Anime Heart

When the girl saw Arima Kento again, she looked perfectly normal, without the slightest hint of awkwardness.

Upon seeing this, Arima Sen-tung was completely relieved.

After escorting Kousei and Nagi home, the two brothers took a taxi home.

On the taxi ride home, Arima Kento also told Kousei's father about the matter he had asked him to do.

After learning the details, Kousei did not immediately accept it as he had previously stated.

Instead, he sat there quietly thinking.

Indeed, humans can only view other people's problems from an outsider's perspective and give rational and correct answers.

When things actually happen to you, you often fall into confusion.

Kousei is no exception.

Although he could understand his father's feelings, understanding is not the same as accepting them.

He couldn't yet see his own thoughts clearly, and he couldn't make a decision immediately.

Ma Xiandong felt that such a reaction was normal.

Therefore, he did not force Kousei, but let him think about it, and said, "Kousei, take your time, think whatever you want. Just let me know when you come to a conclusion."

Gong Sheng nodded, the struggle on his face disappearing, as if he had put the question aside.

Back home, everything proceeded as usual.

Around 11 p.m., Ma Xiandong finished writing.

Then, with a hint of anticipation, he opened the author section of the website, entered the password, and the subscription data appeared on his computer screen.

Book Title: A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality Total Subscriptions: 9768200 Average Subscriptions per Chapter: 195364

Arima Kento rubbed his eyes, then carefully counted the digits, without confirming that there were no errors.

He was completely bewildered...

Chapter 227 The Prelude to a Battleground (Daily Request for Votes)

If I remember correctly, "A Mortal's Journey to Immortality" has a little over 200,000 favorites! Now, the average number of subscriptions per chapter is over 195,000.

In other words, the subscription-to-acceptance ratio of "A Mortal's Journey to Immortality" is almost 1:1? Holy crap, this subscription-to-acceptance ratio is incredible!

I knew this world had a strong crackdown on piracy, and I also knew this world had an incredibly high subscription rate. But in the case of "A Mortal's Journey to Immortality," how could it be this incredible?

Yu Ma Xian Dong can't even imagine how much he can earn in royalties each month... (Even the author can't believe it! The difference between an average of 60 subscriptions and 190,000 subscriptions...)

With a slight sense of shock, Yu Ma Xian Dong set the chapter he had written that day to be published automatically, mentioned the missing update, and then went to sleep.

He's asleep, but the editorial team at Dianping can't sleep at all!

"This author is simply unbelievable! A one-to-one subscription ratio—the reader loyalty must be incredible!" exclaimed Xingye, a laid-back editor.

“Indeed very strong!” another lazy editor replied.

Editor-in-Chief Green Bean declared, "Change Kanojo Neko's author rank to 'Great God' and send her a 'Great God' contract!"

"Editor-in-chief, isn't this against the rules?"

"Hmph! Aren't rules meant to be broken? Don't ask any more questions, just get on with it!"

The editor, Green Bean, would never tell anyone that he already knew her true identity through certain channels. He also knew that she had connections at Tencent!

Furthermore, the success of "A Mortal's Journey to Immortality" is enough to warrant a contract with a top author.

Under these combined circumstances, mung beans made this decision.

The next day, when the latest chapter of "A Mortal's Journey to Immortality" was released, countless people noticed the words "Great God" in purple.

"Wow!! That book by Bi Mao has made him a legend! It's incredible!"

"It's really amazing, I'm subscribing to support it! I just think it's great! Anyone else like it?"

"Upstairs +1", "Upstairs +2", "Upstairs +10086"

In short, good grades lead to more good placements, and good placements, in turn, lead to even better grades, creating a virtuous cycle.

Conversely, poor performance means no featured placement, leading to even worse results, and the author might eventually lose all motivation to write. (For example, this author...)

Of course, there's only one solution. That is to make the book more appealing, like "A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality." While that's difficult to achieve, with effort, it might just pay off.

Time slipped away quietly; it was Friday, June 9th.

When Arima Xiandong returned home, he threw away his phone and put down his uniform bag. Instead of writing, he collapsed onto the bed like a lump of mud.

As for the reason...

There are two.

Firstly, the exhaustion from training every day these past few days has led to a lack of energy and spirits. However, these are only the superficial reasons.

The deeper reason is the second reason.

Right now, Arima Sen-tung feels really exhausted!

Why is this so?

Tomorrow is the sports meet, and of course, people will come to watch. With so many friends, of course someone will come to cheer me on.

Friends came to watch my game and cheer me on; it's a good thing no matter how you look at it, and it shouldn't have anything to do with being mentally exhausted!

However, we need to clarify who Arima Kento's friends are.

Ayako is his younger sister, so let's leave that aside for now, and there's no need to talk about Kousei and the others either. They're all going to participate in the sports meet, so they'll definitely be there.

Next, let's talk about the friends we met through this lighthearted connection.

Izumi Masamune, Izumi Sagiri, Takasago Chie, and that great god Senju Muramasa, and of course, my adopted sister, Kanno Megumi.

They have nothing to do tomorrow, so they will all come to watch Arima Kento's game and cheer him on.

And that great master, Senju Muramasa, has already met Arima Kento last Saturday.

He had assumed she was quite arrogant, but she turned out to be a cute and slightly tsundere girl. Furthermore, she was the same age as him, which surprised Arima Kenji quite a bit.

Although she's a bit arrogant, Senju Muramasa is a very nice person and easy to get along with. However, she's extremely fond of Izumi Masamune, to the point of being somewhat of a fangirl.

Senju Muramasa was a huge fan of Izumi Masamune, so her writing style is very similar to Izumi Masamune's. In fact, this is Senju Muramasa imitating Izumi Masamune.

However, what's ironic is that the counterfeit products far outsold the originals, and the books by Senjumura Masaru were incredibly popular, even surpassing those of another female author.

Meanwhile, Izumi Masamune's books are still struggling to reach the level of relatively outstanding newcomers.

This made Arima Kento feel very amazed.

That's how I met Senju Muramasa and we became friends.

Therefore, she used the excuse of watching Arima Kento's match to achieve her goal of going out with Izumi Masamune.

This is something that Izumi Sagiri is quite bothered by.

Having already confessed her feelings to her brother, she considers him hers alone. How could she allow anyone else to covet him? That's why Senju Muramasa and Izumi Sagiri don't get along very well.

However, judging from Senju Muramasa's energetic appearance, he doesn't seem like someone who would give up easily.

Let Izumi Masamune handle his own troubles!

If it were just Izumi Masamune and the others coming, Arima Kento would simply be happy to welcome them.

However, Yamada Fairy will also be coming tomorrow, and she confidently declared that she would definitely not be absent tomorrow!

Actually, if it were just this group of people coming, Arima Sen-dong wouldn't be too worried.

But others are coming.

That's Eriri Sawamura, with whom I've grown increasingly close; she'll be coming to watch my match tomorrow.

This made Arima Kento feel incredibly exhausted.

This is a scene of utter chaos!

There are Ako Maya, Eri Sawamura, Fairy Yamada, Megumi Kamino.

Fortunately, Xiao Xun is still living in the capital for medical treatment; otherwise, there would be five people if she were there too.

Five people have feelings for me, and I can't say 'no' to any of them, which creates a huge battleground.

Just thinking about it sent a chill down his spine...

Thankfully, there are only four people... Thankfully my foot! A battleground with only four people is still a battleground!

If someone brings knives tomorrow, I might end up like Brother Cheng.

This world is clearly a place where harems are possible! Tomorrow I must keep a close eye out, and if anyone is carrying a knife, I absolutely must take it away.

If this were a protagonist from another genre, it would be unrealistic to snatch a knife from a girl.

But it's different when it comes to himself; Arima Sen-dong is very confident in his own fighting skills!

Although Makoto is respectable, his ending is quite terrifying!

Chapter 228 Eriri's Exposure

Having made up his mind, Ma Xiandong knew he would be extra careful tomorrow for his own safety.

Suddenly, Ma Xiandong thought of something.

Apart from Megumi Kanno and Elf Yamada, everyone else was a complete stranger to each other! Even Megumi Kanno herself was dealt with by treating everyone like her younger sister!

So, the problem that might arise tomorrow is with Ako, Eriri, and Yamada Elf.

If we can prevent them from meeting, we can probably avoid everything!

Yes, yes! That's definitely how you can avoid it!

Ma Xiandong comforted himself, thinking that if he didn't think this way, he probably wouldn't be able to fall asleep.

Oh, and I need to say a little more about Eriri.

In the past few days, Arima Kento has learned about Eriri's so-called profession—a manga artist—and what it really is like.

Eriri Sawamura actually started out drawing pornography, and she's still drawing it now!!!