After stumbling along for a month and a half, Pang Hu had finally finished the content of Volume Two.
Actually, according to Pang Hu's original vision, the focus of Volume Two would have been on "the cruelty of the Lower City" and "the luxury of the Upper City," something like the "madness" and "despair" of an empire in its final days in Akame ga Kill!.
Only that way could the "Glimmer" of Volume Two have been made more tangible.
But as he wrote, Pang Hu discovered a fatal problem: the reduced immersion and fractured plot caused by the "Alternate Identity Setting."
Although he had realized the issue at the time, the early parts of the plot had already been written. There was no way to turn back.
So, after weighing the pros and cons, Pang Hu began accelerating like mad.
He cut away those relatively unimportant branches and leaves, keeping only the more crucial plot points.
The advantage was that he sped up the story's pace without damaging the completeness of Volume Two.
The downside was that, with much of the buildup missing, the handling of many parts became somewhat rough.
Still, compared with continuing to make one mistake after another, adjusting in time and pulling the tone back onto the right track as quickly as possible was undoubtedly more important.
That was also why Pang Hu had struggled so much with his writing some time ago.
Which plotlines needed to be kept, which needed to be cut, and which could still be improved—there were simply too many things to consider.
Judging backward from the current result alone, Volume Two indeed had quite a few areas that could have been improved.
But in Pang Hu's state at the time, with the "Fog of War" switched on, all he could do