Mid-October.
The weather had cooled down.
There was hardly any need for air conditioning or even a fan.
That day.
Tang Yi looked around furtively before guiltily sneaking into a club, as if afraid of being discovered.
Don't get the wrong idea.
This wasn't the White Horse Club.
As a renowned female comic artist of the Tribe, Tang Yi didn't indulge in the pleasures of the wealthy, although she herself was quite the elegant and wealthy woman.
In fact, Tang Yi was here because of a friend's invitation.
And this friend of Tang Yi's was none other than Han Jii, the current arch-rival of Tribe Comics, the chief of the Alliance.
This was the reason for Tang Yi's surreptitious behavior.
She was a comic artist from the Tribe, yet eting privately with the chief of the Alliance was rather inappropriate.
Even though no one around recognized her.
In fact.
If it hadn't been for Han Jii's help at the beginning when she was with the Tribe, Tang Yi wouldn't have even wanted to co today.
After all, she had no imdiate plans of switching to the Alliance.
Yes.
As soon as Han Jii invited Tang Yi to et, Tang Yi guessed that the other party might be trying to poach her for the Alliance.
After all, it wasn't the first ti Han Jii had extended an olive branch to her.
When the Alliance was first established, Han Jii had called her, inviting her to join the Alliance.
Today, Tang Yi attended purely to make things clear to Han Jii:
No matter what terms were offered, she would not join the Alliance. There was no use in wasting ti on her!
Just because the Alliance was doing well now didn't an she should switch sides.
What would that make her?
Moreover, Tang Yi didn't believe that the conditions offered by the Alliance could surpass what she received at the Tribe.
Thinking this.
Tang Yi entered a room that had been previously arranged.
"Eh?"
Upon entering the room, Tang Yi was stunned.
Apart from herself, there were five other people in the room!
And Tang Yi knew all of them!
Like her, they were all top comic artists from the Tribe!
If not, they were first-class comic artists!
Three of them were pure illustrators.
Two, like herself, created both the story and the illustrations.
At the sa ti.
The five people in the room also turned to look at Tang Yi, each with different expressions, clearly recognizing her.
"Hello."
Tang Yi greeted them with an odd expression:
"Dragon King, Brother Wolf, Wildsword, Grassheart, and Bai Li, you guys were also invited by Han Jii, right?"
She knew everyone's nas here.
All of them were well-known comic artists in the circle, and they occasionally t each other at Tribe Comics.
"Tang Yi."
Everyone nodded in greeting.
Dragon King, being sowhat familiar with Tang Yi, smiled and asked, "Are you thinking of switching to the Alliance?"
"No!"
Tang Yi was startled and imdiately shook her head, "I am a loyal mber of the Tribe. I'm here today only to tell Han Jii to stop trying to lure to switch."
After saying this.
Tang Yi's eyes darted, "Instead, it looks like I've caught you guys red-handed. Are you planning to switch to the Alliance?"
Dragon King smirked, "I'm just here to see."
Grassheart laughed, "I'm curious about the terms the Alliance offered."
Bai Li said indifferently, "An old friend invited ; it was necessary to co."
Brother Wolf appeared nonchalant, "If the offer is good enough, I might join the Alliance; otherwise, forget it."
Wildsword's expression was the coldest.
This person had always been sowhat aloof among the comic artists, speaking in a stern voice:
"No matter what, I would never join the Alliance."
Tang Yi laughed.
None of them were planning to join the Alliance, it seed.
Like her, probably because they had all been helped by Han Jii in the past, they had reluctantly co to et.
It seed Han Jii's sche was not going as planned.
What was Han Jii thinking, gathering everyone together?
This only made poaching more difficult for the Alliance.
In the presence of so many peers, who would have the gall to switch allegiance and betray the Tribe?
Wouldn't it be better to et in different places?
Just as Tang Yi was puzzled over what Han Jii was thinking, Han Jii appeared.
The woman had nurous docunts in her hands, and it was unclear what they contained. After walking in, she scanned the room with a confident smile and began speaking:
"Thank you all for honoring the invitation."
As everyone nodded, Grassheart smiled and went straight to the point:
"Does Ms. Han want to poach us?"
"Grassheart, you're really impatient," soone quipped.
Han Jii smiled, "All of you are top comic artists, of course I want to poach you, otherwise I wouldn't have invited you here."
"How much money did you prepare to be so bold?"
Tang Yi couldn't help making a joke: "Just so you know, I will not join the alliance. Tribe Comics' number one loyalist, that's , Tang Yi!"
"Then maybe, Tang Yi, you should take a look at this."
Han Jii pulled out a docunt: "After reading it, Tang Yi, you could decide whether to join our alliance or not."
"What's this?"
Tang Yi took the docunt, her face curious.
The others also looked puzzled at the docunt, wondering if it contained so leverage against Tang Yi.
This isn't a movie, after all. It wouldn't make sense.
Han Jii said mysteriously, "Open it, and you'll know."
Tang Yi rolled her eyes but opened it anyway, and then she exclaid in surprise:
"A comic?"
In Tang Yi's hands was indeed a comic, nad "Magical Girl Madoka."
"How about you give it a read?"
"Ms. Han really knows how to keep us in suspense. Who drew this comic?"
"Shadow."
"Shadow God's new work!"
Tang Yi's expression changed dramatically!
The expressions of the other artists also turned serious!
If there were gods in the world of comics, it would only be Shadow!
Even in the eyes of his peers, Shadow was an insurmountable peak!
No one dared to treat his works lightly!
Even Wildsword, who was notoriously aloof, now stared intently at the comic in Tang Yi's hands, feeling an impulse to feast his eyes on it.
On the sofa.
Brother Wolf suddenly laughed, "I once managed to work on three comics simultaneously, and countless readers and peers were amazed by my brain capacity, until Shadow started working on five and I realized there are always greater heights. I didn't expect Shadow God to have quietly started a new work, really curious how this big shot's brain works, it's like he's on a whole new level of multitasking!"
"That's not necessarily so."
Han Jii blinked and handed over another docunt, "Maybe Brother Wolf should check this out?"
"What?"
Brother Wolf was taken aback, then took the docunt, which also turned out to be a comic.
The comic's title: "Death God!"
His voice suddenly beca a bit hoarse: "Is this also Shadow God's new work?"
"Who says it isn't."
Han Jii seed a bit emotional, rembering her brain nearly crashed when she received these from Jin Mu.
Especially after she read the contents.
Han Jii was out of it for quite a while.
The storm inside her heart was not enough to describe her shock at the ti.
"Let see."
Brother Wolf said, his voice trembling a bit.
The remaining three artists looked at Han Jii, a terrible suspicion forming in their minds.
"No need to ask, everyone has one, Teacher Shadow's new series, and you are the first batch of readers apart from ."
Han Jii smiled and handed the comics to the remaining three people.
Grassheart received a comic nad "Doraemon!"
Dragon King got "Gundam!"
Wildsword received "Attack on Titan!"
Each artist had a different specialty, and Han Jii had chosen these five, each receiving a comic that matched their particular style.
Right redy for the ailnt!
As everyone received their comics, Han Jii said with a smile, "There are fruits and tea here, take your ti to read, I'm going next door for a skincare treatnt, ring the bell if you need anything, and a staff mber will co."
After saying this,
Han Jii walked out of the room in her high heels, clacking away and closing the door behind her.
Inside the room.
Three people were reading their comics.
Grassheart whispered to Brother Wolf, "What does Han Jii an by this, are these really all Shadow's new works?"
"Why not read them and find out?"
Brother Wolf spoke, already believing it sowhat, hence his eyes twinkled:
"As for her intention, she probably wants to use Shadow's comic quality to convince us that Tribe is dood, and we should embrace the alliance."
"Shut up!"
Wildsword suddenly spoke up, holding "Attack on Titan," his voice uncharacteristically trembling.
"..."
The two exchanged glances, neither arguing with him, and also began reading their comics.
The guy has a really bad temper.
He'll probably get beaten up sooner or later.
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