Phobia

In the Corner System, deep within an unknown street.

The Manga Shop was closed today. Even if suitable candidates came by, they would not be invited inside. Something very important was happening in the shop today: a special member's "submission day."

Hua Yuan had barely rested lately, reducing her sleep to just three hours.

Staring at her drawing board from up close all day had even made her nearsighted. She had gotten used to wearing a pair of rose-red glasses.

Although she could correct her nearsightedness through flesh-and-blood adjustment, she seemed to enjoy the feeling of wearing glasses. It seemed to help her focus.

As she finished drawing the final page, the manga titled Hua Yuan was complete. Next came the crucial submission process.

Unlike an ordinary submission,

the moment her work was finished, Hua Yuan's face split apart, revealing her core pituitary gland, surrounded by countless flower stamens.

This extremely important pituitary gland, protected beneath layer after layer, was now ripped out by Hua Yuan herself.

There was a groove set into the Manga Book's cover, designed specifically for "submission."

As Hua Yuan's pituitary gland was planted into the Manga Book's cover, nerve-like roots immediately connected with the book, and her self-awareness was completely transferred into it.

Her original body rapidly began to wither and collapse,

discarded,

eliminated,

reskinned.

By the time her original body had completely vanished,

her pituitary gland had already fused perfectly with the Manga Book. Soft pink flesh spread across the cover, forming the living words—Hua Yuan.

It was then that

the shop owner personally walked over, sat in a chair still dusted with a little pollen, and began reviewing the manuscript.

With every page he turned, the Girl in the manga became more alive. She blinked, lived, split apart, and smiled.

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