A super great writer in the second dimension

　It's really touching to see a mother and daughter together.

　Afterwards, Sanzenin Arashi discussed the photobook with Sayuri in detail before hanging up the phone.

　I heard Eriri disagrees?

　Ha ha.

　Sanzenin Arashi burst out laughing. What an innocent and pure girl.

　..

57. New book release (not mine, but the protagonist's).

　Arashi Sanzenin patiently waited after agreeing with Xiaobai that they would shoot a cosplay photobook that weekend.

　Then, the next day came quickly.

　Today is the release date of Sword Art Online.

　Arashi Sanzenin prepared breakfast for Mashiro early in the morning, then went out lightly dressed, curious about how well Sword Art Online was selling.

　And so... Sanzenin Arashi began scouting out various bookstores.

　Basically, every author is worried about the sales of their book. Although Sanzenin Arashi knew that this book would definitely be a hit, he still underestimated the appeal of the theme.

　Long queues have formed outside bookstores across Tokyo.

　The line stretched from inside the bookstore to outside, and the number of people kept increasing; sales were exceptionally brisk.

　There's no way around it; the Sword Art Online theme is a treasure trove for people who haven't been exposed to game-related fiction.

　It's so appealing.

　Dying in the game means you really die in real life, which is really interesting.

　Immerse yourself completely in a virtual reality (VR) online game.

　This topic is much more interesting!

　Almost as soon as they saw the promotional poster, many people decided to buy the book.

　Then, passersby who didn't know what was going on saw them buying things and became curious to look, which created a chain reaction.

　More people are starting to buy Sword Art Online.

　Although there were long queues outside the bookstores and many people were buying books, the total number of people in all the major bookstores combined was only tens of thousands.

　Sanzenin Arashi estimates that the book will be reprinted in about a week.

　However, he still underestimated the fighting power of Sword Art Online.

　In Japan, where online games are few and far between, and the game industry is not as developed as it was in the previous era, this theme is truly novel.

　In the afternoon, Sanzenin Arashi received a call from Nishikawa.

　Two hundred thousand copies, all sold out.

　"Mr. Aoyama, we're going to reprint it! Listen to me!!" Nishikawa's tone was incredibly excited: "A chain reaction! It's amazing!"

　Editor Xichuan paused, then added, "I didn't expect you to be serializing novels online..."

　"Oh? Who told you that?" Sanzenin Arashi asked.

　"What do you mean by telling or not telling, Professor Aoyama? All our sales are accumulated from this one online sale. Seventy percent of our books are bought through Amazon. As you can see from the physical store, we can only sell a few tens of thousands of books a day at most, since the cashiers can only go so fast."

　Sanzenin Arashi was not surprised by this result.

　I was quite surprised at first. No matter how powerful Sword Art Online is, even if you break the shop assistant's hands, it's impossible to sell 200,000 copies in one day.

　Tens of thousands is already the limit.

　When Nishikawa called, Sanzenin Arashi was already thinking about it, and now that she thinks about it, she was right. Selling online... it wouldn't be surprising how many she sold.

　But... why is Sword Art Online so popular?

　After hanging up the phone, Sanzenin Arashi rushed home, opened the spreadsheet, and began calculating.

　As he continued calculating, he realized something was amiss.

　At this rate, this novel could easily sell ten million copies; there must be something fishy going on.

　An hour later, Sanzenin Arashi found the reason.

　Because of Nico Nico Douga's book review section...

　[Administrator, the book is sold out! It's impossible to buy one. I was really looking forward to it!]

　When will you restock? I saw it on the blog.

　[Website owner, go check your blog, someone's attacking your novel.] This person even sent a link.

　Sanzenin Arashi clicked in.

　An unexpected situation arose.

　A popular blogger pinned Sanzenin Arashi's novel to the top of his page and criticized it as worthless. Not only that, this blogger also dragged up several other influential bloggers and posted them next to the novel to criticize it together.

　Sanzenin Arashi was full of questions, but he immediately intervened and began to investigate.

　The investigation lasted until 10 p.m.

　And so, Sanzenin Arashi finally got to the bottom of this matter.

　Is such that.

　From the very beginning, this matter was a struggle for interests, which became the trigger for the escalation of the conflict, leading to the situation we see today.

　It all started when Aki Tomoya promoted Sanzenin Arashi's novels on his blog for free. This guy didn't even ask me before he started promoting Sword Art Online, and he also promoted the original Bakemonogatari novels.

　Even Aki Tomoya didn't expect that his actions would offend several other influential figures.

　Because of his promotion, the places where Sanzenin Arashi originally paid for advertising did not receive any follow-up orders from Sanzenin Arashi. Therefore, they believed that it was this Aki Tomoya who ruined their source of income.

　So I blurted out a few sarcastic remarks.

　At first, Aki Tomoya didn't care at all, and neither did those who came to criticize him.

　But that's when things went wrong.

　Arashi Sanzenin advertised before the release of Sword Art Online.

　Generally, when a light novel is released, it will be promoted in conjunction with some popular anime and manga blogs.

　Then, without a second thought, Aki Tomoya started promoting Sword Art Online on his blog again.

　This matter came to the attention of these influential figures online.

　They all saw the Sword Art Online promotional banners on the subway and knew it was a light novel being promoted by the magazine, but they hadn't received any promotional notifications. Then they saw that Aki Tomoya was actually promoting it.

　Heh, kid, I let you off the hook once, and you still come back?

　That's probably the mindset.

　So they organized a group of people and started criticizing Aki Tomoya on his blog.

　However, what these people never expected was that Aki Tomoya was not a pushover at all; on the contrary, he was very powerful.

　His blog has earned an exceptionally good reputation over the years for promoting various things for free.

　Some influential figures on the internet are very familiar with him.

　And so, two camps were formed, and they began to fight.

　In the end, even his works were hacked.

　Sanzenin Arashi just chuckled.

　Do you think it's over just like that, all this criticism of my book?

　Damn it!

　..

58. Yukinoshita Harano

　Arashi Sanzenin received the finest upbringing from a young age, surpassing even the princes of the United Arab Emirates, so he rarely took his anger out on others.

　He would never do the kind of thing depicted in novels, like silencing witnesses or killing entire families.

　However, many people might choose to retaliate if someone provokes them, but Sanzenin Arashi would not retaliate.

　His upbringing and education in imperial matters taught him that in such situations, he should never retaliate, but rather kill the other party.

　Nip any flames of revenge in the bud.

　Therefore, one would usually be very angry if their book was attacked, but Sanzenin Arashi remained calm and composed.

　Sanzenin Arashi's principle is: if you can kill someone with your fingers, never use a knife.

　the next morning.

　After arriving in Japan, he started searching among the people he knew. They were just a few big influencers; shutting them down would be too easy.

　As it turned out, someone unexpected had a solution.

　"Oh, I didn't expect you to write novels, and you even got attacked for it? Interesting, interesting." Hiratsuka Shizuka laughed three times: "By the way, what's the name of your novel? I bought the light novel yesterday, even though I never read light novels, I still bought it. Even I want to play a complete virtual reality game!"

　Sanzenin Arashi said, "The novel I wrote is called Sword Art Online."

　"Oh, Sword Art Online, I remember... Huh? You wrote it?" Hiratsuka Shizuka was immediately surprised: "You really wrote it? It sold 200,000 copies on its first release, you're amazing!"

　It seems the bookstore has already made the news of selling out 200,000 copies on the same day a headline.

　Without a doubt, Sanzenin Arashi's sales figures are legendary.

　There's nothing wrong with the library doing this.

　“That way, you’ll be able to pay for my car repairs soon, right?” Hiratsuka Shizuka said casually. “But Sword Art Online has been smeared! We absolutely can’t tolerate this. We have to make them suffer. Let me recommend someone to you. If it’s her, she’ll definitely be able to resolve this matter without breaking a sweat.”

　"No problem, introduce me to them." Although Sanzenin Arashi has more violent methods, these bloggers who criticize his books are not qualified to experience this treatment.

　Using an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) to bomb the toilet next door—Sanzenin Arashi wouldn't do something so stupid.

　So he got a contact number from Shizuka Hiratsuka.

　She is a woman named Yukinoshita Haruno. It is said that she is very powerful and can handle almost anything.

　Hiratsuka Shizuka also gave her a nickname: the all-powerful decisive weapon.

　It's basically a humanoid Gundam.

　Sanzenin Arashi immediately dialed Yukinoshita's number, and a few seconds later, a slightly sweet voice came through.

　"Moshi Moshi, who is this?"

　Upon hearing this voice, Sanzenin Arashi trembled slightly, instinctively sensing that danger was approaching.

　It felt like Death was talking to me on the other end of the microphone.

　Sanzenin Arashi said, "Hello, are you Yukinoshita Haruno?"

　"If you don't explain why you're calling, I'm going to hang up!"

　"Well, a teacher named Hiratsuka Shizuka introduced me here. There's something I need your help with."

　There was silence on the other end of the phone for a few seconds.

　"Oh? Xiaojing? It seems we need to meet her."

　So, at a café near Chiba Station, Sanzenin Arashi met Yukinoshita Haruno.

　Sanzenin Arashi discovered that this was an extremely beautiful woman, exuding a mysterious aura that made him wary.

　His intuition told him that this woman was very dangerous.

　Although this woman was very beautiful, with a flawless face, and especially since she did not have the naivety of a little girl, but was completely mature like an adult.

　She had medium-length black hair, her clothes revealed her fair skin, and her features were delicate. Her expression was always a half-smile.

　Both his expression and posture made him seem very easygoing.

　Even so, Sanzenin Arashi's intuition kept telling him: this woman is dangerous.

　It's not a danger in terms of strength, but a danger as a person. Sitting in front of her, I feel like I'm being seen through.