Homura visited the home of Honoka and her family. With their warm hospitality, Homura won their agreement to feature them in the manga.
Honoka's younger sister, Yukiho, was especially thrilled to be able to appear in the manga, given that she is still quite young.
Their mother, a graduate of Otonokizaka High School, was also happy to contribute to her alma mater.
By the way, Honoka's grandmother is also a graduate of Otonokizaka. It seems like a family tradition!
Afterward, they agreed on the time for their next meeting, and Homura and Ayano took their leave.
"Wow, I can't believe it went so smoothly!" Ayano, who was driving, looked quite pleased. "And the manga is even better than I imagined!"
"Ayano, aren't you getting a bit too excited?" Homura poured cold water on her.
"Hmm? Why do you say that?" Faced with Homura's sudden negativity, Ayano was caught off guard.
"Well, this manga is basically like a documentary, right?" Homura explained. "I can only draw it after it's happened, so it's not like my other manga where I can do several chapters at once."
Ayano seemed unfazed. "We're a weekly magazine, so it's normal to have one chapter a week!"
Homura: "..."
'It does make sense! Maybe I'm just used to making one chapter a day?'
'But that's still not right! Even if we do one chapter a week, that's still over fifty chapters a year! Love Live can't possibly run that long!' Homura thought worriedly.
"It's still not feasible. I reckon there'll be times when we have to switch to monthly! Idols spend most of their time practicing, so it's not a problem to draw a little, but if it's all just about practice, the readers won't stand for it and will get bored!"
As Homura spoke, Ayano fell into deep thought, much to his dismay!
Big sister! You're driving right now!
"Ayano! Watch the road!" Homura yelled.
"No problem! Trust me!" Ayano smiled confidently. "I could even drive with my eyes closed and nothing would happen!"
Don't jinx it, okay?! Homura just wanted to get out of the car at this point. It was too much for his heart!
"Okay, okay, I won't scare you anymore!"
"So you did that on purpose?!"
Homura sighed inwardly. Why do so many people he knew have such an unreliable side to them?
Saori was like this, as was his own father.
They were generally quite nice people, but once they got comfortable and close with him, they could be quite unreliable.
But that's what it means to have true friends, right? They're a bit like 'frenemies'...
"Here's what we'll do! After you get home, upload the manuscript to me. I'll discuss it with the chief editor and see how we can handle this situation more appropriately. After all, the main characters of the manga are real people, not fiction!" Ayano could only offer this solution for now.
Homura nodded. He didn't have a better idea either. He couldn't just save the chapters, since they still needed to promote the school! If they saved it up, the girls wouldn't agree since the manga will lose its purpose!
"Alright, then I'll drive you home first!" Ayano said, pressing down on the accelerator and speeding off.
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"I'm back!"
No one answered.
"Hmm? Where did everyone go? In activity room?"
Suddenly, a cat appeared!
"Hehe, looks like you're the only one here to welcome me, little one!" He extended his hand and embraced Haru, sat on the sofa, and fondly stroked her fur.
The little one also narrowed her eyes and showed a face of enjoyment.
Twenty minutes passed just like that...
"No good! This is so addictive!" Homura suddenly woke up, realizing that he had been petting Haru for twenty minutes, and she had fallen asleep from the pleasure.
He didn't want to wake up the little one, so he continued stroking her. After thinking for a moment, Homura accessed the system interface.
[Character Name]: Minamiya Homura
[Level]: 47 (57130/480000)
[Skill Points]: 81
[Main Mission]: Increase the sales of Manke Weekly.
[Mission Status]: Completed (Not Submitted)
[Pet Name]: Haru
[Level]: 21
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"...Although it was not unexpected, it feels so refreshing looking at this level and skill points!" Homura couldn't help but smile.
Looking at the experience required to level up, "Now it takes 480.000 experience to level up? So... 48.000 satisfied people?"
Doing the math, there should be several hundred thousand people who have read the magazine over the past two days, right?
'But this is far from the peak! Experience should continue to grow rapidly!'
'And many skills can be triggered and upgraded, so it's time to add the music-related skills now that the game is half-complete!' Homura thought to himself.
After all, it's not just about himself, there's also Muse now. Knowing only music and scores was not enough, relevant knowledge must be mastered.
Gently placing the little one in his arms on the sofa, Homura quickly used the Caress Skill again as Haru slowly stretched out.
Homura went to the yard and opened his phone to search for basic vocal exercises.
After training for a while, Singing Level 0 appeared on the skill panel.
After a brief moment of thought, after a series of operations, the skill panel changed completely.
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[Life Skills]: Programming LV7→LV9 (cannot be upgraded, upgrade conditions unknown), Cooking LV6→LV7, Composition LV2→LV9 (cannot be upgraded, upgrade conditions unknown), Singing LV0→LV9 (cannot be upgraded, upgrade conditions unknown)
[Other Skills]: Tai Chi LV6→LV9 (cannot be upgraded, upgrade conditions unknown)
[Skill Points]: 59
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The knowledge of Level 9 Programming appeared in Homura's mind. After a rough assessment, he felt that if there were no hardware limitations, he could easily create an artificial intelligence program.
Even so, he could still create better software to improve efficiency!
But how could he acquire hardware capable of supporting artificial intelligence? Homura shook his head; it was not something he could accomplish at the moment.
As for cooking, he just dabbled a little bit. After all, if he made too much progress too quickly, the girls probably wouldn't be able to keep up with him!
He would gradually absorb and master his Singing and Composition skills and experience.
Finally... Tai Chi, a skill that Homura had always thought was mysterious.
Its knowledge was vast and immense. Homura estimated, based on his calculations, that if Level 6 was a master and Level 7 was a grandmaster... then Level 9 was nothing short of a martial arts legend!
Although it was a martial arts legend, Homura only had knowledge of it. When his body was properly trained, he would be a true legend!
Level 9 was already so abnormal, what about Level 10? Would it be capable of shattering the void, or would it take on a different form?
Although he didn't know when he would be able to fully master it, it couldn't stop his anticipation!
But all of that was just a fantasy! Spreading the Otaku Culture was what really mattered!