I’ll give it a go."

"Yeah, you should like it. The protagonist is a primary school student, even wearing a full set of equipment, all the sci-fi gadgets were made by a doctor to help him."

"Spoiler dog won’t get a house!"

...

In the internal blog.

There were no breaks either, otherwise, there wouldn’t be a bunch of people chatting idly.

By this time everyone had been reading the manga for a long time.

There was little talking during the process.

Until after a certain plot sequence.

"This manga is kind of awesome!"

"It’s so compelling!"

"Seeing the primary school student solving cases one after another feels so satisfying!"

"I’ve been reading over a dozen episodes in a row and I don’t feel bored at all!"

"Same here, I usually get sleepy from watching detective stories or crime tv shows."

"I don’t know whether to say Mori Kogoro is unlucky or lucky."

"Mori Kogoro is hilarious, always looking confused but turns out to be the ace detective!"

"I like the female lead Xiao Lan so much, my husband is actually by my side!"

"I’m almost done with the updates!"

"Damn!"

"Shadow, update more!"

"I want to see the plot about the organization in black, it feels like it’s the main storyline of the manga!"

...

Tribe Comics.

Manager’s office.

The nondescript man hadn’t said a word, the action of flipping through the manga on his mobile phone was getting slower and slower.

Ling Kong was watching the man closely.

This veteran editor in the industry seemed to feel a bit hot, wiping the sweat from his forehead from time to time.

Was the seat under his butt a little too hot?

Ling Kong had seen him adjust and shift his butt to change his position seven or eight times consecutively.

This made Ling Kong feel a bit inexplicably anxious.

Weren’t they saying that detective manga was a no-go?

Didn’t they say that Shadow was just making desperate moves?

Why did he always have the feeling...

Something’s wrong?

Finally.

The other party spoke: "Minister."

"Speak!"

There was a tension in Ling Kong’s voice, a hint of dissatisfaction in his tension, a touch of anger in his dissatisfaction, and a sense of urgency in his anger.

"This manga, Shadow, is no ordinary manga!"

The man hesitated for a few seconds before finally speaking.

"How extraordinary?"

Ling Kong thought he would flare up in anger, but his voice surprisingly calmed down when he spoke. However, his calm voice was now tinged with an eerie tone.

The man swallowed, struggling to say: "It will blow up!"

"How so?"

"It’ll be an inferno!"

After uttering those four words, the man seemed to have used up all his strength.

A sense of powerlessness washed over him.

Who would’ve thought detective comics could be played this way?

Adding sci-fi elements and novel settings, whilst simplifying the complexity of the cases, the once stagnant niche suddenly sprang to life!

This Shadow, he’s terrifying!

Suddenly.

The man heard a strange laugh.

He looked at Ling Kong.

Was Ling Kong actually laughing?

"This is what makes it interesting."

Ling Kong seemed to be speaking to the man, but also to himself: "The game has just begun."

...

Shadow Studio.

Everyone else was still at work.

Lin Yuan was sitting on the sofa in the hall reading comics.

He was reading Tianmen and Yeshenchen’s previous comics.

Given that these two intended to join their alliance, Lin Yuan wanted to better understand their abilities.

He was satisfied with what he found.

Both of them deserved the title of GOAT comic creators.

In the next room.

Luo Wei was nervously staring at her computer with her assistants.

"How are the responses?"

"They haven’t come out yet."

"It should catch on, right?"

"I can’t think of any reasons why our comic would fail!"

"Everyone says ’The Kindaichi Case Files’ isn’t welcoming to non-detective genre fans, but we definitely won’t have that problem this time!"

"Detective Chu Yu even helps people find lost pets!"

"A primary school student trying to act mature, Mori Kogoro providing the laugh points, Xiao Lan being prettily attractive, the cool science fiction elements— every element of this comic is extremely appealing!"

"..."

Everyone indeed had confidence in the comic, but at this moment, they couldn’t help but feel a bit nervous and unsettled.

After all, detective genres truly are niche.

That’s one point they couldn’t deny.

However, at the same time, they all felt that this comic encompassed all the various ways a detective genre could be played with!

If this diversified detective comic doesn’t hit big, then it could only mean detective comics are beyond redemption.

Click.

As Luo Wei refreshed the comment section on her screen, her smile finally surfaced!

At the same time!

The other assistants widened their eyes in surprise, expressing their joy!

So many comments!

A quick glance and it looks like there are barely any negative reviews!

Luo Wei refreshed again.

Suddenly, several more pages of comments appeared!

"Try again!"

Luo Wei said, refreshing the page every few seconds.

And each time she refreshed, more comments would appear!

"Ms. Luo Wei, you’re refreshing too fast, let us look at what the netizens are specifically saying!"

One of the assistants couldn’t help speaking.

On the surface, the comic seemed to have received a great response!

But for more specifics, they needed to look at the comments.

"Alright!"

Luo Wei stopped refreshing.

The group of people huddled around the computer, going through the feedback comments for their comic one by one...

In the hall.

Lin Yuan put down the comic he was reading and stretched.

The moon had disappeared.

The night began to boil!

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