Ren recalled the final scenes of "Edgerunners" from his internal memory files.
The diamond-level skill [Internal Memory] allows all his memories to be stored on the hard drive and exist as files.
If Ren does not actively delete these files, there is nothing he cannot remember,
including the memories from his previous life.
Then, he picked up the draft and made no divisions or sketches in the storyboard.
He directly drew a series of vivid sketches:
the powerful and desperate enemy, the pain of being killed by close friends, the sacrifice in exchange for his lover and companions' escape, and the final heroic death.
The master level [Kaleidoscope Painting] allows him to paint with ease, and with the images of "Edgerunners" in [Internal Memory].
He can almost completely reproduce all the images from the "Edgerunners" anime.
But upon contemplating the familiar image, Ren's eyes became moist.
The sad ending reappeared before him, despite having seen it countless times.
He still felt pain and helplessness.
However, no matter how much pain and helplessness he felt, he had to complete this grand ending!
After completing the sketch, Ren began to color the manga directly.
His gold-level skill [Color Atlas] allowed him to easily mix desired colors with basic pigments.
Thus, Ren made another brushstroke, and intense colors also appeared on the paper.
Rebecca, Adam Smasher, Falco, David, Lucy, the moon... characters and landscapes, whether extremely cruel or sad, all appeared vividly in the drawings.
Upon finishing the last painting, Ren's hand holding the brush trembled slightly.
After finishing this part... it was truly uncomfortable.
After all, he was just a plagiarist, not the original author, so, naturally, he wasn't that ruthless.
Even so, he would feel sorry for the fate of the characters in "Edgerunners".
Even if he were the author himself, he would have to give his protagonist and other decent characters a sad and regrettable ending.
There would be a certain sadness.
After all, who can feel such disgust for their own protagonists as Oka-sensei?
A disgusted look because the protagonists are the villains and must die in the end? Except for Oka-sensei and Akutami-sensei, who are very few ACG practitioners, even ruthless people like Urobuchi are full of love for their protagonists.
The last thing... is to paste the remaining panels and dialogues.
Ren took a deep breath and continued completing the last work.
But just as he was halfway through pasting the panels and writing the dialogues...
"Ding Dong..."
The doorbell rang.
He was stunned for a moment, but the only people who could approach were Sakura and Ayumi.
So he got up to open the door.
After all, Ren was not in a hurry to finish the manuscript, so he was not in a hurry.
He is not a creator, so he doesn't have the problem of his inspiration being interrupted while working.
Pochita followed him and arrived at the door.
After Ren opened it, he saw Sakura outside.
"Sakura, good afternoon," Ren greeted.
Sakura looked at Ren's moist eyes and was stunned for a moment.
Normally, Ren seemed optimistic. It was rare for him to be in a bad mood, let alone cry.
But now it seems... is he crying?
In her opinion, sadness would never appear in Ren.
'Could it be...?'
Sakura couldn't help but feel nervous. In series and manga, there are often situations where people who have lost their memory suddenly recall their past memories for some reason.
Although it is very bloody, the current situation cannot help but make one doubt it.
'Ren can't be...'
"Ren... what are you doing?" Sakura asked in a slightly trembling voice.
"Huh... what's wrong with me? Am I not feeling well today?"
Ren scratched his head, unaware that his eyes were moist, which made Sakura misunderstand him.
"You seem to have cried?" Sakura asked uneasily.
"This..."
Ren touched the corner of his eye with his fingers, and felt his skin get damp.
He was a little emotional, and only now did he notice it.
"I was drawing the ending of "Edgerunners"...."
Ren said awkwardly: "It was a bit too emotional."
Sakura and Ren slowly entered the rental house, and Sakura saw that, indeed, there were many drawings in Ren's studio, where he usually drew manga.
'Huh? The ending of "Edgerunners"?'
Sakura suddenly realized, but she felt that something was wrong.
When drawing the ending of "Edgerunners", Ren was so emotional that he became sad.
'Does this not mean that...'
'the ending of "Edgerunners" is a tragic ending?' Thinking about it, she felt a little uncomfortable.
But Ren said that he would not let the female protagonist Lucy die, so why would it be a tragedy? She wanted to ask what was going on, but in the end, she remained silent.
She had no right to interfere with the plot of Ren's work. It was wrong to do so...
And her arrival this time also...
"Excuse me, I disturbed you at work, Ren," Sakura apologized.
"It's nothing, no need to bother." The plot and images of "Edgerunners" have been swirling in my head for a long time.
Ren waved his hand and said indifferently: "I've almost finished drawing this part; I just need to paste the frame and write the dialogues."
"Then I'll think about the last part of the plot and draw two more images."
"The last part of the plot?" Sakura asked, not understanding.
"Well, I plan to link the game "Cyberpunk 2077" at the end, so that the characters from the game appear in the final plot of "Edgerunners"," Ren said truthfully.
The main goal is to promote "Cyberpunk 2077" later.
After all, the better the publicity, the higher the sales of Cyberpunk 2077 and the higher his income.
You know, he can get 10% of the net profit from Cyberpunk 2077, so it's not a bad idea to add two more images to the end of the original Edgerunners with a little selfishness.
He probably thought about it, that is, letting V appear in the Afterlife bar and then ordering a drink called "David Martinez".
Finally, he raised his glass and said: "This drink is for Night City's old legend, David Martinez."
That's all.
"Game? Cyberpunk 2077?"
Sakura was stunned for a moment. She didn't know that Ren participated in the development of Cyberpunk 2077 during that period.
"Is it a game derived from Edgerunners?"
She reacted immediately.
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