stonecrandall Chapter 291 Gentlemen, Don’t Look Far Away
Chapter 291 Gentlemen, Don’t Look Far Away
Outside the Yaedo Hall, a man in black raised his head and saw the sign of the shop. Unknowingly, he pulled General Lei Dian here.
"Yaedo, which is opened by Shenzi, is a place that sells light novels. Besides loving desserts, Ying also likes reading light novels."
"Uncle, do you want to help her choose?"
"Not really. Since we don't have anything we want to do, let's just look around here. We can go back when the time is up."
"understood."
The two walked closer, and Kuroda, the editor of Yaedo in the bookstore, smiled and said, "If you need anything, just take a look. The column on the left is the ranking list from a month ago. The popular novels at the moment are all on it."
Mo Ran nodded slightly, glanced at the ranking list over there, and the corner of his mouth twitched. Most of the names on there were very familiar names, and it seemed that one could know the plot just by looking at the title.
And it seems to be mixed with a few things that are not quite right.
No. 1 on the Hot List: "The Humble Fox Begs for Spare My Life"
The third on the hot list: "Whose house does the cute fox pet enter?"
No. 5 on the Hot List: My Master is So Domineering
Hot list No. 8: "The Fox Demon with a Strong Master, I Want It Today"
These names may seem okay at first, but you may then realize that they all tell a love story about a master raising a fox demon, or a story about the two loving and hating each other every day.
Such a clichéd story, coupled with the following plot introduction, seems wrong no matter how you look at it, and the author's name is the same, Linglong Youfu!
Mo Ran said in his heart: "Son of God, oh son of God, it's fine to copy the real story and add emotions that don't exist, after all, it's a novel, but can't you even avoid using the name?"
The protagonists of these four books all have the same surname, Mo, and their given names are Ran, Ran, Rang, Ran, and Mo Ran, which seemed very distracting, so I decisively looked at the more normal book titles.
Second on the Hot List: "The Supreme Palace, the Mighty God"
The author is still Linglong Youfufu, but the classification is different. It is a passionate type that focuses on battle scenes. It mainly tells the story before the establishment of Taijo Gosho, until the war five hundred years ago.
In the plot introduction, there is only one passionate sentence: "I command the thunder of the ten directions to descend upon the world, the thunder pool covers three thousand miles, slay the demons and protect my wife, gentlemen, follow me to fight!"
Just looking at it can attract the attention of some young men, but Mo Ran feels he can't bear to watch it. The scenes described in the book are indeed explosive and the battles are detailed and meticulous, but there are also some problems. For example, the last battle in the book is a life-and-death situation.
No matter how you look at this sentence, it feels like it is something that will be shouted out when victory is certain. However, as the plot is summarized, 100,000 shogunate troops are killed in the battle, and various monsters join the battle to delay the enemy, giving the protagonist the highlight by killing the monster with one blow.
Then looking back suddenly, only a ruin was left. It was really so heroic before the war and so desolate after the war. The author probably felt that the transition of that war was too simple, so he wrote a lot of words to leave a deep impression.
The effect is of course significant. Although the book has been completed for five years, it is still firmly on the hot list. This also shows that it is not a secret operation, but people really like this book.
When Editor Kuroda saw the man in black and his eyes stopped at the second on the hot list, he introduced: "This customer has good taste. This book is written by Inazuma. It is a novel that is loved by men, women, young and old. The various combat strategies described in it can actually be used."
Mo Ran nodded and said, "This author named Linglong Youfu is really a powerful writer. She has five books on the hot list and occupies the top three spots. If it weren't for this fourth spot, she would probably have dominated the top five!"
Editor Kuroda smiled awkwardly and said, "The fourth-ranked one has an unstable update rate. He hasn't updated for several months, but his sales are getting better and better. Someone even wrote a follow-up story."
"This book is worth reading." Mo Ran smiled slightly, and when he looked at the fourth place on the hot list, his joy was beyond words.
Hot list No. 4: "Three Daughters, Each One is Invincible"
Author: Only brothers and sisters and sweets are not to be underestimated
The story begins with a peerless master picking up a girl known as a disaster star. The plot is simple, and the master defeats all enemies along the way. However, the description of family affection is touching, so it has become a rare and enjoyable development-type story in Yaedong.
Hearing such praise from her uncle, General Lei Dian was also surprised. However, this familiar writing style reminded her of the experience of helping to change some of the text descriptions.
General Lei Dian's face darkened, and he said darkly, "This book may not be that good."
Editor Kuroda was stunned for a moment, then quickly tried to smooth things over by recommending other novels. After all, if a quarrel broke out, he would be the one who would suffer.
“Guests can take a look at the two books ranked sixth and seventh. The stories of sisterhood and near-invincible strength depicted in these books are very touching.”
Hot list No. 6: "Please, My Fox Fairy Palace"
Hot list No. 7: "Reincarnated as General Raiden, and became invincible"
In the book, General Raiden and Yae Goddess are a pair of good "sisters". They can talk about anything and often sleep in the same bed. The only difference is that the protagonists of the two books are the same existence, but their status are reversed.
The characters in his works are flesh and blood. They have shed tears when they say goodbye and laughed when they meet again. More importantly, they have in-depth exchanges about "tactics" and practice onomatopoeia.
It would have been fine if he hadn't read it. But when he did, General Lei Dian gritted his teeth and angrily asked, "Who wrote this?"
"It's an author named Beautiful and Cute Miss Fox." Kuroda said without hesitation.
Mo Ran smiled and said, "So it was her. That's not surprising."
"Uncle, do you know her?" There was a slight ripple in General Lei Dian's eyes, as if he would chop this person down with a knife if he were here.
Mo Ran smiled and said, "Yes, I know her. We will be able to meet her soon. Then you can ask her for the manuscript in person!"
General Lei Dian's anger was mostly extinguished. It was not easy to deal with this uncle's acquaintance. If he hit him too hard and made him disabled, it would be troublesome.
"General, do you want to take a closer look? Otherwise, it's almost time for us to reunite." Mo Ran asked.
General Lei Dian shook her head. She wasn't very interested in these things in the first place. She just wanted to waste time with her uncle. Of course she had no objection to leaving.
At the end of Hanamizaka Street, a group of people were already waiting there, each holding a half-life-size doll of their own in their hands. At first glance, it looked as if they were all carrying children.
"Finally it's here!" Kitsaigong held a white-haired fox doll and rubbed Duoyue Zhirong against the doll. Even a fox demon seemed unable to resist this furry thing.
"Are you... taking the children out?" Mo Ran looked around and couldn't help but laugh.
Yu Chiyo nodded and said, "It just so happens that the highest-scoring prize is this, so I just threw another punch. Didn't Brother Mo Ran take the general to get one?"
Mo Ran shook his head slightly and said, "No."
"Oh?" Hu Zhaigong seemed to have seized an opportunity and immediately upheld his own justice, scolding: "Mo Ran, you actually took the child out to play, didn't give her any money, and then came back empty-handed, are you ashamed? Are you worthy of the trust the child has placed in you?"
General Lei Dian interrupted abruptly, "I really don't need these. My uncle's choice has saved me a lot of trouble."
"Eh hey?" Kitsaigong almost fell down, but he was a very tenacious fox demon after all, so how could he give in like that?
She then surrounded the guy in black who didn't have a doll with him, and laughed, "We all have dolls and children, but you, Mo Ran, are still alone. Isn't it because of bad luck?"
Mo Ran grinned, looked at General Lei Dian beside him, then glanced at the white-haired fox with a look of contempt, as if saying that his puppet child was life-size and had its own consciousness.
"That doesn't count. The general was created by the shadow. He has nothing to do with you, and you two don't look alike!" Kitsuzai Palace said in his dying struggle.
Mo Ran put his hands together and sighed, "Who would be so lonely that they need dolls as children? I have three beautiful and talented daughters at home. What can you compare with, Hu Zhai Palace?"
Hu Zhaigong puffed his cheeks and said in a muffled voice: "You... are so shameless. This is clearly a competition about dolls, but you actually asked for help from outside the field. How shameless!"
"But you can't even find off-field assistance. What are you proud of, you lonely fox!" Mo Ran spread his hands, raised his brows slightly, full of provocation.
The white-haired fox raised his white sleeves to announce his defeat, then rested his chin on the doll and stared at the man in black with resentful and dissatisfied eyes.
Mo Ran rolled his eyes at her and ignored the white-haired fox. He looked around and said, "Is Ying not here yet?"
"Yes, it's been a long time." Lei Dianzhen nodded, but he was not worried. After all, there were only a handful of people in Inazuma who were more powerful than Lei Dian.
"Probably at the dessert stall." Mo Ran released a wisp of wind elemental power to detect the scent, and sure enough, he detected Ying, standing in front of a stall where there were not many people.
The distance was not far, but we ran out of Hanamizaka Street and almost went out of the city.
Mo Ran sighed and said, "Let's go find her. It's on the way anyway, and we have to leave the city soon."
"This is the only way." Lei Dianzhen nodded and took his niece's hand. It was like an extremely gentle flower matched with an extremely sharp sword. It seemed like a world of difference but not inconsistent.
General Lei Dian then realized that there was one person missing in the team. After all, he was a little dazed after watching the battle between his calm uncle and the white-haired fox.
The stalls near the exit of the city are generally not very popular. Although there are many people here, few of them actually stop to buy things. At most they just take a look and then leave.
Lei Dianying stood in front of the quietest stall, holding a bag of Mora in one hand and a glass of sweet drink in the other.
Milk plus Inazuma's traditional dessert, tri-color dango, is not weird, but I always feel something is not right. Plus, the boss is not very good at talking, so I was placed in this corner.
"Ying is still eating!" Hu Zhaigong lowered his eyes, as if he had seen through everything and was just speaking his mind at this moment.
Mo Ran and Lei Dianzhen both looked helpless. Having such a sister was both sad and fortunate for them.
After all, he is a demon god who is more than two thousand years old. It is not easy for him to do this for a dessert.
"Shadow, it's time to go."
Everyone stood behind her and called out.
Lei Dianying looked back and saw everyone gathered, waiting for her with smiles on their faces. She also smiled and replied, "Coming..."