"What?! A system!"
As an author, Kevin was well aware of current trends. The norms of transmigrants like him are systems. He would be an oddity of transmigrators without a System.
Hence, he wasn't surprised at all!
He shifted his gaze to the virtual screen. The messages that had just appeared were displayed in four windows in front of him. He ignored the three and focused his attention on the message, which contained the gift pack.
"I'm curious what's on it..."
Kevin rubbed his hands together and clicked the gift pack.
Two windows popped up.
[Congratulations to the Host on obtaining the modified novel "Death Note"]
[Congratulations to the Host on achieving fundamental mastery of "Finger Movement"]
Death Note?
Kevin was astounded by the reward. Death Note, as far as he knew, was a manga series. He had never heard of a novel.
Is that why it's referred to as modified?
So the manga was adapted into a novel?
Kevin had also noticed the second message. He was confused at first, but soon realized what it meant.
With Finger Movement, his writing speed would significantly increase. Kevin's words-per-minute rate is 1000 words per 30 minutes or 1 hour, depending on the difficulty of the genre.
Kevin now had the confidence to write four chapters a day with the technique, and even five a day seemed feasible.
Kevin examined the Death Note's contents.
It is divided into 12 volumes and contains over a million words.
Furthermore, the revised novel corresponds to Blue Star's reading preferences. The writing style and story, on the other hand, leaned heavily on online publishing; clearly, it aims to attract online readers.
It was even more enjoyable than the manga. To make the novel more enjoyable, flaws were fixed and the plot was tightened
For example, in the manga, the task force did not suspect Light, but in the novel, they did.
It added suspense and a sense of urgency. Hence, increasing the novel's excitement and thrill.
At this moment, another mechanical sound rang out.
He looked up at the new window, which was floating in the air.
[Task: Gain your first 1000 Prestige Points]
[Reward: Bronze Chest]
Eh?
Prestige?
What's what?
Kevin was confused.
However, the system quickly followed with another window.
[Status Screen]
Name: Kevin Stone (Lucas Sphere)
Age: 20
Literature Prestige: -29
Technique: Finger Movement
Reputation Points: 13 (Note: Keep in mind that the more people who know your name, the more points you will receive)
Celebrity Rank: Unknown
Literature....-29?
Kevin sighed inwardly. How bad was Lucas' novel to warrant a negative favorability?
Now that he had thought of it...
He had yet to research the novels popular on the market.
Hence, he opened his laptop and searched the internet. Shonen Fantasy novels have many categories it falls into, and isekai was simply one of them. He wanted to see if Death Note could sell or be acceptable in the market.
After all, the success of a novel is also dependent on its uniqueness.
After searching, Kevin was taken aback.
The shonen fantasy novels of the northern region are mostly based on isekai novels.
The protagonist begins by being hit by a truck or other incident and being transported as a hero into another world. Surprisingly, the people on Blue Star consumed and read these novels on a daily basis.
Kevin attempted to find an identical novel of Death Note but was unsuccessful. He finally realized why the system had issued him "Death Note".
Its purpose was to fill market gaps. Death Note has the potential to alter the course of online novels.
As he pondered this, he realized why Lucas' novels were always isekai. So he was impersonating others. It was no surprise that he was unable to achieve success. After all, readers are easily bored by novels that are repetitive.
After ten minutes.
Kevin eventually decided to write Death Note. He did not, however, write directly. He started by making another webnovel account. He wanted to start over, with no one knowing what his pen name was.
After creating the account, Kevin thought of his pen name.
ScorpionPen?
NorthernKiddo?
No, seems bland.
Kevin shook his head. He finally settled on a pen name.
Lucas Sphere.
Kevin chose the name after careful consideration.
The reason for that, he desired to fulfill Lucas's dream of becoming famous.
And lastly, he had no intention of concealing his identity.
His ambition was to become a best-selling author. Furthermore, the more people who know his name, the more reputation points he will receive, according to the system.
There was no reason to be afraid of publicizing one's identity! After all, this was a relatively safe world. In this world, there is no such thing as murder or assassination.
In fact, if you are famous enough, you may be listed on the Celebrity List and benefit from it.
Kevin wrote the novel after deciding on his pen name. Because he lacked illustration skills, he decided to find a random picture online for the book cover for the time being.
Many of Blue Star's artists are in the public domain. These artists are mostly newcomers who wanted to show their work in order to gain a significant reputation. As a result, it was not difficult for Kevin to find a book cover.
He happened to come across a picture that looked exactly like Light, so he immediately downloaded it and uploaded it to his book cover.
He then opened the word document and began writing the first chapter.
....
....
....
....
Meanwhile.
In the institute of the Academy of Music, the students did not have much free time to have fun or enjoy watching videos or reading books.
They are either honing their vocal or doing dance choreography, and some are on the stage acting with their hearts and soul.
Perhaps it was because the training session was very exhausting. Some students could not follow the flow.
George was one of those students.
After singing for three consecutive days, his throat was sore and dry. He was exhausted like a dog. He did not feel like practicing today and he felt rather sick.
Hence, he was resting on his bed at the moment, covered in blankets with a phone in hand. He was currently searching for stories in Webnovels.
He had been a reader of Webnovel for years now. He remembered when he first incidentally downloaded the app, he was very skeptical if the stories were really good.
After all, he was a manga reader, and he didn't feel like reading texts.
However, when he read one of the novels on the app, he instantly fell in love.
He loved Isekai!
He wished to get struck by truck-kun!
He wanted to become a hero in the otherworld!
But alas, the more he read these types of novels, the more bored he was. Nowadays, when he opened a new story, he couldn't even last three chapters.
The last book he'd read was called Isekai: My Pets Are Dragons, and it was so boring and the mc was so idiot. He instantly expressed how stupid the novel was and vented his frustration.
I think it's time to go...
George felt it was time to uninstall the app and lived his life. There was no point in reading on this app anymore with the repetitive content he was constantly getting.
At this moment, something caught George's attention. It was a shonen fantasy novel.
But...
Mystery thriller?
Psychological Thriller?
George understood what a thriller was, but seeing it in a form of a shonen fantasy novel, he instinctively frowned.
There is nothing wrong with the novel.
Generally, thriller themes are used in publishing-type novels. Thus, they could be hardly found in online novels.
He shook his head and clicked the book "Death Note". And then looked at the synopsis.
Synopsis: "The story follows Light Yagami, a teen genius who discovers a mysterious notebook: the "Death Note", which belonged to the Shinigami Ryuk, and grants the user the supernatural ability to kill anyone whose name is written in its pages."
Death Note?
A book that could kill once a name is written?
Instantly, George felt his skin standing. Although he didn't completely understand, just the cheat "a book that could kill with a name written on it" piqued his interest.
He read the last paragraph of the synopsis: "With Death Note in hand, Light attempts to carry out a worldwide massacre of individuals whom he deems immoral and to create a crime-free society, using the alias of a god-like vigilante named "Kira". However, an obstacle appeared. L, an enigmatic detective, leads an elite Japanese police task force, to catch this mysterious supernatural killer and apprehend him. This is a battle of wits!"
At that instant, George was completely hooked. He felt the synopsis was very promising. It was the first time he'd heard of this type of novel, and he couldn't wait to lay his hands on it.
George took a deep breath and opened the first chapter.