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After a moment of stagnation, Luo Wei couldn’t help but raise her voice, the pitch slightly sharp, her mood very puzzled:

“You’re not satisfied with this quality!?”

She knew that the first few chapters of “Death Note” had already been finalized.

As early as the late serialization of “Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma”, the studio had been preparing for the new work.

So the entire preparation time for “Death Note”, including everything, was close to two months!

But now, with Lin Yuan’s sentence “Redraw all of it,” it means that the preparation everyone has done for nearly two months was all in vain!

Anyone finding out that two months of their hard work was in vain, would not be able to remain calm.

“But these drafts really don’t work.”

Lin Yuan tells it like it is.

In his current view, these drafts are simply filled with flaws.

“Look.”

Luo Wei rubs her temple: “The content from the first to the fourth chapter, excluding the background part, was all personally drawn by you. The parts that we completed later were also approved by you. How could you suddenly think that these drafts are no good?”

It’s too sudden.

If it weren’t for the fact that they had worked and got along with each other for a year, understanding Lin Yuan’s character and integrity well, Luo Wei would almost suspect that Lin Yuan was deliberately stalling because he didn’t want to teach her traditional Chinese painting.

“This level…”

Lin Yuan tries to find an accurate description: “It’s just at the level of an ordinary professional.”

Luo Wei: “???”

Every word Lin Yuan says, Luo Wei can understand, but when put together, Luo Wei doesn’t understand.

It’s just at a professional level?

Only?

Luo Wei helplessly says: “This is already the limit of our abilities.”

What Luo Wei says represents “us,” and Lin Yuan is included in this too.

Lin Yuan’s painting skills are not much better than Luo Wei’s. After nearly a year of collaboration, Luo Wei is very clear about Lin Yuan’s painting skill level.

“Here’s what we’ll do.”

Lin Yuan says: “I’ll redraw it first, you assist me, let’s work overtime tonight. Uncle Jin will settle your overtime pay later.”

“Then you draw.”

Luo Wei crosses her arms over her chest.

She wants to see how Lin Yuan will draw it better.

The finalized drawings have clearly reached the limit of their abilities. Can redrawing it make it better?

Lin Yuan doesn’t explain, he directly enters the office area, and starts to remake the first chapter.

The office area of a manga artist is often a bit messy.

The table has professional painting tools such as pencils of different models, dip pens, ballpoint pens, rulers, and correction fluid.

He picks up the pen skillfully.

Lin Yuan begins to draw the initial content of the first chapter of “Death Note”.

The beginning of the original story starts from the realm of death,

Ryuk, the death god, loses his notebook and decides to go to the human world to find it.

In Lin Yuan’s original painting, he drew the image of the death god according to the original “Death Note”, but with master-level painting skills, Lin Yuan has even greater ambition!

What realm of the death god?

Just draw Hell directly.

The scene of the original realm of the death god, is not shocking enough.

Lin Yuan is going to challenge the real Hell, Avici Hell!

What real Hell should look like, everyone should have imagined it.

A lot of games and films also involve scenes of Hell.

In Lin Yuan’s painting, Hell is ominous and eerie, consistent with the established impression of the majority of people.

The sky seems to be covered with a layer of haze, all sorts of ghosts aimlessly floating, unknown hair shuttling through the corners, nameless soft creatures like minced meat squirming in dark corners, unidentified flames burning…

This scene is really grand!

Lin Yuan has drawn several ghoulish images in succession, even some plants in Hell, but his speed isn’t slow, it seems that the master-level painting technique has also increased his painting speed.

Some ghosts, their heads are bigger than their bodies.

Some ghosts, their bodies are covered in spikes.

Some ghosts, their whole body is rotting and oozing pus.

Some ghosts, only have eyes and mouth.

The images of these ghosts, Lin Yuan all drew according to the descriptions of ghosts in the myths and legends in his memory, while also adding in artistic modifications and considerations, letting the cruelty and unimaginable impact of Hell leap onto the page, like the ghost that Lin Yuan is currently drawing, opening its big mouth to swallow unknown severed limbs and arms, because the image is too vivid it seems like the ghost really exists!

Luo Wei’s eyes gradually changed …

Written expressions have limitations, images are more intuitive.

This is also why some people prefer to watch movies and animations over reading novels.

The Hell depicted by Lin Yuan right now, gives people a feeling as if this Hell really exists!

Every ghost inside it, even the rustling in the corners, is thoroughly taken care of.

Under the glamorous style, the impact is extremely strong, making people unable to avert their eyes at first glance!

And when the image of Ryuk, the death god, appears on the drawing paper, Luo Wei, who has her hands crossed over her chest, feels that her arms are knotting.

Luo Wei is a bit stunned.

Her eyes are wide open, even her originally prominent double eyelids have disappeared, only her pupils are contracting constantly.

It is obvious that it has not been colored yet, and even the linework is not fully complete, but this picture of Hell in front of her eyes is already making Luo Wei feel a sense of horror from the bottom of her heart!

“Hiss…”

She couldn’t help leaning in closer, her breath turning cold, her body trembling, not knowing whether it was because the picture of Hell was too horrifying, or Lin Yuan’s drawing skill was too terrifying.

A certain incredible idea, suddenly appeared in Luo Wei’s mind:

The things that Lin Yuan drew before, might just have been for fun!

If you take this picture of Hell right now and compare it with the drafts Lin Yuan completed more than a month ago, the latter was straight-up annihilated to the point where not even dust remains!

But the problem is, both paintings came from Lin Yuan’s hands!

If Lin Yuan was not hoodwinking before, it simply can’t be explained!

Luo Wei absolutely did not believe that Lin Yuan’s painting skills had improved so much in these days. No ordinary human being could make such a drastic improvement in such a short time!

So there was only one explanation that made sense:

When Lin Yuan was painting comics before, he must have been hiding his true skills; or in other words, he was just messing around, just painting for fun!

The terrifying part lies exactly here…

Compared to the current version, Lin Yuan’s previous version did indeed seem like he was just joking around.

But this did not mean that the version Lin Yuan painted before was inferior.

Even if Lin Yuan’s previous version were to be shown to top-class comic artists, those artists would only raise their thumbs in approval!

As for this current version, it might even make those top-class comic artists kneel in admiration!

Right now, Luo Wei felt as if her knees were somewhat buckling.

This is a professional artist, instinctively submitting in the face of someone like Lin Yuan who was a master.

In terms of skill, the gap between her and Lin Yuan was like a chasm!

“Give me a glass of water.”

Lin Yuan continued to draw, without even lifting his head.

“Okay… okay…”

Luo Wei’s voice, filled with reverence, poured Lin Yuan a glass of warm water with the utmost sincerity.

“Gulp gulp gulp.”

Lin Yuan took a few sips of water and continued painting, paying no attention to Luo Wei’s odd behavior.

After acquiring the master-level painting technique, this was also Lin Yuan’s first time testing its effects.

And the result of the test was pleasing – this depiction of hell was absolutely at a level that Lin Yuan could not have achieved before!

Let’s put it this way.

Now, Lin Yuan could surpass the original version if asked to draw any manga from his previous life!

You must know, the original “Death Note” manga was drawn by Takeshi Obata, a top-class chiaroscuro artist in Neon. His level is already very high.

Yet Lin Yuan, having master-level painting technique, could draw even better!

Moreover, as Lin Yuan continued to perfect his painting, it was becoming even better!

He hardly took any breaks.

For nearly an hour, Lin Yuan’s wrist was constantly moving at a fast pace, with lines, either sharp or gentle, continuously appearing on the paper.

Next to Lin Yuan.

Subconsciously, Luo Wei held her breath, staring intently at the painting.

Only when she felt almost suffocated, did Luo Wei remember to exhale deeply.

At this moment, Luo Wei finally understood why Lin Yuan said that the previous version only had the skill level of a “professional artist”.

Lin Yuan has the right to say that!

Compared to Lin Yuan, she herself was as amateurish as a “professional purist artist”.

Luo Wei suddenly remembered Pacific Saury and Sea of Blood’s taunts at the “Shadow”.

Before, Luo Wei was furious and felt that the two of them were going too far.

But now, not only did Luo Wei not feel angry, she even felt a bit of sympathy for the two.

Of all people to provoke, why did you guys provoke Shadow?

You guys are now making Shadow so angry that he disregards the studio’s nearly two months’ worth of work, and unleashes all his strength…

You two probably can’t handle Shadow’s fury!

This round, you two may very well be sent straight to Avici Hell.

If we don’t talk about the plot, speaking only about the painting skill, could anyone in Chu land be nominated as a competitor against this Shadow?

At any rate, Luo Wei couldn’t think of anyone who could compare with the current Lin Yuan!

That’s right.

Although Luo Wei didn’t understand why Lin Yuan didn’t draw in this way before, she firmly believed that Shadow suddenly stopped hiding his incompetence because Pacific Saury and Sea of Blood had angered him!

The two of them will probably be left with shadows in the future, right?

Who would have thought that a serious painting by Shadow would be so monstrous!?

Even though Luo Wei was not on the opposite side of Lin Yuan, she felt a little shaky.

“Done.”

After almost two hours of tweaking, Lin Yuan finally stopped.

By this time it was completely dark outside, and only Lin Yuan and Luo Wei were left in the studio.

But Luo Wei didn’t have the slightest resentment for having to work overtime. Instead, she had a sense of honor for having witnessed a master’s great work!

“You can handle the coloring.”

Lin Yuan rubbed his sore wrist.

Normal painting wouldn’t take this long.

It was simply because Lin Yuan wanted the first few chapters of “Death Note” to truly “shock” the readers, which is why he went to such great lengths to present the scene of hell.

This painting, in terms of being artistic, was not at all that.

There were only two words that the entire painting was exuding:

Show off!

Crazy show off!

It was an exquisite kind of show off that one could not take their eyes off!

“Coloring? Me?”

Looking at the completed work by Lin Yuan, Luo Wei felt a sense of unworthiness.

She even wanted to say: “I’m not worthy.”

But soon, a tremendous sense of honor drove her to nod heavily:

“Got it!”

Luo Wei felt as if she was experiencing the happiness of being singled out by the master.