Chapter 268 Interviews, Interesting Facts and Announcements

Lin Qingshan's words immediately shocked the comic fans present.

It turns out...Machima's prototype is a parasitic creature.

At this time, Lin Qingshan continued to introduce happily, "This double-disc fluke invades the eyestalk of a zombie snail to form a circle-like eye shape. In biology, this phenomenon is called attack mimicry, like a constantly wriggling caterpillar. The appearance is the same.”

"One organ pretends to be another organ to lure prey. Next, the double-disc fluke takes over the snail's brain and exposes the snail to the sight of hungry birds, making the zombie snail a meal for the birds. "

"Then after these dominated snails are eaten by birds, the double-disc fluke will reproduce in the bird's internal organs. The eggs are excreted with the bird droppings, and the bird droppings become food for other snails. The double-disc fluke is thus completed. A weird, cruel life cycle.”

Following Lin Qingshan's description, comic fans imagined the weird, terrifying, and cruel life cycle transformation in their minds, and also made up the zombie snail's circle-like eyes like Makima.

They suddenly felt sick.

But think about it carefully... What Makima did was really like a double-disc fluke, controlling Akira Hayakawa and Pava to "actively" die in the end, in order to obtain the result of controlling Denci.

This is really... saying it is a prototype is really convincing.

"But everyone is right. Makima's role in controlling demons does correspond to the role of mother."

Lin Qingshan added at this time, "It is equivalent to Denji's mother role, but the prototype comes more from the double-disc fluke."

"Teacher Aoyama's knowledge is really extensive."

The host smiled and said, "The next step is to ask the editor, what kind of work does the editor think "Chainsaw Man" is?"

"It's an excellent work..."

Ayumi Ito began to talk about her feelings.

Next, the host kept asking Ayumi Ito, and Ayumi Ito immediately told some interesting things that happened during the serialization of "Chainsaw Man".

For example...

"...Actually, the teacher's assistant called me that time and said that the teacher was hospitalized. It really shocked me at the time."

Ayumi Ito said helplessly, "The teacher was admitted to the hospital because of gastroenteritis. I was very worried at the time. The key point was that the teacher did not tell me what he had eaten that caused him to be admitted to the hospital for gastroenteritis."

Lin Qingshan scratched his head in embarrassment.

"What happened next?"

The host asked with a smile, "We are also curious about what happened to Mr. Qingshan's gastroenteritis at that time? Did he go to the hospital because he ate something wrong?"

Ayumi Ito couldn't help but laugh and said, "The teacher told us later... that when we were returning from a book signing, we found an injured bird on the road."

The comic fans in the audience all pricked up their ears and listened intently to this unknown story.

"The teacher took the little bird back and raised it, but later the teacher released the little bird because of the bird's own wishes."

Ito Ayumi said, "But later the teacher said that the little bird was bitten to death by a wild cat in the community. It happened to be seen by the teacher who was returning from shopping for groceries. After chasing the cat away, the teacher saw the bird that had been bitten to death... …He took it back and ate it later, and then he went to the hospital with acute gastroenteritis.”

Speaking of this, she couldn't help laughing.

The comic fans in the audience also burst into laughter. While they were puzzled by Lin Qingshan's confusion, they all thought "As expected of you" in their hearts.

All I can say is that I can’t figure out Lin Qingshan’s thoughts.

After all, Lin Qingshan is a mental patient. How could normal people guess the thoughts of a mental patient?

"So, teacher, can you tell me what you were thinking at that time?"

Ayumi Ito looked at Lin Qingshan who was embarrassed and asked with a hint of cunning in her eyes.

"This..."

Lin Qingshan said with some embarrassment, "Actually, I was thinking that if it was buried outside, the wild cats would dig it out and eat it, so it would be better for me to take care of it... In this way, if it is eaten by me, it can be considered as a living thing. My body is alive with me."

As soon as these words came out, the whole audience was stunned.

No...you said this is protecting it? Is your way of caring a little strange?

Also... this and this are exactly the same as the plot of Denji eating Makima with love, right?

It's just that Denji ate Makima because he wanted to bear Makima's sins.

And when Lin Qingshan ate the bitten bird, did he think that this was to allow the bird to live with him in his body?

Suddenly, the expressions on the faces of the comic fans in the audience were not right.

"Teacher Qingshan... your illness is not serious."

"It's just...I've always felt that people on the Internet made the joke that Mr. Qingshan is a mental patient too much. How do I feel now..."

"They say you, old thief Aoyama, are not Denci? How do you explain this? Your brain circuit is exactly the same as Denci's!"

"Teacher Qingshan... can you still draw comics in such a mental state? The tears in your eyes show that your body is disabled but your mind is strong!"

"Are you touched? If you are touched, I will reward you with a meal of roasted pork with ginger."

"No...I don't like eating meat."

…

The host also felt that Lin Qingshan was not in a good mental state at this time, but he was still at work.

Adhering to excellent professional ethics, he continued to support this interview.

"By the way, Teacher Qingshan, what do you think of the concern for you from online netizens?"

He followed the procedure and asked this question.

In fact, he was shocked when he first saw this question.

He has also seen Lin Qingshan's past that was revealed on the Internet, as well as various analyzes and speculations about "Chainsaw Man" and Lin Qingshan's past on the Internet.

The tragedy of Hayakawa Aki's family being killed by the gun demon is a metaphor for Lin Qingshan's past incident where his younger brother took away his parents with a homemade gun.

Why Hayakawa Qiu is Lin Qingshan himself in the past, and Makima is a metaphor for Lin Qingshan's mother...

And he feels that if these things on the Internet are true, they are absolutely very reasonable.

So when you ask this question, isn’t it just to dance in a minefield?

However, because the process was arranged this way, the host had no choice but to ask this.

After all...work is important.

However, this interview was held precisely because of this issue. Lin Qingshan was actually here mainly to refute rumors and announce the suspension of "Chainsaw Man".

"Thank you for your concern."

Lin Qingshan said carelessly, "And what I want to say is that "Chainsaw Man" actually has nothing to do with the original... well, my past."

These words surprised the comic fans present, including the hosts.

This... Lin Qingshan's answer was very straightforward, and he paused... What did the word "original" mean?

Does it mean your original self?

But everyone didn't care. In their eyes, Lin Qingshan was really seriously ill.

"It's true. After reading everyone's analysis, I realized that this was what I meant when I drew "Chainsaw Man"."

Lin Qingshan chuckled and said, "Okay, I'm fine, don't worry."

The comic fans were immediately speechless. It's fine for you to be like this, so there's no need to worry.

What he said next made comic fans even more disbelieving, and in fact confirmed that the online analysis of "Chainsaw Man" and Lin Qingshan's past was true.

After all, Lin Qingshan did admit that Machima was the corresponding mother of Denci just now.

That's a disguised admission that the analysis of "Chainsaw Man" on the Internet is correct, right?

It can only be said that people will only believe the answers they want.

Sometimes the original author will be called "He knows shit about "XXXX"" by dissatisfied fans.

Next, the host answered several questions with Lin Qingshan and Ayumi Ito again.

Finally, we have reached the end of the interview...

"Soon, our interview will come to an end."

The host said, "But next, Mr. Qingshan will announce a big news for everyone -"

Immediately, all the comic fans present fell silent and listened quietly to what Lin Qingshan was going to announce next.

"Everyone, follow my lead!"

Lin Qingshan stood up and gestured, saying, "I want to announce something next!"

All the comic fans looked at him obediently, looking forward to what he would say next.

Finally, Lin Qingshan said, "After the final episode of the first part of "Chainsaw Man" was released this week, "Chainsaw Man" has temporarily announced that it will suspend publication..."

This time, the whole audience was in an uproar.

After the first part of "Chainsaw Man" was completed, it was announced that it would be suspended?

This caught comic fans a little off guard.

After all, "Chainsaw Man" is a long comic and shouldn't be that short, so it's normal to have a second volume.

For example, "Gods" has been serialized to its third part, and "Chainsaw Man" should also be serialized to its second and third parts, right?

But now... after the first part is finished, it will be... suspended?

But they suddenly thought of something and started discussing it below.

"Could it be that... Teacher Qingshan is taking a break from publishing to receive psychological treatment because of psychological problems?"

"Maybe it's because of this... After all, Teacher Qingshan has always been a model worker."

"Oh, that's right. After all, health is the most important thing."

"With Teacher Aoyama's mental state, he needs to take a rest and receive treatment."

"It's bad. You keep asking Mr. Qingshan to see a doctor every day. Now it's better. He really went to see a doctor! It's all your fault."

"Teacher Aoyama has gone to see a doctor, so who can make up for the comics I'm missing?"

…

Just when comic fans thought that Lin Qingshan was going to take a break from publishing to receive psychological treatment.

At this time, Lin Qingshan announced unexpectedly, "But next, after "Chainsaw Man" is suspended, I will start a new serialization!"

"It's called..."Parasite Beast"!"

Suddenly, all the comic fans in the audience were stunned, and then they all let out a cry——

"ah?!"